GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin will join the South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble for a “side by side” concert entitled, “Elements,” to be held 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11 at Stockton University Performing Arts Center. Under the baton of Keith W. Hodgson, the concert will feature music Read more…
LONGPORT – Worshipers who attend summer services at the historically rebuilt Church of the Redeemer can rest assured their heart will go on with a recent public safety acquisition. The church’s Board of Trustees and AtlantiCare’s Heart Heroes have partnered to install a state-of-the-art automatic external defibrillator in the Guild Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY AND DONALD WITTKOWSKI Come Jan. 16, Downbeach towns will have a message for smokers: Get your butts off our beaches. A new state law taking effect on that day bans smoking at New Jersey’s beaches and parks, but it includes a provision that allows municipalities to Read more…
MARGATE – City commissioners listened intently Thursday, Jan. 3 as Amherst Avenue residents spoke during a public hearing against an ordinance that would transfer ownership of seven parking spaces along the bayfront to a private developer in exchange for replacing the deteriorated city-owned bulkhead. The attorney for the Harbor Vista Read more…
The Atlantic County Democratic Committee is seeking hard-working, distinguished members of the community to run for elected office at the county and local levels in the 2019 election. Those who are interested in running for office, getting involved with local Democratic clubs, or would like to learn more about what’s Read more…
VENTNOR – According to Mayor Beth Holtzman, Ventnor’s loss is Atlantic City’s gain. Chief Financial Officer Toro Aboderin informed the mayor on Friday, Dec. 28 that a change was in store. She was appointed Wednesday as the chief financial officer in neighboring Atlantic City. Aboderin, who has served as Ventnor’s Read more…
LONGPORT – Richard Carter has been the borough’s engineer for more than 30 years. He wants to wind down his career with the borough and has proposed an option for the governing body to consider. At the Jan. 2 Board of Commissioners meeting, solicitor Pacifico “Pat” Agnellini said he met Read more…
The Margate City Board of Education is changing the location of its regular board meetings to the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School, 7804 Amherst Ave, beginning with the Jan. 9 meeting. Meetings will be held in the Tighe School Media Center on the following dates: Jan. 9, Feb. 6, March, Read more…
VENTNOR – Just days after the Ventnor Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance requiring property owners to obtain a license to rent their homes on a short-term basis, the commissioner’s worst fears were realized. On Tuesday, Jan. 1, police responded to the Vassar Square Avenue beach block for the report Read more…
MARGATE – Thousands of polar bears packed the beach at Essex Avenue to start the New Year off with a refreshing dip in the ocean. Some gathered at Robert’s Place beforehand to start the day off with a little libation before hiking a block to the beach near the Margate Read more…