ATLANTIC CITY – New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, Atlantic County Proescutor Damon Tyner and NAACP Atlantic City Branch will host a community forum 6 p.m. Monday, April 29 at St. James AME Church, 101 N. New York Ave., to discuss police use of force and officer-involved shooting investigations. Read more…
MARGATE – Laureen Cohen, supervisor of instruction, curriculum and assessment at the Margate City public school district, is spearheading the first-ever fundraiser for a scholarship program honoring her husband Hal Cohen, an educator in the Egg Harbor Township schools who died suddenly on Jan. 6, 2018 at age 65. When Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic City Visitor Welcome Center at mile marker 3.5 on the Atlantic City Expressway will officially close Wednesday, May 1, according to a release from Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Director of Communications and Marketing Larry Sieg. The CRDA, which oversees the Tourism District Welcome Centers, will Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP –The public is invited to join SMART, the Student Marijuana Alliance for Research and Transparency Stockton University Chapter, Weedmaps and New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association for a discussion on the impact cannabis legalization will have on job creation and economic development in New Jersey 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 29 Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University will offer a bachelor of arts degree in Africana studies starting in the fall 2019 semester. The degree program builds from the Africana studies minor program, which has been at Stockton since 1983 and provides students greater opportunity to study, analyze and evaluate topics from Read more…
TRENTON – News that the federal government would back off its effort to expand off-shore drilling for oil due to a recent legal defeat, prompted New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal to issue a statement Thursday, April 26 calling offshore drilling “bad policy” that’s bad for New Jersey. In Read more…
VENTNOR – The Atlantic County Library System/Ventnor is currently raising caterpillars that will be released after metamorphosis. On Thursday, April 25, the Read and Play Baby program featured a reading of the book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Ventnor Branch Manager Jaimie Vigue. The story was selected in conjunction with Read more…
PHILADELPHIA – The Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania is establishing the Tara Miller Melanoma Center, which will focus on the accelerated development of novel therapies and improved clinical outcomes for patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer. The center has been made possible through a a Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College Foundation honored eight recipients of the 2019 President’s Distinguished Alumni Award April 23 at Careme’s Restaurant on the Mays Landing campus. Established in 2010, the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award has been presented annually to graduates who have differentiated themselves through professional, public or Read more…
MARGATE – April 29 is a special day for Essex Avenue resident Fran Harris. That’s the day she will turn 103 years old. Her family is planning a big get-together with a special weekend luncheon at Bocca Coal Fired Bistro, where she often enjoys dining out. On Thursday morning, she Read more…