VENTNOR – The winners of the 43rd annual Senior Citizens Art Show held at the Atlantic County Library System/Ventnor branch during the month of May were announced Thursday, May 30 during a reception held on the second floor of the library. Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson was there to congratulate Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY — Coast Guard crews rescued a man and woman from a capsized sailboat about 65 miles east of Atlantic City late Wednesday night. The Coast Guard’s Fifth District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, was notified of the vessel’s distress after receiving an alert from the crew’s Electronic Position Read more…
TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit against eight members of Purdue Pharma’s founding Sackler family, alleging that their greed-driven opioid marketing and sales strategy fomented the opioid crisis that continues to claim lives in New Jersey and across the nation. Read more…
MARGATE – Preschoolers from the William H. Ross School visited the Margate Municipal Building this month. Students visited each department to learn about what happens there. Commissioner John Amodeo gave children a tour of the building and shared lessons about the water system, Public Works Department and stressed the importance Read more…
MARGATE – Students of the William H. Ross Elementary School and the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School shared their science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills with parents, siblings and friends Wednesday, May 29 during the district’s STEM Enrichment Fair held in both schools. Students at the Ross School displayed the Read more…
MARGATE – Wednesday, June 29 was the first distribution day for the “Bag It Forward” reusable bag program in Margate. Local retailers and other Margate businesses received the bags as part of a new program from the Margate Business Association and its member businesses in cooperation with the City of Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – To better provide food and nutritional options to Atlantic City residents and families, formal Requests for Proposal have been released for both a grocery store developer and operator the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has announced. The proposed site for this project is on land owned by the Read more…
MARGATE – What was supposed to be a “peaceful” day at the beach turned into a harrowing experience for a Cherry Hill couple the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Amanda and Willie Higbee went to church Sunday morning before heading out to the beach at Huntington Avenue for a Memorial Read more…
VENTNOR – The streetscape project to install new curbs and sidewalks and handicapped accessible street corners Atlantic Avenue will shut down Friday, June 15 at the request of local store owners. The project will pick up again after Labor Day, according to Commissioner of Public Works Lance Landgraf. Unforeseen circumstances Read more…
The 14-mile Le Tour de Downbeach will hold its annual “happy ride,” 10 a.m. Sunday, June 2 (rain date June 9) starting on the Ventnor boardwalk and riding through Atlantic City, Margate and Longport before ending at Tomatoe’s restaurant on Amherst Avenue in Margate, where a barbecue will be held. Read more…