ATLANTIC CITY – The 12th annual Atlantic City Cinefest, formerly known as the Downbeach Film Festival, has added Stockton University Atlantic City campus as a venue for its 2019 film festival being held Oct. 4-6 in Atlantic City. The festival screens some 70 shorts, documentaries and feature films, many from New Jersey filmmakers. Read more…
Join Together Atlantic County, a countywide substance misuse prevention coalition, will be hosting a free TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) class noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Mays Landing Library, 40 Farragut Ave. in Mays Landing. The training program is for anyone who serves alcohol at restaurants, bars, Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Little Rock Films and Studios has put out a casting call for extras for “48 Blocks,” a television series being filmed in the Atlantic City area. The show, billed as “48 Blocks: Where ‘The Wire’ meets ‘This Is Us,’” is set against the grit and glitter of Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Arc of Atlantic County announced the grand prize winner of the RemArcable raffle drawing held at The Arc of Atlantic County Golf Pro-Am Tournament held on Thursday, Sept. 12 at Seaview Hotel & Golf Club in Galloway Township. Mark Arbeit of Margate won the grand prize of Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University has been awarded a seven-year federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant, which will allow the university to increase the number of students currently in Stockton’s College Bound program. The expanded Stockton University College Bound program will continue to serve Read more…
MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler today announced the receipt of a federal grant to provide overdose prevention training for first responders in Atlantic County. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration approved the $2 million grant. The Sheriff’s Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Sept. 5 hired a former Longport police chief as a part-time administrator. The board appointed A. Scott Porter to the administrative position and introduced an ordinance amending the post from full-time to a part-time and outlining duties and responsibilities. A public hearing on the Read more…
The Ventnor City Police Department Office of Emergency Management issued a traffic advisory regarding Dorset Avenue bridge openings. Atlantic County will be conducting mandatory testing of the Dorset Avenue Bridge beginning 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.17. The bridge will be opened for 15-minute intervals during which no traffic will pass over Read more…
LONGPORT – The American Legion Post 469 and its contributors held a recognition ceremony and reception Sunday, Sept. 15 for Wounded Warrior Week recipient U.S. Navy Seal (Ret.) Joe Hahn. Local, state and federal officials were on hand to present proclamations and awards to a “true American hero,” Post Commander Read more…
GALLOWAY – A group of residents and visitors to Seashore Gardens Living Center were treated to an enjoyable afternoon of Vaudeville Thursday, Sept. 12. The show, titled, “The Golden Era of Vaudeville,” was presented by the Starlite Steppers, a group of seniors based in Cape May County. The troupe’s dancers, Read more…