How might the proposed Green New Deal affect the Jersey shore? Stockton University’s American Democracy Project/Political Engagement Project will host two free, open to the public lectures at the university’s Atlantic City and Galloway Township campuses focusing on topics related to the Green New Deal. Lectures will be held 6-7:30 Read more…
Public can vote during a one-week period starting Monday, Oct. 21 LONGPORT – The Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation is one of three New Jersey non-profit organizations in the running for a share of $65,000 in funding from NRG’s crowdsourced charitable giving program, NRG Gives. NRG Gives first launched in 2016 Read more…
The following Halloween happenings are scheduled in the Downbeach area to celebrate everyone’s favorite holiday. Local families and businesses are invited to participate in the Ventnor’s inaugural “Trunk or Treat” event slated for 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 on the beach-block of Newport Avenue in Ventnor. About 40 participants will Read more…
The Atlantic City Marathon, being held starting at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20 has issued traffic advisories for the Downbeach area. Organizers advise precaution walking and running on the Atlantic City and Ventnor boardwalks, where bicycles have been prohibited during the event, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read more…
VENTNOR – He served up ice cream sodas along with life-saving medications at his Ventnor drug store. Edward S. Trautenberg, who operated Edward’s Pharmacy at Ventnor and Wyoming avenues from 1947 to 1962, passed away Oct. 14. He, and his surviving spouse, Beatrice, were well regarded by the community. “All Read more…
MAYS LANDING – The daughter and granddaughter of two homicide victims has pleaded guilty for their murders, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced Tuesday, Oct. 15. Heather Barbera, 43, of Ventnor, pleaded guilty to an amended count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the death of her mother Michelle Gordon, Read more…
When second homeowners leave their summer homes, Downbeach gets serious about the future. As summer visitors head west on the Atlantic City Expressway or north on the Garden State Parkway, the big yellow trucks start rolling in. Starting the week after Labor Day, the heavy equipment needed to rebuild roads, replace Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Learn how to build meaningful mentoring relationships and succeed in the ever-changing workplace at the Stockton Women’s Leadership Council panel discussion and breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at Stockton’s Atlantic City Academic Center, 3711 Atlantic Ave. This event, part of the “Distinguished Women. Distinctive Voices” Read more…
LONGPORT – Newly appointed Administrator A. Scott Porter attended his first Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday, Oct. 10 and provided the board and the public with an update on the remediation of a mold issue at Longport Borough Hall. Porter, the borough’s former police chief, took over as a part-time Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University presented its second annual “Coast Day” event Sunday, Oct. 13 at its oceanfront campus. Students shared findings of their work at the Stockton Coastal Research Center and the university’s marine science program, and displayed apparatus used to measure changes in the profile of the shoreline. Read more…