Atlantic County is reporting its highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases with the confirmation of 108 positives on Monday, April 27 and one additional death in an 87-year-old Linwood man with pre-existing conditions.This brings the countywide totals to 775 confirmed cases, 30 deaths and 127 residents cleared as recovered. Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – In an effort to provide stability in uncertain times, the Hispanic Association of Atlantic County will be distributing food packages 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church parking lot, 15 N. California Ave. “We are in this together and dedicated to Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Resorts Casino Hotel announced today that it has donated $25,000 to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch and $25,000 to the Jewish Family Services of Atlantic and Cape May Counties. Resorts owner Morris Bailey made the contribution on Thursday, April 23. “During this very difficult Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Rest assured you won’t be waking up to the sound of roosters greeting the early summer sunrises in Ventnor. The Board of Commissioners April 23 introduced an ordinance amending Chapter 105 of the City Code to eliminate ownership of farm animals within the city’s Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner is calling on all law enforcement officers to exercise extra caution when responding to calls for service for reports of domestic violence incidents under the current circumstances due to COVID-19. “Under normal circumstances calls of service for domestic violence incidents are Read more…
On Sunday, April 26, the Atlantic County Division of Public Health confirmed 62 new cases of COVID-19 among 35 females, ages 6-93, and 27 males, ages 8-86. This brings the number of cases countywide to 668 with 29 deaths. Nineteen additional residents have been cleared as recovered for a total Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY When Shel Silverstein wrote his children’s book, “The Giving Tree,” he was offering a simple message that even though you may feel alone, someone is always there for you. Three local women are putting that moral into action during the statewide coronavirus shutdown that shuttered the Read more…
As of 8 a.m. Saturday, April 25, the Atlantic County Division of Public Health is reporting 25 more cases of COVID-19 for a total of 606 cases countywide to date. There are no new deaths in addition to the 29 previously reported. Today’s cases were identified in 11 men, ages Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, April 24 approved a contract with an outside agency to assist with tracking short-term rentals in the city. Host Compliance, LLC was awarded an $18,801 contract to monitor short-term rentals on internet-based platforms and inform the city whenever a Read more…
Thirty residents were confirmed positive for COVID-19 earlier today, Friday, April 24, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health, bringing the countywide number of cases to 581. There have been 29 deaths attributed to COVID-19 to date. Today’s confirmations include 14 men, ages 26-83, and 16 women, ages Read more…