MAYS LANDING –Atlantic City Electric has completed a major transmission line upgrade to enhance system resiliency and improve reliability for customers in Atlantic City and the adjoining barrier islands. The project included the installation of six miles of new transmission line to support the growing energy needs of customers across Atlantic Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Beth Israel’s social action program, Manna at the Shore, has donated $4,000 to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch in Egg Harbor Township to continue its mission of feeding those in need. In addition, Manna has donated $1,000 in ShopRite gift cards to the musicians who have Read more…
MIddle and high school students can sign up for a Zoom instructional course on the STEM principles as they relate to solving crimes. The introductory seven-hour course is spread out over five days. Instructors with detective experience will present the course via lecture, but each student will get a crime Read more…
The Atlantic County Library System’s plan to provide curbside pickup service as of Monday, June 1 has been put on hold by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office until further guidance is issued for the reopening of libraries. The Atlantic County Library System was one of several in the state Read more…
MARGATE – The city will open its tennis and basketball courts, and the Jerome Avenue ballfield Friday, May 29 and pickleball courts on Monday, June 1, according the Margate Recreation Department. Reservations for the tennis courts will be required as of Friday, June 5. Pickleball courts will open 8 a.m. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY A day after Gov. Phil Murphy said graduations could be held under certain conditions, superintendents in the Ventnor City and Margate public schools said they would hold graduation ceremonies for their eighth graders. Margate Superintendent Thomas Baruffi said the district is still in the planning stages Read more…
In an effort to educate the public what to do in the event of a severe weather event, the U.S. Coast Guard has offered recorded video statements and readiness tips ahead of the second named storm of the season, Bertha, which made landfall in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday. Hurricane Read more…
Atlantic County Parks will resume accepting reservations for camp sites within its facilities beginning 7:30 a.m. Friday, May 29. All current, state-mandated guidelines regarding public gatherings (outdoor no more than 25; indoor no more than 10) and social distancing remain in effect and will be enforced. Face coverings are not Read more…
Atlantic County health officials confirmed seven more deaths related to COVID-19, all of whom had pre-existing conditions. They included an 87-year-old man and a 93-year-old woman from Pleasantville, an 88-year-old Absecon man, an 81-year-old Galloway Township woman, an 85-year-old Egg Harbor City woman, an 84-year-old Egg Harbor Township man and Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – In a partnership between state and local governments, casino industry, Local 54, Community Food Bank of New Jersey and the AFL-CIO, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authori will hold a second food giveaway 10 a.m. Thursday, May 28 at Bader Field. Food will be available on a first come-first Read more…