MARGATE – The annual beachfront fireworks display hosted by the Margate Mothers Association on the 4th of July has been postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis. According to the city website, Mayor Michael Becker and City Commissioners John Amodeo and Maury Blumberg made the decision in the interest of public Read more…
Two elderly women are the latest county residents to succumb to complications from COVID-19, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. The deaths of the 98-year-old Egg Harbor Township resident and 72-year-old Galloway Township resident were confirmed earlier today along with 16 additional residents who have tested positive. Read more…
BRIGANTINE – Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a relayed 911 call from New Jersey State Police Department dispatch regarding a 74-year-old man aboard a 17-foot Carolina skiff who was experiencing symptoms of a heart attack and needed immediate medical attention. Sector Delaware Bay issued Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Providers and staff throughout AtlantiCare have focused on making special connections with patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. They include Mainland Campus Progressive Care Unit team leader Samantha O’Brien, RN, BSN, of Mays Landing, and her colleagues. The unit was temporarily changed to be a respiratory care unit Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, June 25 renewed employment contracts for its police and fire chiefs and acting administrator. Commissioner Lance Landgraf also discussed appointing a “by right” subcommittee to review requests for minor subdivisions and other Planning Board applications that do not require Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Absecon Lighthouse will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day in July and August, and till 8 p.m. on Thursdays through Labor Day, with the last climb a half-hour hour before closing. Adding to the excitement is free yoga practice sponsored by The Leadership Studio 6 Read more…
No new deaths related to COVID-19 and seven new positives were reported today by Atlantic County public health officials. The latest positives were identified in two males, ages 16-66, and five females, ages 20-72. Two of the residents are from Pleasantville, while Atlantic City, Egg Harbor, Hamilton Township and Mullica Read more…
TRENTON – Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Oliver recently announced the COVID-19 Short-Term Rental Assistance Program, which will provide rental assistance to low- and moderate-income households that have had a substantial reduction in income as a result of the pandemic, including those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – High school students will still get a chance to solve a mock crime this summer when Stockton University offers a virtual version of its nationally known CSI Camp via Zoom July 20-31. While pandemic restrictions prohibited the residential camp from taking place on the Galloway Township campus Read more…
Atlantic County health officials reported six additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 30 new positives as confirmed over the last two days. The fatalities included two men, a 69-year-old from Atlantic City and a 96-year-old from Northfield, and four women, a 91-year-old from Buena Borough, a 61-year-old from Galloway Township, Read more…