On Thursday, June 4, Atlantic County health officials reported 127 more residents have been cleared as recovered from COVID-19 bringing the countywide total to 1,083. The county also reported 11 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more long-term care residents have died from complications, an 87-year-old Hammonton Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – The borough is going to give vendors one last shot at selling ice cream on the beach before it does it on its own. At the Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, June 3, borough officials discussed their option to sell ice cream out of Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Help is available Atlantic Cape Community College students who have incurred expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The college is actively distributing the $1.98 million allocated through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that will serve as direct aid to eligible students. So Read more…
The Atlantic County Library System is waiving all fines for overdue materials, regardless of due date, now through July 5 at each of its nine branches. Materials may be returned via external book drops that were reopened on June 1. To find library branch locations and contact information, please visit Read more…
LONGPORT – During the coronavirus shutdown, the Longport Public Library is offering Tuesday Tastings online using the Zoom teleconferencing platform. Join Chef Linda of Kitchen 19, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16 as she prepares “Greens and Beans” via Zoom. Learn the basics of cleaning and sauteing different greens, and adding Read more…
Atlantic County health officials confirmed 30 more residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 as well as the death of a 94-year-old Pleasantville man with underlying health conditions who was a resident of a long-term care facility. Today’s cases were identified in 12 males, ages 21-83, and 18 females, ages Read more…
Attention parents. The NJ Department of Education wants to hear from you. The DOE has created a survey seeking feedback about remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that closed schools in April. The Survey Monkey survey is voluntary and available until June 8. Click the links for Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY The fur will soon be flying as Downbeach hair salons get ready to welcome their shaggy customers under Gov. Phil Murphy’s Phase 2 reopening plan. On Monday, Murphy announced that non-essential retail stores could open and restaurants can start offering outdoor dining starting June 15. Hair Read more…
VENTNOR – Republican New Jersey Sen. Chris Brown will host another Facebook Live event 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 2. Brown has been holding regular Facebook Live events to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, will join Brown for a conversation about reopening the economy and Read more…
Three long-term care residents are the latest to succumb to complications from COVID-19 according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. They include two Absecon men, ages 69 and 71, and an 86-year-old Egg Harbor Township woman. All three had underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk. Read more…