VENTNOR – The holidays will be here before you know it. Now is a good time to make the holidays brighter for children in need. The city will be collecting unwrapped toys for distribution to children in the community until Monday, Dec. 4. Residents are asked to bring unwrapped toys Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Jersey shore businesses that could adapt to COVID-19 regulations were able to weather the unprecedented summer season, speakers at the first Jersey Shoreview said during a Zoom webinar Oct. 22 presented by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Stockton University. Prospects for Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University will be hosting eight, yes eight, socially-distanced 2020 outdoor Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Oct. 23. In May, when the university hosted an online eCommencement, graduates were informed they might have a live ceremony in fall. Stockton is making good on that promise and some 1,200 Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – A question on the Margate general election ballot will gauge voter interest in building a boardwalk in Margate. According to Glenn Klotz, director of the Friends of the Margate Boardwalk group, the results of the referendum are not binding on the Board of Commissioners Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Senior citizens will be able to again socialize at the Martin Bloom Pavilion, which is a lifeline for many seniors whose families may be spread out over long distances. The center plans to reopen Monday, Nov. 9 with certain limitations. According to the center’s Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Most New Jersey adults see COVID-19 as a major threat. But beyond that, their feelings about the coronavirus pandemic and government’s response to it are strongly colored by partisan political feelings, according to Stockton University Poll results released today. Eighty percent of respondents said the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – An ordinance introduced on Oct. 15 will “clean up” the city’s developmental ordinance by adding specific definitions for roof types, decks and “by right” subdivisions. The ordinance will also offer some protections for the city’s existing tree canopy, which seems to be disappearing rapidly, Read more…
MARGATE – Police are continuing their investigation into a scam that bilked a Margate woman out of a large amount of cash. Officers were dispatched to a resident’s home at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 to investigate a complaint of possible fraud. The victim told officers she received a phone Read more…
Submitted by STEVE JASIECKI Every year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency collaborate on a national outreach effort to observe National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The three Read more…
The Stockton University Foundation’s third Ospreys Give campaign raised just over $94,000 from more than 650 gifts to support Stockton students, programs and initiatives. During the online event Oct. 7-8, Stockton President Harvey Kesselman and his wife Lynne pledged a gift of $25,000 to create a new endowed scholarship to Read more…