MAYS LANDING – Atlantic City Electric has completed construction on a major transmission line upgrade project to enhance energy service for thousands of its customers in Atlantic and Cape May counties. The project involved rebuilding and modernizing 1.3 miles of parallel transmission lines spanning the Great Egg Harbor Bay. The transmission Read more…
TRENTON – Gov. Phil Murphy today announced two additional categories of New Jersey residents eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Beginning Thursday, Jan. 14, all New Jersey residents ages 65 and older, and individuals ages 16-64 with certain medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus, are Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University has moved its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service community event from Jan. 18 to Saturday, Jan. 30 this year. The new date will give more students the opportunity to return to campus to participate. The university moved the start of spring semester Read more…
Atlantic County Health Department Tuesday, Jan 12 reported 10 deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic that included three Pleasantville residents, a 101-year-old woman, a 92-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man; two Galloway Township men, ages 80 and 77; a 72-year-old Atlantic City man; a 78-year-old Brigantine woman; a 94-year-old Linwood Read more…
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Monday announced tickets to the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show, June 5–13, are now available for purchase at PHSonline.org. To allow for social distance protocols, a limited number of tickets will be available for each day and time segment. Early purchase is highly recommended. Attendees are asked Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority Holiday Food Drive collected more than 37,150 pounds of food for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Brach, exceeding the previous year’s collection by more than 15,000 pounds. Residents in Atlantic County put out bags of canned, nonperishable items with their recycling Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Extending an impressive 635 feet from the Boardwalk, over the beach and out into the ocean, the Ocean City Fishing Club pier is an enormous structure. Now, what is already the longest manmade attraction in Ocean City is about to get even longer. Work has started on Read more…
MARGATE – Following an increase in car burglaries, police are urging residents to lock their vehicles and keep key fobs and keys inside your home. “Our area has seen an increase in vehicle thefts and in all cases it is believed that the vehicles were unlocked with the keys or Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University will host a virtual High School Diploma Test Preparation class in February that will prepare participants to take the high school diploma equivalency tests approved by the State of New Jersey. The course will meet online 6-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 1-18. The Read more…
The New Jersey State Police is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a man who allegedly committed two bank robberies in Cape May County. On Wednesday, Dec. 30, at approximately 3:10 p.m., the suspect entered Sturdy Savings Bank in Dennisville and handed the teller a note requesting that money be Read more…