LONGPORT – Three local children, Audrey, Graham and Sterling Frank, opened their “Frank Family Citrus Squeezed Juice Bar” offering fresh squeezed lemonade and orange juice this past Sunday, July 11 to raise money for the Longport Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Levon “Lefty” Clayton and members of the Fire Department Read more…
NORTHFIELD – NJ Assemblymen Vince Mazzeo and John Armato are collecting personal care items for their Summer Blessing Bag Drive. “We often think of our homeless populations throughout the winter. However, this heatwave got us thinking, a small act of kindness can help make a hot day a little more Read more…
Stockton Performing Arts Center on the Galloway Township campus. GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will reopen in the fall with an expanded mission to both educate and entertain, offering more opportunities for students and reaching a broader audience in the South Jersey region. The PAC has Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – AtlantiCare is planning a $75 million expansion of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus in Pomona. The multi-year project will include the addition of two floors, and approximately 35,000 square feet to the existing Meadow Pavilion of the campus. It will also feature the renovation of 23,000 Read more…
LONGPORT – Popo Flanigan, one of six girls born and raised in Philadelphia, is this month’s featured artist at the Longport Public Library Art Gallery. Flanigan always wanted to go to art school, but her dad believed a career in art was not the sensible thing to do. He wanted Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – In response to negative press about the rabbit infestation in the Downbeach area, the Sustainable Longport green team plans a “Garden Lecture,” 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27 in Council Chambers at Longport Borough Hall, 2305 Atlantic Ave. Sustainable Longport Chairman Tom Subranni and other Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday July 8 held a public hearing on a new bond ordinance appropriating $6,457,721 for new capital projects, approved promotions for five employees in the Civil Service System and introduced an ordinance to ban sleeping or camping on the Ventnor Read more…
Atlantic County’s proposal to provide taxpayers with hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual savings through a shared services, countywide municipal court system is meeting resistance, Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson said Monday in a release. “It appears many towns are more interested in maintaining status quo than attaining significant Read more…
Downbeach emergency management coordinators will be holding their annual Hurricane Preparedness meeting for residents and businesses in Ventnor, Margate and Longport 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22 in the multi-purpose room at the Margate Municipal Building, 9001 Winchester Ave. The meeting will be especially informative for those who are new to Read more…
It only took five years for a multi-government bike rack project to finally get off the ground to help alleviate traffic congestion in the Downbeach area. Installation on the long-promised bike racks started last week at locations in Ventnor and Margate. According to Margate Zoning Officer Roger McLarnon, “they are Read more…