By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – The borough’s green team Tuesday, Aug. 24 held the second in a series of talks about the local environment. The first program held July 27 shared information about what to plant that won’t be eaten by Longport’s voracious rabbit population. Some species of birds Read more…
MARGATE – Beth Israel Congregation of Northfield will hold its annual Tashlich service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 on the Huntington Avenue beach in Margate. The service encourages participants to throw bread, symbolizing their sins, into the sea. Families are encouraged to bring a shofar. Tashlich, a time of repentance, Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Expanded New Jersey Election Laws now provide voters with several options to vote early, including in-person or by mail. IN PERSON Anyone who previously requested vote-by-mail ballots and would like to vote in-person during New Jersey’s new early in-person voting period must opt-out of receiving a Read more…
VENTNOR – Yard waste collection will be delayed again this week according to a post from the Atlantic County Utilities Authority. “Like many businesses, we are extremely short staffed, and it has been a challenge to fill open positions,” explained ACUA President Rick Dovey. “On top of this, the summer Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Been wanting to tour Lucy the Elephant? It’s best to do it before Sept. 20, when Lucy, the 140-year-old National Historic Landmark that keeps a watchful eye on Margate beachgoers, will disappear from view behind weatherproof scaffolding for the largest restoration effort since she Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University has distributed over $17 million in federal funds to assist more than 6,000 students who were impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. The university is now allocating an additional $493,000 of its own federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III allotment to eliminate the debt Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – A Margate man died Friday, Aug. 20 after being pulled from the ocean near the Margate Fishing Pier. According to Margate City Fire Chief Dan Adams, numerous 911 calls reported that surfers pulled a fellow surfer, later identified as Edgar M. Osborne III, 67, Read more…
SOMERS POINT — For the past 15 years, the women of Grace Lutheran Church in Somers Point and Epiphany Lutheran Church in Pleasantville have been making a difference in the lives of mothers and their newborns at Shore Medical Center. Spearheaded by Bettie Cross of Northfield, the women knit and Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic City Community Fund, a community based non-profit that provides grants to worthy organizations, will hold a fundraising reception 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Hard Rock Cafe at Hard Rock Casino Hotel. Special guests include Lt. Gov. Shiela Oliver, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., Read more…
MARGATE – Native Philadelphian Anthony Marino will present “Riding the Rails: The Atlantic City Interurban Trolley System” 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, at the Margate Historical Society Museum located at Historic City Hall, 1 S. Washington Ave. The presentation is based on two articles he wrote for the Atlantic County Read more…