By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – After 31 years as an educator in the Margate school district, Supervisor of Instruction Loreen Cohen retired at the end of August. On Wednesday, Sept. 1, the Board of Education honored her for her leadership of school staff and her lasting impact on students. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – It’s nearly completed and city administration is already planning a dedication ceremony for the new promenade on Amherst Avenue. According to City Administrator Richard Deaney, the city plans to hold a ceremony 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 to dedicate the promenade, which is in Read more…
VENTNOR – The second day of Rosh Hashana brings the Jewish faith’s Tashlich service, which includes a blowing of the shofar and casting of sins to the sea. Shirat Hayam is planning a beach service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 on the beach at Newport Avenue. Families are requested to Read more…
Lt. J.G. Cecelia Hosley administers an oath of enlistment for Petty Officer 2nd Class Malerie Bell during a re-enlistment ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flyover during the Atlantic City Airshow near Atlantic City, Aug. 18. The crew of the Angela McShan Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College Academy of Culinary Arts was recently re-accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation’s Accrediting Commission for its associate degree in Culinary Arts, AAS degree in Baking and Pastry, Certificate in Baking and Pastry programs. All three programs also received an “Exemplary” award, which Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Since Shore Medical Center joined the Penn Cancer Network in December 2019, its cancer center has expanded local access for patients to Penn Medicine’s advanced expertise and cancer treatment resources. Shore’s relationship with Penn Medicine has grown even more with the addition of Penn Medicine Radiation Oncologist Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – At least seven residents of a three-story apartment building at 21 ½ S. Little Rock Ave. were displaced and one resident taken to the hospital when a fire ripped through a first floor efficiency apartment Wednesday, Sept. 1. According to Fire Chief Michael Cahill, Read more…
LONGPORT – Giving back is nothing new for Olivia Stone, 14, a freshman at Ocean City High School, who, for the third year running, helped the Longport Police Department collect school supplies valued at more than $5,000. Her efforts have increased from her first school supply drive in 2019, when Read more…
VENTNOR – The Shirat Hayam Caring Network is planning a Yom Kippur Food Drive for the food pantry at Jewish Family Services in Margate. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, Sept. 20 at Shirat Hayam, 700 N. Swarthmore Ave. Requested items include cereal, oatmeal, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Elizabeth Barstow Alton is best known at Stockton University for her tenacious and effective campaign in the 1960s to locate the college in South Jersey. But the “founding mother of Stockton” developed and honed her leadership skills many years before, as an active participant in the Miss Read more…