SOMERS POINT – The critical need to find a safe and effective vaccine combat the COVID-19 pandemic was a top priority for Dr. Christopher Lucasti, chief of Shore Medical Center’s Infectious Disease Division. Lucasti was an integral part of a clinical trial and the effort to develop the Pfizer vaccine. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city is working on a plan to erect a “Wall of Fame” at Sigmund S. Rimm Athletic Complex on Jerome Avenue. The concept was forwarded by Commissioner Maury Blumberg who has been involved in Margate baseball and other sports for many years. The Read more…
NORTHFIELD – In addition to adult flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, the Atlantic County Division of Public Health is now offering both the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 booster shots to eligible residents 18 years and older at its weekly free clinics in Northfield and Hammonton. Beginning Nov. 3, residents Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Residents of Seashore Gardens Living Center got a surprise visit from a friendly extraterrestrial earlier this week. A full-time staff member at the senior assisted living center volunteer her time anonymously to bring a smile to the residents. She dressed up as an alien, gave out chocolate Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic City Electric is encouraging residential customers to apply for energy assistance and take advantage of millions of dollars that is now available through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). With the temporarily expanded eligibility guidelines, customers can receive more than $1,000 in grant support based on Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic Cape Community College broke ground Thursday, Oct. 28 on a 1,700-square-foot Wind Training Center at the Worthington Atlantic City campus as part of a nearly $3 million state grant aimed at growing the state’s offshore wind industry. “Offshore wind on the Atlantic Coast holds enormous Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy leads Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli 50% to 41% when voters leaning toward a candidate are included, according to a Stockton University poll released today. The race for N.J. Governor remains stable, with Murphy holding the same 9 percentage point lead found in Read more…
Longport Public Library has announced the following activities during the month of November. In the Gallery: Monica Nask Art Exhibit “Down the Shore” is a collection of works that capturing the spirit of the New Jersey coastline. The paintings are a diary of the artist’s time at the beach through Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University will host a tribute to the late poet Stephen Dunn 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 in the Campus Center Theater and on Zoom. Dunn, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book, “Different Hours,” was a distinguished professor of creative writing at Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center, a member of the Penn Cancer Network, along with Advanced Shore Imaging and ScreenNJ, are partnering to provide free lung cancer screenings at Shore Cancer Center 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13. Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in the Read more…