By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – The Appellate Division of the NJ Supreme Court Dec. 29 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Egg Harbor Township did not act unreasonably when it refused to consent to Seaview Harbor’s bid to secede and join up with Longport. The court agreed that the Read more…
MARGATE – Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the city has postponed its annual New Year’s Eve concert for the safety of residents, visitors and performers. The Margate Public Library and the Bay Atlantic Symphony has rescheduled the Siene-Sational Soireee: A New Year’s Eve in Paris for a date Read more…
With the return of the Ventnor City Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1, area polar bears can cool off twice this year – once at the annual Polar Bear Plunge sponsored by Robert’s Place in Margate at noon, and again at 1 p.m. in Ventnor City. After a hiatus last Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY — Cooper Levenson law firm recently announced that two attorneys have been named partners at the law firm. Jennifer B. Barr of Margate and Brittany A. Bonetti of Haddonfield will partner in the firm’s Cherry Hill and Atlantic City offices. “These individuals have proven themselves in terms of Read more…
As the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron variants continue to spike, two South Jersey hospitals have asked those seeking testing to refrain from overburdening their health care systems. In Somers Point, Shore Medical Center posted an advisory that for the safety of staff and patients, those seeking treatment should avoid going Read more…
MAYS LANDING- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has partnered with Stockton University’s Production Services Department and the Brigantine Police Department to produce a video that explains how to file an extreme risk protection order through the Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. The Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2018, also Read more…
VENTNOR – In a Facebook post Tuesday, Dec. 28, the city announced that City Hall will be closed to the public until at least Jan. 10, 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Officials said the measure will ensure the safety of City Hall employees as well as the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Dec. 16 approved several maintenance and professional contracts and agreed to go out to bid to remodel the Municipal Building on Winchester and Union avenues. The city also announced a date has been set for mediation in a legal Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a grounded pleasure craft near the entrance of Little Egg Harbor Sunday, Dec. 26. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a report via VHF Channel 16 from the 36-foot pleasure craft Phyllis II stating Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners, absent Mayor Beth Holtzman, Tuesday, Dec. 21, passed a resolution of non-support for the City of Pleasantville’s effort to establish a construction debris transfer station at the old Press of Atlantic City print shop site on Washington Avenue. Developer James Read more…