By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city is the second Downbeach community to receive a $50,000 Local Recreation Improvement Grant from the State of New Jersey. Ventnor and Margate were two of 162 New Jersey municipalities to receive $10 million in funding to improve community parks and recreation centers. Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Stress is a very real part of a cancer diagnosis for the patient as well as for their caregiver. Shore Medical Center, along with the office of Cancer Education and Early Detection and the Cape Atlantic Coalition for Health, wants to help you manage stress by offering Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University offered the most programs in 2020-2021 among the 31 Holocaust Centers in New Jersey according to the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education’s year-end report to Gov. Phil Murphy. The 91 programs offered through the Stockton University Holocaust Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Beginning Monday, Jan. 10, a 10-member New Jersey National Guard strike team is being deployed to Atlantic County’s Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northfield. The team will assist with COVID-19 response efforts and augment staff that are short-handed due to the surge of the omicron variant throughout Read more…
UPDATE: As of Monday, Jan. 10, Atlantic Cape officials have decided to push the start date of the Spring semester to Jan. 24 instead of Jan. 18 due to our COVID-19 testing or vaccination requirement, and surge of the Omicron variant in the area.This change will allow students to complete testing Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center Center for Family Caregivers is expanding to reach more people with the addition of two new virtual monthly support groups: Caring Together, Living Well and Vet 2 Vet Café. Caring Together, Living Well is designed to support people through a wide variety of life’s Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city has closed the Martin Bloom Pavilion and temporarily suspended some services provided to senior citizens amid the spike in COVID-19 cases. The Martin Bloom Pavilion, where seniors enjoy lunches and activities, will be closed for the month of January, City Administrator Richard Read more…
Submitted by STEVE JASIECKI MARGATE – If you are strolling along the shore this winter, there is a chance you may come across a seal taking a snooze on the beach. Not to worry, this is common at this time of the year and more then likely it came ashore Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Joe Giralo, who was elected to succeed former Clerk Ed McGettigan on Nov. 2, 2021, has announced new initiatives for the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office, including changing the office layout at the Historic Atlantic County Courthouse in Mays Landing to include an Election Department. Giralo said he Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Atlantic County, in collaboration with AtlantiCare, will offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing starting Monday, Jan. 10 at the Atlantic County Public Works Yard at Dolphin and Harvey avenues in Northfield. The site will offer PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing for symptomatic and asymptomatic adults and children. Monday, Jan. 10, Read more…