By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Masks will be optional for students, staff and on transportation when the NJ mask mandate for schools is lifted on March 7. Superintendent Audrey Becker made the announcement at the Board of Education meeting held March 2. Also at the meeting, the board accepted Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University Rowing, which is known as “The Osprey Navy,” will be holding 2,000 meter boat races Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3 on the back bay at Brigantine. The event will be held at the Brigantine Rowing Club Boathouse, 5th and Bayshore avenues. The course, which starts Read more…
VENTNOR – Ventnor Special Events will be hosting the Downbeach community First Responder Mass 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at Holy Trinity Parish St. James Church, 6415 Atlantic Ave. at Newport Avenue. The public is invited to join their voices in prayer for the safety of the community’s dedicated first Read more…
MARGATE – Children at Playgroups Plus Preschool in Margate will be celebrating Read Across America Day all week long. Wednesday, March 2 is Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday, which is celebrated in schools across the nation. Adults in the community often return to the schools to read to children, encouraging them Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is reminding Atlantic County residents that household hazardous waste must never be poured down the drain or placed in the trash. Products, such has insecticides, pesticides, fertilizers, mercury containing light bulbs, pool chemicals and other cleaners, must be disposed of properly Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – A nationwide effort to rid communities of lead water lines that could cause health problems for children will be a major financial burden on the city over the next 10 years, Commissioner Lance Landgraf said Feb. 24. The city has applied for a federal Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic County Police Chief Association’s installed Longport Police Chief Frank Culmone as its new president. Culmone was sworn in by outgoing President and retired Pleasantville Police Chief Sean Riggin during a ceremony held Tuesday, March 1 at Doc’s Oyster House. Other 2022 officers of the Police Read more…
PLEASANTVILLE –Enjoy the luck of the Irish during the Atlantic County Animal Shelter’s “Pot of Gold” promotion with 50% off the normal adoption fee of $110 for dogs ready for immediate adoption throughout the month of March. All pets adopted from the shelter include mandatory sterilization, age-appropriate vaccinations, diagnostic testing, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University ranks seventh in the nation among public colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates for Hispanic students and overall minority students according to a new report issued by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, “Recruiting and Retaining Students in a Challenging Market,” uses federal Read more…
By MADDY VITALE The public will hear from Orsted and PSEG representatives in a live-streamed meeting 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, when officials will explain the project and their intention to utilize an area of Ocean City for an underground transmission line. Each of the 99 wind turbines proposed in Read more…