By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – There was more than the pocking of pickleballs going on at the Funky Pickle Ventnor Classic, held for the second year Saturday at the Suffolk Avenue recreation center. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people crammed the pickleball and tennis courts, walkways and street, which Read more…
By MADDY VITALE The Ocean City Beach Patrol is looking for some more lifeguards to help it maintain a solid staff through the end of the summer into the fall and also to bring in some new talent for 2023. Tryouts for new lifeguards will take place on Monday. The Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Over the last 19 years, the Margate Business Association and its dedicated volunteers have raised more than $122,000 for scholarships awarded to students who attended the Margate public schools. Dan and Maria Walters, who helped the late Joe Tozzi form the Margate Business Association Read more…
CAMDEN – Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced in a release. John Sher, 40, of Margate, and Christopher Broccoli, 50, of West Deptford, Read more…
VENTNOR – A Ventnor man was arrested Friday, July 29 and charged with the alleged luring of a child, according to a release from Ventnor City Police Chief Joe Fussner. Edwin M. Perez, 33, was charged after police received a report from a person who arrived at a pre-determined location Read more…
VENTNOR – St. Leonard’s Tract, one of the Jersey Shore’s most historic neighborhoods, will celebrate its 100th anniversary July 30 at St. James Memorial Hall. The celebration was delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but on Saturday evening, residents will gather with friends and local dignitaries to celebrate Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners workshop and regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 3 has been cancelled. The next regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners workshop and meeting will be held 4 p.m. Aug. 17 at Borough Hall, 2305 Atlantic Ave. Action will be taken.
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Superintendent of Schools Carmela Somershoe will be sticking around for a few more years. At its meeting Wednesday, July 27, the Board of Education approved a new five-year contract for Somershoe, who rose to the top post in 2020 after former Superintendent Eileen Johnson Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University will be the site of a debate Oct. 19 between candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in South Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. The major party candidates, Democratic challenger Tim Alexander and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, Read more…
TRENTON – New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced a shoulder closure on Route 152 eastbound over Broad Thorofare as a bridge maintenance painting project began in Egg Harbor Township, between Longport and Somers Point. The work began Monday, July 25 as traffic shifted to the northern side of the Read more…