By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city’s schools celebrated Earth Week April 22-26 but the effort to save the Earth is turning into a year-round endeavor thanks to the work of the VECC Green Team. Under the guidance of eighth grade Life Sciences teacher Michael Capizola, students, staff and Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority will host its 32nd annual Earth Day Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Environmental Park, 6700 Delilah Road. The event attracts thousands of visitors each year. It is a rain or shine event. Here’s a lineup Read more…
SOMERS POINT – More than 25,000 people are expected to crowd Somers Point’s lively waterfront for the annual Bayfest extravaganza 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27 on Bay Avenue. Bayfest will offer music, live entertainment, arts and crafts, kid-friendly activities and plenty of food and drink to celebrate Read more…
OCEAN CITY – Miss Night in Venice is a fundraising event that takes place every summer. The goal of the event is for young women to collect community service hours for school while raising funds for local charities in Cape May and Atlantic counties. The organization has been helping local Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The 2024 application for valet trash and recycling collection services offered by the Atlantic County Utilities Authority is now open. By subscribing to valet collection service, ACUA’s collections staff will retrieve containers from your residence, empty them and return them to the residence. Participating residents will Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic City Electric is powering local communities in ways that go beyond reliable energy service though environmental stewardship and resiliency grants for South Jersey municipalities. The company’s Sustainable Communities Grant Program, which is facilitated by Sustainable Jersey, has provided $310,000 in grants to fund sustainability projects across Read more…
MARGATE – Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties was awarded a $204,497 grant from the Claims Conference Social Services Program to assist the 20 Holocaust survivors who live in the region. The funds will help JFS provide essential programs and services to survivors, including homecare, case management, Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Not satisfied with the response received from the Board of Commissioners about a developer allegedly violating his permitting, a resident has called on the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate. Patrick Geddes Thursday, April 18 listened to comments provided by city attorney John Scott Read more…
By LYNDA COHEN ATLANTIC CITY – All eyes were on Atlantic City Superintendent of Schools La’Quetta Small Tuesday, as she attended the first school board meeting since she and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., where charged with child endangerment for alleged attacks on their 16-year-old daughter. But Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch will hold its annual “Night of 300,000 Meals” 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the FoodBank, 6735 Black Horse Pike. The event will raise funds to provide 300,000 meals to the more than 55,000 South Jersey residents who Read more…