GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Hon. Steven P. and Barbara Perskie of Margate, and their children and spouses, Joseph and Pamela Perskie, David and Amy Perskie, and Bethany Perskie and Jason Shelly, have expanded a Perskie scholarship endowment at Stockton University. The newly named Perskie Family Endowed Scholarship will incorporate and Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Dec. 2 took actions to keep existing employees and professional services contractors in place over the next year. The board approved public service contract extensions for its tax attorney, municipal prosecutor, conflict prosecutor, public defender, and conflict public defender. Read more…
MARGATE – Despite Lucy the Elephant being under wraps, tours inside Margate’s iconic structure will be permitted to resume starting 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15 and continue every day, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, until Jan. 2, 2022. Tours are being made possible for a short period of time Read more…
VENTNOR – What better Christmas gift to give this holiday season than the gift of lifesaving blood, which is always needed and always in short supply. The Greater Absecon Island VFW Post 215 located at 601 N. Dorset Ave. in conjunction with the American Red Cross will be hosting a Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city plans to spend up to $1.96 million next year for planned improvements to the Margate City Municipal Building on Winchester Avenue. The building, which was built in the 1950s as the Union Avenue School, is being upgraded to eliminate problem areas and Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center joined communities across the globe to officially start the holiday season with its Auxiliary’s Tree of Lights ceremony, which includes special recognition of those who received care at the hospital. Each year in advance of the ceremony, the auxiliary invites community members to make Read more…
VENTNOR – Sustainable Jersey representatives announced that the City of Ventnor has met the rigorous requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification. Ventnor is one of 52 municipalities that have attained certification in 2021 and was honored at the Sustainable Jersey Annual Luncheon on Nov. 16, in Atlantic City at the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Anyone who received a finger-prick antibody blood test for COVID-19 at a Ventnor testing lab at the height of the pandemic last year, has until Feb. 12, 2022 to be part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the lab operator. A notice Read more…
VENTNOR – The city’s Cultural Arts Center held its annual Holiday Craft Show and Sale over the weekend. This year was the first time the event was held over two days instead of one. The event was well spaced out to ensure the safety of shoppers. Offerings included fine arts, Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – AtlantiCare has reopened its COVID-19 Rapid Testing Center, in building 1000 at its health complex at 2500 English Creek Ave. The move will help the health center expand access to testing amid the increase in COVID-19, the Delta variant and now the omicron variant. No prescription Read more…