ATLANTIC CITY – The community is invited to lace up their sneakers for a good cause at the 13th annual Seashore Gardens 5K Run & Health Walk and 1 Mile Family Fun Run & Walk planned for Sunday, April 16 on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Organized by Seashore Gardens Foundation, the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – NJ Sen. Vince Polistina (R-2) has introduced legislation that would reinstate Ventnor’s representative on the Atlantic City Board of Education. Due to declining enrollment numbers, the Atlantic City board has dropped Ventnor’s representative from its ranks. Current state law requires sending districts to have Read more…
MARGATE – Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties hosted a gathering Friday afternoon for Holocaust survivors in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Holocaust survivors who live locally enjoyed lunch, music and painting, and shared stories about their lives and families. “At JFS, we are honored and Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Matthew DeNafo has been selected to lead the Atlantic County Utilities Authority as its new president beginning in April. DeNafo’s appointment was made official following his approval at the Atlantic County Board of County Commissioners meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, and approval of the ACUA’s minutes by Read more…
LONGPORT – The Herb Stern Longport Scholarship Fund has announced it will award up to $25,000 in scholarships in 2023. Longport resident students who graduate high school this year or who are now in college or graduate school are eligible to apply for scholarship awards. The application is available at longportscholarshipfund.com. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Residents and city employees stepped to the microphone at the Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday to offer accolades for Mayor Beth Holtzman who was attending her last commission meeting before stepping down on Feb. 7. The mayor and commissioners held back tears as they Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University President Harvey Kesselman was appointed to a new international council that will forge connections among education leaders from across the globe. The Association of International Education Administrators recently established the Presidential Ambassadors Council, whose members will meet regularly with the AIEA board, serve as a Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch will be hosting its annual “Night of 300,000 Meals,” 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at the food bank, 6735 E. Black Horse Pike. The event raises funds needed to provide 300,000 meals to the nearly 70,000 South Jersey Read more…
MARGATE – Literary classics such as “Tom Sawyer,” “1984,” and “Alice in Wonderland” have been a part of high school reading programs for generations. But what if these giants of literature had been banned from library bookshelves, never to be read again? The Margate Business Association’s Daniel and Maria Walters Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Seashore Gardens Living Center is offering a free monthly support group for family members and caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The group meets 4-5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Seashore Gardens Living Center, 22 W. Jimmie Leeds Rd. The next scheduled Read more…