By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY As tropical storm Josephine gathers steam in the Atlantic Ocean, we’re asking Downbeach residents if they are storm ready. Year 2020 proves to be an extremely active year for tropical storms and hurricanes. Josephine, the 10th named storm of the hurricane season, is also the earliest Read more…
Forty-seven more Atlantic County residents have been cleared as recovered from COVID-19 for a countywide total of 2,262, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health, which also reported no additional fatalities for the 12th consecutive day leaving the cumulative number of deaths at 241. Health officials did confirm Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Police Chief Frank Culmone has advised residents that a recent effort by the Atlantic County Sheriff and Prosecutor that enables residents to use an online app to inform law enforcement about problems in the neighborhood could circumvent a prompt response from local police. Galloway Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University is seeking area Holocaust survivors and their family members for a major new project to compile and create a digital archive on the lives of Holocaust survivors who settled in South Jersey. The “South Jersey Holocaust Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – AtlantiCare will host its annual National Health Center Week Community Health Fair and Barbeque Friday, noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 at the William L. Gormley HealthPlex, 1401 Atlantic Ave. The event, which is usually packed with entertainment and takes place at the Pop Lloyd stadium in Atlantic Read more…
CAPE MAY— Atlantic Cape Community College plans to hold its 2020 Scramble ‘FORE’ Scholarships Golf Tournament Fri., Oct. 16 at Cape May National Golf Club. Longtime partner and advocate of the Atlantic Cape Foundation, CMNGC will host the tournament to raise funds to support student scholarships. The Atlantic Cape Foundation Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service has raised the ire of at least one resident who informed the Board of Commissioners about problems in 08403. After agreeing there is a problem, Mayor Nicholas Russo penned a letter to federal officials requesting services be restored. On Read more…
Atlantic County residents are invited to participate in a virtual public meeting to provide input and comments on the proposed Atlantic County Area Agency on Aging’s fiscal year 2021 funding plan. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Atlantic County Area Agency on Aging Read more…
The Longport Public Library will host an author visit with best-selling author Ann Napolitano 6 p.m. Monday. Aug. 24. Although tickets for the event with information about how to access the author visit have been claimed, the library has a wait list in the event tickets become available. Napolitano is Read more…
VENTNOR – The Attorney General’s Office today identified the victim of a fatal police involved shooting in Ventnor Thursday, Aug. 6. The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation into the death of Amir Johnson, 30, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. According to the preliminary investigation, at approximately 4:16 p.m., Ventnor and Atlantic Read more…