MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler today announced the receipt of a federal grant to provide overdose prevention training for first responders in Atlantic County. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration approved the $2 million grant. The Sheriff’s Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Sept. 5 hired a former Longport police chief as a part-time administrator. The board appointed A. Scott Porter to the administrative position and introduced an ordinance amending the post from full-time to a part-time and outlining duties and responsibilities. A public hearing on the Read more…
The Ventnor City Police Department Office of Emergency Management issued a traffic advisory regarding Dorset Avenue bridge openings. Atlantic County will be conducting mandatory testing of the Dorset Avenue Bridge beginning 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.17. The bridge will be opened for 15-minute intervals during which no traffic will pass over Read more…
LONGPORT – The American Legion Post 469 and its contributors held a recognition ceremony and reception Sunday, Sept. 15 for Wounded Warrior Week recipient U.S. Navy Seal (Ret.) Joe Hahn. Local, state and federal officials were on hand to present proclamations and awards to a “true American hero,” Post Commander Read more…
GALLOWAY – A group of residents and visitors to Seashore Gardens Living Center were treated to an enjoyable afternoon of Vaudeville Thursday, Sept. 12. The show, titled, “The Golden Era of Vaudeville,” was presented by the Starlite Steppers, a group of seniors based in Cape May County. The troupe’s dancers, Read more…
MARGATE – On Wednesday, Sept. 11, students of the eighth-grade class at the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School attended the city’s 9-11 Memorial Service held at Firehouse No. 1. Because there are 40 students in eighth grade, they arrived in several smaller groups aboard the district’s 14-passenger van, which is Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Atlantic County health officials are urging residents to take measures to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illness by reducing their exposure to mosquito bites after two new mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus and the first human case in an Atlantic County resident was reported. “We cannot Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The New Jersey Organizing Project will call attention to the need for proper flood mitigation and National Flood Insurance Program reforms at a special gathering 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Lagoon Playground, W. Riverside Drive at Columbia Avenue in the Venice Park section of Atlantic City. Read more…
LONGPORT – Police here have arrested an Atlantic City man and are looking for a second man in connection with several automobile thefts. On Sept. 11, at approximately 4:46 a.m., Ptl. Frank Lupperger observed two males walking through residential properties in the area of 36th and Ventnor avenues. When they Read more…
MAYS LANDING – An Atlantic County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Sept. 10 against a 33 year-old Stratford, Camden County man for theft by deception and official misconduct offenses, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said in a release. According to the indictment, on or about March 14, 2017, Read more…