FOLSOM – In recognition of Giving Tuesday, South Jersey Industries is partnering with its employees to donate more than $330,000 to local, regional, and statewide community based organizations. SJI’s annual Employee Giving Campaign empowers the company’s more than 1,200 employees to enrich local communities by pledging a monetary contribution to a Read more…
VENTNOR – Saturday and Sunday Dec. 2-3 are two extravaganza days of shopping to find that perfect gift for the person who has everything. The Ventnor Cultural Arts Center, 6500 Atlantic Ave., will hold its annual fine arts and crafts festival in the cultural arts center, which is located at Read more…
VENTNOR – The stage is set and the bands, floats, classic cars will be lining up for the city’s annual Twilight Holiday Parade being held 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 on Ventnor Avenue. The parade route starts at New Haven Avenue and travels to Nashville Avenue. There are plenty of Read more…
MARGATE – The city’s annual Shop Small Business Weekend is more than just a day for parades, costumed characters and Santa Claus. It’s about making the holidays bright, not just for children of all ages, but for business owners hoping to get in the black before the end of the Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Identical twins Elena and Grace Ware, 13, of Ventnor, took top honors at the Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s annual Recycled Art contest. The winners were announced during the ACUA’s America Recycles Day celebration held at the Recycling Center on Nov. 18. The twins took first place Read more…
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan and Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Michael J. Rizol Jr., today introduced a new holiday impaired driving education campaign, a collaborative effort focused on increasing awareness regarding the consequences of impaired driving and Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority has announced that it is taking a day off for employees to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. There will be no collections on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23. In Atlantic County, collections regularly scheduled for Thursday will be performed on Friday, and collections Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Ventnor Fountain Friends this week signed a memorandum of agreement with the city in support of its plan to reconstruct a deteriorating 100-year-old concrete fountain located in front of the Ventnor Public Works building at Cornwall and Winchester avenues. The agreement outlines the roles and financial Read more…
MAYS LANDING — Atlantic Cape Community College’s Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for the 2024 President’s Distinguished Alumni Award and Young Alumni Achievement Award (40 years of age and younger). These awards recognize Atlantic Cape graduates who have distinguished themselves through a combination of professional, academic and community-based accomplishments. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Fifth through eighth grade students at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex shared their cultural heritage with other students and visitors Tuesday during the school’s Multicultural Fair. Their efforts proved that the school is a microcosm of global migration. Seventy-four students shared information they learned Read more…