MARGATE – After months trying to get the owner of Lamberti’s Sunset Marina and Restaurant to replace a 315-foot section of failing bulkhead fronting the Amherst Avenue property, time is running out, city officials have said. The city wants to move forward with replacing the entire stretch of deteriorating bulkhead Read more…
Le Tour de Downbeach Spooktacular 10th anniversary family bike ride will be held Saturday, Oct. 6 (rain date Oct. 7). Get your “scary on” and incorporate your Le Tour T-shirt into your Halloween costume to receive great prizes. Riders are asked to refrain from decorating their bicycles. The first 200 registrants Read more…
VENTNOR – Every member of the Ventnor City Fire Department will be getting new personal escape harnesses courtesy of a $25,472 grant from the Joey D Foundation. According to Fire Chief Michael Cahill, the department has been informed of the grant award by the Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation, Read more…
Today’s home fires burn faster than ever. In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one or two minutes from the time the smoke alarm sounds to safely escape. Knowing how to best use that time takes practice, according to firefighters in all three Downbeach communities. Fire Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The race for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey is a statistical dead heat, with incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez leading Republican challenger Bob Hugin by two percentage points, according to a Stockton University poll released today. Menendez leads with 45 percent to Hugin’s 43 percent five Read more…
MARGATE – The Holtzman Gallery has mounted “Collage of Artists: A Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition,” featuring local and regional artists and a display of color and form through Oct. 15 at the Milton and Betty Katz JCC, 501 N. Jerome Ave. A special reception will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Read more…
PLEASANTVILLE – A select variety of dogs and cats that are ready for immediate adoption will be available during a special Hurricane Season promotion at the Atlantic County Animal Shelter, beginning Sept. 29. “The normal adoption fees of $110 for dogs and $85 for cats will be reduced to $25 Read more…
LONGPORT – Miss New Jersey 2019 Jaime Gialloreto spend a few hours Saturday, Sept. 29 touring the borough. Gialloreto visited the Longport Public Library, where she caught up with some of the borough’s police officers. Mayor Nicholas Russo escorted Gialloreto and her mother to Ozzie’s Luncheonette, where she posed for Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Filmmaker Royston Scott will be presenting his award-winning documentary, The Sara Spencer Washington Story, 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 in the Fannie Lou Hamer Event Room at Stockton University Atlantic City, 3711 Atlantic Ave. The event, part of the annual Al Gold Memorial Lecture Series, Read more…
VENTNOR – She’s long and sleek and was built when engine power was new. George Wimberg’s “MisLeading Lady” was on display at Ventnor City Hall Saturday, Sept. 29 for all to see and admire. She had boat lovers reminiscing about the good old days when Ventnor had its own boat Read more…