MAYS LANDING – In honor of National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, Sept. 19, Atlantic County Superintendent of Elections and Commissioner of Registration Maureen Bugdon reached out to area high schools to encourage students of age to take their first step to the voting booth by registering to vote. “In addition Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Public officials, American Legion members, supporters and the public honored this year’s Wounded Warrior Week recipient U.S. Navy CPO Phillip Fong and his family at a formal dinner and reception held at LaBarca in Seaview Harbor. American Legion Post 469 Commander Larry Pacentrilli welcomed Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Jane Wong, whose debut memoir, “Meet Met Tonight in Atlantic City,” has received rave reviews, will be the first speaker for this academic year at Stockton University’s Stephen Dunn Reading Series. The 2023 book is “an incandescent, exquisitely written memoir about family, food, girlhood, resistance and growing Read more…
MARGATE – Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties has appointed Bailey Pokres to the position of Retired Senior Volunteer Program Coordinator. Pokres is responsible for working cohesively with more than 130 RSVP volunteers who each spend upward of three hours per week with the Shop at Home Read more…
MARGATE – Families gathered at the Huntington Avenue beach Sept. 16 for a Rosh Hashanah family service followed by Tashlich, the casting away of sins. Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach and Cantor Rhoda J. Harrison sounded the shofar, following the traditional pattern of calls for the holiday. Children had a chance Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University jumped to No. 84 among the Top 100 Public National Universities, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report College Rankings released today. Stockton ranked 84 out of 227 public colleges and universities in the nation and No. 159 of 436 on the Best National Read more…
MAYS LANDING — Atlantic Cape Community College officially opened its new One-Stop Welcome Center in the J-Building lobby on Sept. 12. It will serve as an inviting, modern and attractive student-friendly venue that will streamline the enrollment process and support our students as they pursue their academic and career goals. Read more…
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson has announced 10 public clinics where residents 18 years and older can receive free flu vaccinations to help protect themselves and others from contracting and spreading the seasonal influenza virus. The clinics provided by the Atlantic County Division of Public Health will be held on Read more…
NORTHFIELD – West Nile virus has been found in a mosquito sample collected from Birch Grove Park. The sample was collected Sept. 6 and confirmed positive on Sept. 13. Atlantic County public health and mosquito control officials are conducting mosquito surveillance and implementing additional control measures. Ground sprays were conducted Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MAYS LANDING – They started with very humble beginnings and have moved on with incredible success to open corporate and licensed restaurants serving plant-based cuisine at numerous locations in New Jersey, including a food truck serving the Philadelphia-South Jersey market. Nicole Jacoby started her healthy eating Read more…