MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College’s Alumni Association Advisory Committee is accepting nominations for the 2020 President’s Distinguished Alumni Award through Friday, Jan.31. The award recognizes Atlantic Cape graduates who have distinguished themselves through professional, personal, public or community-based accomplishments. Established in 2010, the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award has Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler, started the new year with the promotions of two employees. Det. Jacob Feinberg, 34, of Egg Harbor Township was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Feinberg began his career in 2009 as a corrections officer and transferred to the Sheriff’s Office in Read more…
BRIGANTINE – Amy Kennedy of Brigantine today announced in a video that she is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Second Congressional District of New Jersey. She is the fourth candidate to jump into the race following Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s defection to the Republican Party. Kennedy said too many Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler swore in six new employees Jan. 3 to replace those who either retired or left for other law enforcement agencies during 2019. The officers are Mario Scottodivetta, 25, of Hammonton; Alexis Gibson, 25, of Absecon; Victoria Albo, 24, of Galloway; Investigators Bryan Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP– Are you concerned about the environment and want to learn how to make a difference? The Atlantic County Utilities Authority offers local residents a chance to participate in the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program with weekly classes that will begin on Jan. 28, meeting Tuesdays 4-7 p.m. at Read more…
ESTELL MANOR – Construction has begun on the second phase of a 20-acre expansion of the Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery located at the county park in Estell Manor. A one-acre expansion was completed in 2014. The current expansion will include the construction of a columbarium that will hold up to Read more…
PLEASANTVILLE – Atlantic County’s sixth case of rabies this year was recently confirmed in a raccoon collected from a property in the 400-block of Highland Avenue in Galloway Township. Atlantic County’s previous 2019 rabies cases included two raccoons, two bats and a skunk. According to county health officials, on Dec. Read more…
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center has enacted a temporary visitor restriction to protect its most vulnerable patients during respiratory syncytial virus and flu seasons. Visitors under the age of 14 may not visit: •The Roger B. Hansen Center for Childbirth at ARMC Mainland Campus in Pomona, including labor and delivery, maternal Read more…
TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection is awarding more than $14 million in grants to municipal and county governments to enhance recycling efforts, Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced recently The annual recycling tonnage grants are awarded through the state’s Recycling Enhancement Act, which authorizes a $3 per ton surcharge Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Community Solar Energy pilot program recently awarded approval for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority and the Pleasantville Housing Authority to build one of the state’s first community solar projects. A community solar project allows a solar array built at one property to Read more…