By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Ventnor attorney Stephen Dicht is challenging two-term incumbent James Curcio for the position of Atlantic County Surrogate. The two candidates talked about their positions during a candidates’ forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Sept. 30. Dicht has been an attorney for 42 years Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – They waited five months to do it, but more than 1,000 members of the Class of 2020 at Stockton University finally got to walk across a stage and hear their names announced as Stockton hosted eight separate socially-distanced outdoor commencement ceremonies on the Galloway Township campus Friday, Read more…
GALLOWAY – Resident artists of Seashore Gardens Living Center and student volunteers from Stockton University have collaborated to bring beautiful artwork online in the inaugural virtual “Opening Minds Through Art” show. OMA is a Scripps Gerontology Center intergenerational art program for people with dementia that is aimed at promoting their Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University will be hosting eight, yes eight, socially-distanced 2020 outdoor Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Oct. 23. In May, when the university hosted an online eCommencement, graduates were informed they might have a live ceremony in fall. Stockton is making good on that promise and some 1,200 Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Most New Jersey adults see COVID-19 as a major threat. But beyond that, their feelings about the coronavirus pandemic and government’s response to it are strongly colored by partisan political feelings, according to Stockton University Poll results released today. Eighty percent of respondents said the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
The Stockton University Foundation’s third Ospreys Give campaign raised just over $94,000 from more than 650 gifts to support Stockton students, programs and initiatives. During the online event Oct. 7-8, Stockton President Harvey Kesselman and his wife Lynne pledged a gift of $25,000 to create a new endowed scholarship to Read more…
The Atlantic County Health Department Sunday announced 92 new COVID-19 cases in 50 males, ages 10 months to 80 years, and 42 females, ages 11 months to 87 years. No deaths were reported following two deaths reported on Oct. 15 and one death on Oct. 16. There were 27 cases Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Democrats Joe Biden and Cory Booker appear to be cruising to victories in blue-state New Jersey’s elections for president and U.S. Senate, according to a Stockton University poll released today. However, the poll of 721 New Jersey adults conducted Oct. 7-13 reflects reports of heavy early mail-in Read more…
NORTHFIELD – As the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise, Atlantic County Health Department Friday, Oct. 16 confirmed two deaths in patients with pre-existing conditions – a 64-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman, both from Atlantic City. The county also reported 27 new cases in 17 males, ages Read more…
The annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, offers members a chance to change their Medicare coverage, but the Atlantic County Office on Aging reminds residents not to fall victim to Medicare or Social Security fraud. Medicare fraud is a serious problem that affects more than just Read more…