EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is sponsoring its sixth annual Recycled Art Contest, only this year, it will be a virtual competition. The ACUA invites Atlantic County children, teens and adults to create art from material destined for the recycling or trash bin. The contest is Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – In lieu of an in-person gala event this year, the Schultz-Hill Foundation is celebrating the arts with a tribute video featuring the Texas Tenors, the performers for their 2021 gala fundraiser. The virtual tribute, which debuts on social media Sept. 16, showcases the Texas Tenors’ song, Rise, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown caused food insecurity to spike in Atlantic County, where workers were already struggling to feed their families, according to a student research paper published Tuesday by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. The research paper by Read more…
As of Tuesday Sept. 15, the daily Atlantic County COVID-19 update with the number of new cases, deaths and recoveries will no longer be published here, but it will be available on the county homepage at www.aclink.org. The data breakdown will also include daily and cumulative counts by municipality. Readers Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Author and legal scholar Julie Chi-hye Suk will speak at Stockton University’s virtual Constitution Day celebration 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 via Zoom online meeting platform. The topic of her talk is “We the Women: Discovering the ‘Founding Mothers’ of Our Constitution.” Suk’s new book, “We, the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Sheriff’s Foundation Wednesday, Sept. 9 awarded $3,000 in scholarships to six recipients in its first-ever Sheriff Gerard L. Gormley Scholarship Fund during an event held under a tent in front of the Atlantic County Criminal Courthouse in Mays Landing. The Read more…
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health reported no new deaths related to COVID-19 and only six additional cases among two men, ages 25-28, and four women, ages 19-43. Two of today’s positive cases were found in Pleasantville and one each was found in Brigantine, Egg Harbor and Galloway townships Read more…
Beginning Oct. 1, Atlantic County residents can take advantage of the Homeowners Firewood Program to obtain inexpensive firewood from designated county parks to supplement their own supplies. “It’s been a few years since we’ve been able to offer this popular program,” Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson said in a release. Read more…
On Sunday, Sept. 13, Atlantic County health officials reported no additional deaths related to COVID-19 over the weekend and 25 more residents who have been cleared as recovered. There were, however, 27 more cases confirmed among 14 males, ages 5-82, and 13 females, ages 18-83. Six of these residents reside Read more…
No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported today by the Atlantic County Division of Public Health, but there were 20 new cases confirmed in eight men, ages 19-23, and 12 women, ages 19-93. These residents were located as follows: five in Hamilton Township; two each in Absecon, Atlantic City, Read more…