T TV Hundreds came out to enjoy a gorgeous day at the first-ever Margate Cherry Blossom Festival.By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – What a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Hundreds of residents and visitors turned out Sunday afternoon for the city’s first-ever Cherry Blossom Festival held along a one-block area Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Renowned sand sculptor John Gowdy is in the process of creating a life-sized whale sculpture on the beach at Suffolk Avenue. The Board of Commissioners Thursday, March 23 gave Gowdy permission to build the sculpture and allowed the Public Works Department to move sand Read more…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressmen Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Joe Courtney (D-CT) have introduced bipartisan legislation to honor veterans who have suffered from the longterm effects of Agent Orange. The Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal Act would provide medals to service members who were exposed to the deadly herbicide Read more…
Volunteers in Ventnor, Margate and Longport will head to the beaches 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 1 to clear the beaches of trash and debris before the summer season. The goal of the semi-annual Beach Sweep is to reduce and eliminate sources of litter than can be harmful to Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI WILDWOOD – Four congressmen and a panel of expert witnesses denounced plans for a series of offshore wind energy projects as a mass “industrialization” of the ocean that will cause environmental harm and could seriously damage the Jersey Shore’s tourism industry. The congressional hearing Thursday at the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY SOMERS POINT – Several local business associations are uniting under an umbrella organization to collaborate and strengthen the business community following the COVID-19 pandemic years. On Tuesday, March 15, 109 members of the Brigantine, Somers Point, Margate and Ventnor business associations gathered with the Greater Atlantic Read more…
TRENTON – New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that attorney Yolanda Melville will serve as senior counsel and director of Community Engagement. She will serve as a liaison to community stakeholders across the state to connect with the office’s initiatives. “Yolanda brings with her a litigator’s sharp eye Read more…
SOMERS POINT – The Margate Business Association and Ventnor Business Association will participate in a multi-association mixer 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14 at Josie Kelly’s Public House on Shore Road. Other participating business associations, including Brigantine, will join the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce in an effort to build Read more…
WILDWOOD – U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew will hold a hearing March 16 to gather information from industries and groups affected by the development of offshore wind energy projects along the East Coast. Van Drew’s Second Congressional District includes the shore communities in Atlantic and Cape May counties. He will Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY ATLANTIC CITY – The 40th annual Atlantic Cape Community College Restaurant Gala held at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center Thursday, March 9 raised a record amount of money in support of students at the college’s Academy of Culinary Arts. The Ruby Gala not only honored student chefs Read more…