MARGATE – Students from the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School joined fifth grade science teacher Chelsi Crompton for Clean Ocean Action’s annual Beach Sweep held Saturday, Oct 23. Volunteers from all over the state swept more than 70 beaches, bays and streams to help eliminate ocean pollution, which has a Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – City officials are hashing out options for replacing 50 feet of deteriorated bulkhead on Amherst Avenue at 36th Avenue, which abuts a deteriorated bulkhead owned by Luciano Lamberti, who is building a restaurant on adjacent land in Margate. Longport’s section of the bulkhead spans Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Occupational therapy students at Stockton University, along with Professor Megan Foti, provided a gift of two robotic dogs for the residents at Seashore Gardens Living Center. Robotic dogs have been shown to decrease stress and anxiety in a similar way to their live counterparts. Foti and her Read more…
MAYS LANDING — In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to spread awareness to the campus community, Atlantic Cape Community College welcomed Avanzar and The Clothesline Project to the Student Center at its Mays Landing campus Thursday, Oct. 21. Avanzar is a local nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of Read more…
AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute Oncology Breast Nurse Navigator Eve Daretta is one of thousands of healthcare professionals nationwide concerned by current trends demonstrating a rise in the number of later-stage breast cancer diagnoses and that the numbers of mammogram screenings continue to lag in returning to pre-pandemic percentages. For Daretta, Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The walls were vibrating as airmen from the U.S. Air Force in fatigues rocked out at St. James Memorial Hall Friday, Oct. 22. The airmen were in town for a recruitment commission and spent part of their day running in the Airmen Helping Airmen Read more…
MARGATE – Hundreds of costumed characters turned out for the first-ever Trunk or Treat event held on Edgemar Circle behind the Sig Rimm Memorial Athletic Complex Friday, Oct. 22. The event was sponsored by the Margate Mothers Association and Margate City Police Department. Det. Erin Borelli organized much of the Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Fifty years ago, as Stockton was welcoming its first class of students, John F. Scarpa was also taking a chance on a new venture, introducing cable TV and later cellphone service to rural South Jersey, where he was born and raised. Both grew steadily and successfully. In Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The much maligned Atlantic Avenue road diet completed over the spring and summer months took top honors in a statewide engineering competition. The road diet, which drew criticism from some residents and visitors, has accomplished what municipal officials hoped for and has rendered the Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Despite labor shortages, supply chain issues and occasionally less than ideal weather, summer 2021 was a success for Jersey Shore businesses and fall and winter also look very promising panelists said during the annual Shoreview held Thursday, Oct. 21 at Stockton University John F. Scarpa Academic Center Read more…