SOMERS POINT – Women who are in need of their yearly screening mammogram can get one 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 23, by appointment, at Advanced Shore Imaging Associates, 2605 Shore Road. The free screenings are in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month thanks to a partnership between the Read more…
VENTNOR – A detour will be in effect 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 on Wellington Avenue, between Little Rock Avenue and Somerset Avenue, for final milling and paving work. On Friday, Oct. 15, a lane shift traffic pattern is scheduled to be in effect for striping the roadway. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – They are nearing the end of their lifespan, and several are already dead or dying. Thirty-seven, about half of the Kwanzan cherry trees that line the Parkway section of Ventnor Avenue, are being dug up and replaced with new Japanese flowering cherry trees. The Read more…
Summer’s over and it’s time to clean up the beach 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 23 at more than 70 locations in New Jersey. In the Atlantic County area, Atlantic City, Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate and Longport will be conducting the 36th annual Fall Beach Sweep as follows: Brigantine – Read more…
MAYS LANDING — Atlantic Cape Community College’s Office of Community Outreach will present three, free Halloween events open to the public this October. The ghoulish fun begins Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Mays Landing campus, 5100 E. Black Horse Pike, with a Drive-in Movie Night featuring “A Quiet Place Part Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Sharpe Family singers will perform at the Stockton University Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29. Broadway performers and producers Ron and Barbara Sharpe first met onstage in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables, where they played the romantic lead roles of Marius Read more…
VENTNOR – The Ventnor City Police Department Office of Emergency Management has issued an important traffic advisory as a result of moderate flooding inundating low-lying areas.The Dorset Avenue bridge and Wellington Avenue are impassable due to flooding from the high tide. Public safety officials advise motorists to drive safely and responsibly. Read more…
MARGATE – The National Park Service announced that Lucy the Elephant, America’s most famous pachyderm, was awarded a $500,000 grant for exterior restoration. “We are thrilled to receive this Save America’s Treasures grant from the National Park Service,” Save Lucy Committee Executive Director Richard Helfant said in a release. “This Read more…
VENTNOR – Atlantic County Division of Public Health will be offering free flu and COVID-19 vaccinations 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 14 at St. James Memorial Hall, 9 S. Newport Ave. Shots are free and available to residents over 18 years of age. No appointments are needed. Face masks Read more…
Atlantic County health officials are urging residents to take measures to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illness by reducing their exposure to mosquito bites as officials have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in an Atlantic County resident this year. Officials are conducting mosquito surveillance and implementing mosquito Read more…