By STEVE JASIECKI Water is our most valuable resource and is absolutely vital to life, but how much do you know about the water in your community? Where does it come from? Is it safe? Will there be enough water for future generations? Where does the wastewater go? How is Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The Margate City Fire Department has benefitted by a new training program instituted by the Ventnor City Fire Department for new recruits and experienced firefighters of several shore community departments. According to Ventnor Fire Chief Michael Cahill, the program for new recruits was completed Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson announced today that the Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northfield is accepting appointments for indoor visits with its residents. “While we have been able to permit family members to virtually visit with their loved ones throughout the pandemic, it is not the Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center is hosting a virtual colorectal cancer panel discussion “What You Need to Know about Colorectal Cancer and Prevention” via Zoom 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The session is a collaboration between Penn Medicine, Southern Oncology Hematology Associates Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Atlantic County officials will welcome Israel Aerospace Industries to the U.S. to provide demonstrations of new smart airport equipment and technologies at Atlantic City International Airport, a designated Smart Airport testbed. In-person demonstrations will be available by appointment, March 30-April 1, to ensure all COVID-19 protocols Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city’s fire and police chiefs Thursday, March 11 provide city commissioners with a wrap-up of activity in 2020, a year that proved to be challenging for public safety employees. Fire Chief Michael Cahill and Police Chief Douglas Biagi said their departments suffered under Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The 16th distribution of food boxes for Atlantic City residents and displaced casino and hospitality industry workers will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, March 18 at Bader Field. The food distribution is possible through a unique partnership between state and local governments, the casino industry and its Read more…
The Stockton Oratorio Society is looking for area singers who want to participate in a virtual performance of Kirby Shaw’s “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” The concert, “Connecting for Peace During COVID,” is being coordinated by Stockton University Professor of Music Beverly Vaughn, along with Dianna Hughes and Richard Read more…
VENTNOR – The repair of the Wellington Avenue sewer main leak was successfully completed, the Atlantic County Utilities Authority reported Monday evening. A summary of recent work follows: At 12:30 a.m. Saturday, March 13, contractors prepared to retest the sewer main repair and connection while sewer flows were at a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew released the audio of an alleged death threat Ocean City columnist John McCall, a longtime member of the New Jersey Press Association, recently left on his home phone while he was in Washington and blasted the Ocean City Sentinel for publishing columns, before and after, Read more…