By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Other than the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Downbeach towns achieved many, more-upbeat milestones during 2020. Downbeach.com would like to share just 10 of our readers’ favorite stories of the year. News of beach openings and preparations for summer 2020 took the top spots in views by Downbeach Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The 177th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard will be conducting training exercises Wednesday, Dec. 30 to ensure it is able to respond quickly to emergencies near and far. According to an announcement on its Facebook page, the area may hear rumblings from aircraft and Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Beth Israel Congregation’s social action program, Manna at the Shore, has donated to five area nonprofits to help combat food insecurity in Atlantic County. Recipients of the grants include A Meaningful Purpose, Grace Place, JFS Food Pantry, Sister Jean’s Kitchen, and the South Jersey AIDS Alliance. To keep Read more…
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of festivities that normally ring in the New Year in the Downbeach area. This year, Margate will not host its New Year’s concert and the 4th of July fireworks display that was rescheduled to New Year’s Eve has also been Read more…
TRENTON – To help maintain and grow striped bass levels, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will require anglers to use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with natural bait, staring Jan. 1, 2021, the DEP’s Division of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday. The requirement stems from Read more…
Atlantic County Health Department Wednesday, Dec. 23 announced 114 new COVID-19 positives and the deaths of three people, a 50-year-old Absecon woman, an 81-year-old Pleasantville woman, and a 62-year-old Ventnor man. Positive cases were found in 51 males, ages 1 month to 98, and 63 females, ages 2 months to Read more…
VENTNOR – Cantor Jacki Menaker represented Ventnor Congregation Shirat Hayam at Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy’s virtual Chanukah party on Dec. 17. With guitar in hand, Cantor Menaker entertained the group with the singing of festive and spirited Chanukah tunes. This year’s celebrations took place in unusual ways, Read more…
MAYS LANDING- Atlantic Cape Community College’s tutoring program received an extra boost thanks to a few local businesses. Senior accountants and partners from Ford-Scott & Associates, LLC of Ocean City and the company bookkeeper from Manco & Manco Pizza have volunteered to tutor Atlantic Cape baseball players and other students Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Atlantic County Toys for Kids program held a toy collection Saturday at Ventnor Plaza shopping center. Anyone who brought a new unwrapped toy was rewarded with a $10 gift card to Acme Market. The kind folks at Ventnor Plaza provided the funding not Read more…
Interior Dept., BOEM, and Congressional Actions Pave Way to Protect Coastal Economies The following article was released by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance on 12/15 related to Offshore Wind Farms: Three significant positive developments affecting fisheries and offshore wind have occurred since Friday. The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) has Read more…