By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Forecasters have predicted an active hurricane season, June 1 to Nov. 30, but there is already one named storm skirting the East Coast. Tropical storm Arthur is headed away from the mainland as it travels north along the coast. It is the sixth year pre-season tropical Read more…
MAYS LANDING – As individuals, families and communities continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic City Electric is further extending the policies put in place to support customers, including suspending service disconnections, waiving new late fees and reconnecting customers who were previously disconnected. The policies will now Read more…
TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, Friday, May 15 announced enforcement actions from the past week, including charges seeking to suspend for 10 days the liquor license of an Atlantic County bar, the Watering Hole Café in the Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The confetti fell on the Class of 2020 at Stockton University on Friday, but it did so virtually, as the class celebrated eCommencement online at home, sharing their day on social media rather than at Boardwalk Hall. The website went live at noon, when commencement would have Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY As similar as they are, the Downbeach towns of Ventnor, Margate and Longport are unique in the amenities they offer beachgoers. Their approach to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing Jersey Shore beaches to open Memorial Day weekend are just as unique. Ventnor has a boardwalk Read more…
Three more residents of long-term care facilities have died from complications of COVID-19, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. They include an 83-year-old Egg Harbor Township woman and two Hammonton residents, an 82-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman. All three individuals had underlying health conditions. County health Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY As similar as they are, the Downbeach towns of Ventnor, Margate and Longport are unique in the amenities they offer beachgoers. Their approach to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing Jersey Shore beaches to open Memorial Day weekend are just as unique. Ventnor has a boardwalk Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University’s eCommencement will go live 12 p.m. Friday, May 15, on the Stockton eCommencement website. The site, stockton.edu/commencement, will include videotaped messages from President Harvey Kesselman, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Michelle McDonald and Board of Trustees Chairman Leo Schoffer. There will also Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Downbeach residents and visitors heard the good news today that Gov. Phil Murphy will allow Jersey Shore beaches to open with limitations Friday, May 22, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. “The jersey shore after all is where memories are made. The last thing Read more…
Atlantic County health officials are reporting eight additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 64 more residents who have tested positive for the disease. Today’s fatalities included three Hammonton residents, two men ages 62 and 76 and a 58-year-old woman; two Galloway Township men ages 87 and 93; two Northfield men, Read more…