Atlantic City has a rich history, an exciting atmosphere, and hundreds of interesting stories. Seventeen community members are poised to help tell those stories as part of the Community Reporter Fellowship hosted by the Stories of Atlantic City project at Stockton University. The 17 volunteers took several months of training Read more…
MARGATE – While it’s dubbed The Planet’s Biggest Beach Party, the fun-filled annual Beachstock event also provides those concerned with preserving and protecting the marine environment a somewhat captive audience. On Saturday, Sustainable Margate, under the leadership of photographer and scuba diver Steve Jasiecki, children and adults learned more about Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI First, he hoisted a big glass of beer in a celebratory toast. Then he wielded an oversized pair of scissors to cut the ceremonial ribbon. “Let’s get this place open!” a smiling Tim Fox shouted Saturday morning while inviting the crowd inside to Yesterday’s Creekside Tavern on Read more…
MARGATE – The weather was perfect for a day at the beach. The City of Margate and Margate Business Association held their annual Beachstock: The Planet’s Biggest Beach Party, Saturday, June 25 in the park and on the beach behind the Margate Public Library. The annual celebration welcomes residents and Read more…
Children ages 6 months to 18 years can receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at several new child vaccination clinics provided by the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. The free child vaccination clinics will be held 1-3 p.m. each Thursday beginning June 30 at 201 S. Shore Road in Northfield, Read more…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Ocean City intensified its fight against a proposed ocean wind energy farm by criticizing plans by the project’s developer to build an underground transmission line that would come ashore at the beach and run through town. During an online hearing Friday held by the state Board of Read more…
LONGPORT – Beach tags for the Borough of Longport are now available for puchase at the Community Building that houses the Beach Patrol, 33rd and Atlantic avenues. Tags can be purchased at the window on the beach side of the building 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Regular tags are Read more…
LONGPORT – The Longport Historical Society, 2305 Atlantic Ave., will hold its annual Open House 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 1. The historic building that once served as a U.S. Coast Guard Station and later, Borough Hall, includes the Porch Store, where visitors can purchase “Longport swag,” including T-shirts, sweatshirts, souveniers Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Parents whose children attend school at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex are concerned about the safety of their children following a string of mass shootings in schools around the country, most recently in Uvaldi, Texas. At the June 22 Board of Education meeting, a Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Education June 22 honored its Teachers of the Year and several staff members who retired this year. Superintendent and Elementary School Principal Carmela Somershoe, Middle School Principal Robert Baker and Supervisor of Special Education Allison Ricciotti recognized the employees of their Read more…