By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Aug. 15 held a first reading on two bond ordinances that appropriate funds for capital improvement projects. Ordinance 07-2019 appropriates $4,578,000 for general capital improvements, while Ordinance 08-2019 appropriates $1,678,000 for utility improvements. The general capital bond ordinance will Read more…
VENTNOR – The Planning Board Wednesday, Aug. 14 approved the construction of a mixed-use development that includes three commercial properties with residential units above in the Ventnor Avenue commercial district but held off voting on an application to construct a new single-family home on the beach-block of Surrey Avenue. The Read more…
LONGPORT – The faithful attended 10 a.m. Mass at Holy Trinity Parish’s Epiphany Church Thursday, Aug. 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, which Catholics believe is the day Mary, the virgin mother of Jesus Christ, ascended into heaven. The annual tradition includes a procession from the church on Read more…
VENTNOR – Now that the city has provided residents with brand new 95-gallon trash and recycling containers, many residents are looking to dispose of their old containers. The city is giving residents the opportunity to put their old containers to good use by donating them to City Bright Philadelphia. The Read more…
MARGATE – Members of the Margate Boardwalk Committee will be presenting the Board of Commissioners with their investigative report, “A Margate Boardwalk for the 21st Century,” at the commission meeting Thursday, Aug. 15. According to Boardwalk Committee President Glenn Klotz, the presentation is not an agenda item, but committee members Read more…
CAMDEN – Global digital marketing agency WebiMax, the parent company of Mediawize, LLC and its online news sources, Downbeach.com, OCNJDaily.com, SomersPoint.com and SeaIsleNews.com, ushered in its 11th anniversary in style Wednesday by celebrating its favorite #11, the Philadelphia Eagles’ own Carson Wentz. “The first thing that comes to mind when I think of 11 Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The Royal Air Force Red Arrows, one of the world’s premier aerobatic display teams, will be featured during the 2019 Atlantic City Air Show presented by GEICO, starting 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21. Preview day is Tuesday, Aug. 20. The Red Arrows, based out of RAF Scrmpton, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – A large majority of opioid overdose victims in Atlantic County who received naloxone from an emergency responder survived the overdose, according to a study by Stockton University. The study also showed that a majority of overdose victims during the study timeframe were male (71%) and white (73%). Read more…
VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioner Thursday, Aug. 8 honored two local teens for their quick actions that saved the life of one of the teen’s father on a hot summer Friday in July. Lauren Merlino, 15, a junior at Atlantic City High School, and her friend Julia Logue, 16, Read more…
HAWLEY, PA – Margate resident Marvin Domsky, the late founder of one of South Jersey’s most renowned day camps, Tall Pines Day Camp, which still transports Margate children to camp each weekend during summer, was posthumously honored with AMSkier Insurance company’s prestious “Caring for Children” award. Following a lifetime of Read more…