MARGATE – Students at the William H. Ross Elementary School and the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School this week participated in a storm drain labeling project to ensure only water goes down the drain. Teachers Jessica Quevas and Anita Grimley led the effort, which included, students, staff, parents, city workers Read more…
MARGATE – In an effort to reduce the number of plastic water bottles flooding the waste stream, Downbeach green teams and community organizers gathered at Steve & Cookies By The Bay Tuesday night for the launch of a new apparatus that will encourage festival goers to bring their own reusable Read more…
VENTNOR – The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University will sponsor a Yom HaShoah service 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at Shirat Hayam, 700 N. Swarthmore Ave. This year’s service is titled, “Unto Every Person There is a Name – Remembering the Six Million Jewish Victims Read more…
VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, April 11 introduced its $31.3 million municipal budget with a slight tax rate decrease. Combined with reductions in school and county taxes, the tax rate could drop as much as 5 cents, auditor Leon Costello of Ford-Scott Associates said. “Wow, that’s wonderful,” Mayor Beth Read more…
VENTNOR – Sidewalks along a three-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue in the North Beach section are impassable in spots for pedestrians, but some business owners say it hasn’t affected their business so far. That may change as spring progresses and people flock to the shore for the summer season. Although Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University’s 39th annual Scholarship Benefit Gala will be held 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. A special new addition this year is an opportunity to win the Ultimate Tour of Atlantic City, which includes gifts valued at $3,000 for items like Read more…
By MADDY VITALE They recited poetry, shot some hoops, sang a few tunes and oh, yes, how they strutted – even while holding hams. Barbara Eden, best known for “I Dream of Jeannie,” which launched in 1965, was the emcee for the zany show. Although just five 55-and-up gentlemen graced Read more…
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation’s 7th ARTeriors pop-up art exhibit, These Walls Can Talk, is open weekends through Sunday, April 28 at Showboat Atlantic City Hotel, 801 Boardwalk. Exhibit hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free. ARTeriors is composed of three ingredients: artists, their Read more…
Submitted by Steve Jasiecki/Sustainable Margate MARGATE – Gray skies and a little rain did not deter volunteers from going to the beach Saturday to partake in the biannual Clean Ocean Action Beach sweep. The staging area for Margate was at the Granville Avenue beach just behind the library. About 75 Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Motorists say New Jersey roads and bridges are in bad shape and should be fixed. But only a minority are willing to personally pay more for road work, preferring federal funding to repair infrastructure, according to a Stockton University Poll released today. In the poll of 632 Read more…