By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Sheriff’s Foundation Wednesday, Sept. 9 awarded $3,000 in scholarships to six recipients in its first-ever Sheriff Gerard L. Gormley Scholarship Fund during an event held under a tent in front of the Atlantic County Criminal Courthouse in Mays Landing. The Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University remains among the top 10 public universities in the north according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report College Rankings released today. Stockton is ranked seventh among the 62 public colleges and universities and is 34th among 176 public and private universities included in Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – American Legion Post 469 is asking the residents of Ventnor, Margate and Longport to welcome this year’s Wounded Warrior Week recipient with flags waving. U.S. Army Green Beret, SFC Richard Stayskal and his family will be arriving Tuesday, Sept. 15 for a weeklong, all-expense-paid Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Downbeach communities vowed to never forget what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001. Ventnor City first responders joined their counterparts in Atlantic City for the Saracini-O’Neill 9/11 service, while Longport and Margate held services in their communities. Longport Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting a beach nourishment project across Absecon Island starting in September. Although an exact schedule has yet to be published, the project will start in Ventnor in September, with the beachfill portion of the project in all four Read more…
DOWNBEACH – Local first responders will hold their annual tribute ceremonies on Friday, Sept. 11 in memory of the impactful events on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the day that changed America. Longport American Legion Post Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY DOWNBEACH – Labor Day means the end of the regular summer season, but residents and visitors can still enjoy the sun and surf through the month of September – the month the locals call the best month at the shore. The weather is usually slightly cooler, Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – While we may not always think of them as dangerous, many products that residents regularly use around the house, such as insecticides, cleaning products or rechargeable batteries, are considered hazardous and should never be placed in the trash or emptied down the drain. These items can Read more…
MARGATE – Sustainable Margate was planning to hold an in-person rain barrel making workshop in May, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the workshop. Not to be deterred from educating the public on how to conserve water and make a home made rain barrel, the Margate green team Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city’s schools opened for in-person instruction Thursday, with 383 bright-eyed students eager to meet their new teachers. Parents escorted their children to the William H. Ross Elementary School with children entering and exiting through doors located throughout the building. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, Read more…