Eighth grade students who were not yet born when terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 learned the true meaning of “Never Forget” Tuesday, Sept. 11 as they gathered to remember the 2,918 souls lost in the tragic attacks. About 40 students of the Eugene A. Tighe Middle Read more…
All three Downbeach communities turned out Tuesday, Sept. 10 to welcome Longport American Legion Post 469 Wounded Warrior Week recipient Joe Hahn and his family to their home-away-from home. It was the eighth time the Legion Post provided a wounded warrior with a week-long, all-expense-paid vacation at the Jersey Shore. Read more…
Wounded Warrior Week recipient, U.S. Navy Seal Joseph Hahn’s flight is on time. The American Legion Post has confirmed that his scheduled arrival time in Ventnor is 5:30 p.m. Residents are asked to line the parade route starting at 5:30 p.m. To ensure Downbeach participation for the arrival of the Longport American Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – When Florence Seidelman wrote her screenplay for the movie, “Boynton Beach Club,” she had no idea it would become a lifelong journey somewhat reflective of her own life. Her daughter Susan Seidelman, who is an Oscar and Emmy-winning producer, director and screenwriter with film credits that include, Read more…
VENTNOR – If you enjoyed the Downbeach Seafood Festival at Ski Beach on Saturday, you might want to save the weekend after Labor Day 2020 for double tastings of the sea’s bounty. If everything goes as planned, the festival could morph into a two-day event. Thousands of seafood lovers flocked Read more…
The remaining members of the Ye Olde Tymers Club of Atlantic City – Jerry Greenberg, Jim Goldsmith, and Tony Musarra – generously donated the group’s assets of more than $16,000 to the Stockton University Foundation during a ceremony on Aug. 30. “Today, we celebrate the generosity of the Ye Olde Read more…
LONGPORT – After much discussion at the Sept. 5 workshop meeting, the Borough of Longport will not open its beach to vehicles for the Atlantic County Surf Fishing Derby being held on Absecon Island and Brigantine Sept. 23 to Nov. 17. According to borough officials, the borough has only allowed Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The William H. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University will host a debate among New Jersey Assembly candidates in Legislative District 2 Wednesday, Oct. 23. The one-hour debate will start at 6 p.m. in the Fannie Lou Hamer Room of the Stockton Academic Center, 3711 Atlantic Read more…
The Downbeach communities of Longport and Margate will hold their annual 9-11 memorial services Wednesday, Sept. 11. The services honor those who perished during the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and a field in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, Read more…
The Ventnor City Board of Education will hold a special meeting 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16 in the superintendent’s conference room at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex, 400 N. Lafayette Ave. The purpose of the meeting is to hire a full-time instructional aide and other general business. Action will be Read more…