ATLANTIC CITY – The Miller family of Longport is hosting the fifth annual Make the Best of It Bash 7-10 p.m. Friday, June 29 at Tropicana Casino Resort. The event honors their daughter and sister, Tara L. Miller, Esq., who died of melanoma in 2014 at age 29. All of Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – AtlantiCare will open its first Urgent Care Center in Atlantic City at the site of the new Stockton University Atlantic City campus in September, officials from Stockton and AtlantiCare announced in a press release Wednesday, June 20. AtlantiCare Physician Group Primary and Occupational Health offices, currently located Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Determined paddleboarders tested their mettle to help raise more than $85,000 for the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Saturday, June 9. Local businesses provided more than $15,000 through in-kind donations. Despite an impending thunderstorm, more than 100 people participated across four events at the 11th annual Paddle For Read more…
MARGATE – When her friend Becky Orsatti, Ms. New Jersey Senior America 2010, asked her to participate in the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant several years ago, Margate’s Suzie Neustadter wasn’t old enough to compete. But after achieving her milestone 60th birthday, she decided to give it a go. Read more…
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health has advised Atlantic City, Ventnor and Margate that water samples collected from ocean waters along its beaches on Monday, June 11 have indicated bacteria levels over the recreational bathing standard. As a result, swimming advisories are currently in place, however, beaches remain open. The Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University and Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation are inviting cancer survivors to participate in a research study examining the impact of an education and movement awareness/relaxation program on cancer survivors who suffer from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Participants will learn a various strategies to manage some of Read more…
Beginning July 11, the annual produce vouchers for low income county residents 60 years and older will be available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last at county senior centers and several senior housing complexes. The vouchers, distributed by the Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services, allow recipients to Read more…
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson has proposed free college tuition for surviving family members of fallen veterans. Levinson is calling for the implementation of free college tuition at New Jersey’s 11 public higher education institutions and community colleges for qualified surviving children and spouses of those who die in active Read more…
VENTNOR – Volunteers of Downbeach green teams have collaborated on a display in the lobby of the Ventnor Cultural Arts Center, 6500 Atlantic Ave., to educate the public about the city’s pending bag fee ordinance, which goes into effect on Oct. 1. The display, which was assembled by Atlantic County Read more…
LONGPORT – Members of the Longport Volunteer Ambulance Squad, a division of the Fire Department, are currently training to operate all the bells and whistles on the squad’s brand new ambulance. The department took delivery of the ambulance two weeks ago and will likely be put into service by the Read more…