GLAND, Switzerland – Despite valiant efforts to plant milkweed along the monarch butterfly’s migration route, the migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometers across the Americas, has entered the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as Read more…
With temperatures expected to hover near or above 90 degrees over the next several days, Atlantic County health officials remind residents to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness. Heat-related illness, also known as hyperthermia, is a condition that results from exposure to extreme heat where the body becomes unable to Read more…
Submitted by STEVE JASIECKI VENTNOR – By popular demand, the Solar System display is back on the boardwalk where people can learn a little about Earth’s place in the universe as they stroll the boards. The Solar System Walk is a scaled representation of the solar system. Poster boards with Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Community volunteers, residents and staff are helping to create a new pollinator and monarch butterfly habitat this summer at Seashore Gardens Living Center. The center has been awarded a grant from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation to transform four outdoor areas, including the Sensory Trail and Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city’s annual Junior Lifeguard Program has grown over the years to include hundreds of children and teens, who not only learn some of the ins and outs of becoming a lifeguard, but also how to respect the ocean. According to Lt. Meghan Holland, Read more…
MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has announce that detectives will be equipped with body worn cameras for certain law enforcement operations. The body worn cameras will be used during pre-planned law enforcement operations. The body camera selected and deployed by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is Digital Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – It was their first time in Ventnor, but the Philadelphia Flyers have been holding their summer caravan tours for six years. On Wednesday afternoon, several large trucks holding everything needed for a pep rally featuring lots of orange and black rolled into town around 1 Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The sixth annual Seashore Gardens Foundation Golf Tournament brought out supporters and volunteers June 21 to raise more than $14,000 for the programs and services at Seashore Gardens Living Center. Held at Harbor Pines Golf Club, the event reunited families who have been involved with supporting SGLC Read more…
Crossing the street at intersections along County Route 629 from Longport to Atlantic City will now be safer and easier for residents and visitors as a result of new accessible pedestrian traffic signals. The new traffic signals use detection devices, such as cameras and pedestrian push buttons, to adjust the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – It took rescuers 71 minutes to locate the third victim. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it, but the first and second victims pulled from the ocean Wednesday morning were fine. In fact, one refused medical treatment. That was the scenario that unfolded near Huntington Avenue Read more…