By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – City employees past and present and several residents gathered at Ventnor City Hall Thursday morning to wish their beloved city a happy 119th birthday. Commissioner Lance Landgraf represented the governing body at the mini-celebration, which included 119 yummy cupcakes made by the bakers at Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Two Downbeach school boards have approved their 2022-2023 school year budgets for submission to Atlantic County Executive Superintendent of Schools Robert Bumpus. The Margate and Ventnor school boards plan to share information about their budgets at their respective Board of School Estimate meetings. Both school district Read more…
The Atlantic-Cape May Sustainable Jersey Regional Hub is planning a virtual coastal awareness presentation and explanation of the “MyCoast New Jersey” app noon Friday, March 18. New Jersey Coastal waters are changing. Tides are getting higher and nuisance flooding is becoming more frequent. Coastal flooding just doesn’t affect barrier islands Read more…
MARGATE – The city’s police department is seeking re-accreditation from the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police and the public is invited to provide input during the process. A team of assessors from the association will be in town Thursday, March 31 to examine all aspects of the Margate Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College students will see no increase in the general tuition rate and a reduction in the tuition rate for the Academy of Culinary Arts for the 2022-23 school year. The Board of Trustees approved the college’s Fiscal Year 2023 tuition and fee schedule as well Read more…
Margate, Longport to hold rabies clinic May 14. Atlantic County has reported its third case of rabies this year in a skunk collected in Egg Harbor Township. Rabies is on the rise at this time of year, and the county and local municipalities are holding clinics that will provide cats Read more…
VENTNOR – The Ventnor City Board of School Estimate will hold a public meeting to discuss 2022-2023 school year budget 6 p.m. Thursday April 7 in Commission Chambers at Ventnor City Hall, 6201 Atlantic Ave. Members of the Board of School Estimate include the president and vice-president of the Board of Read more…
Travis Preston is the Dean of the CalArts School of Theater and Artistic Director for the CalArts Center for New Performance. Below, Travis Preston of CalArts takes a look at some recent happenings across the California arts scene. The best art fosters conversation and challenges long-held points of view. Merced Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Why do people purchase expensive vehicles and then issue an open invitation to criminals to become a victim of crime? That’s a question that perplexes law enforcement officials, here and around the state. Last week, criminals brazenly broke into two Margate homes through windows Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY ATLANTIC CITY – Accomplished Ventnor artist, illustrator and musician Steve Kuzma will be sharing his artwork with the public to raise awareness and support for the peaceful people of Ukraine during a series of events being held at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University. Some Read more…