MARGATE – The city welcomed the Light of the World, Thursday, with a re-enactment of the Christmas Story. The Margate Community Church held its third annual Live Nativity on the lawn outside the stately brick church on Ventnor Avenue in the Parkway section of the city. Adults and children of Read more…
VENTNOR – Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and he landed his sleigh, pulled by nine reindeer, on the corner of Fulton and N. Derby Avenue in the Ventnor Heights section of the city. And he did so in a very flashy way, with lights ablazing and Rudolph in Read more…
ACUA provides trash, recycling and yard waste collections in the Downbeach area.EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Atlantic County Utilities Authority will launch a pilot program to train employees to obtain a commercial driver’s license onsite at its solid waste facility on Delilah Road. “Like many other industries and businesses across Read more…
By MADDY VITALE Christmas caroling, piano and violin concerts, holiday movie nights and friendly competitions of who could make the best chocolate bomb may seem like fun things to do if starring in a festive movie. But these are just some of the activities residents at United Methodist Communities (UMC) Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – It will take two attorneys to replace Ventnor’s outgoing Solicitor Tim Maguire. Maguire is leaving the post to become one of the first Atlantic County Municipal Court judges. “Had we known that we would lose him, we may not have pushed so hard for Read more…
SOMERS POINT – Shore Physicians Group has added OB/GYN Midwifery services to its scope of specialties. Certified Nurse Midwives Joanna McGrath, MSN, CNM, and Maggie Stanley, CNM will begin seeing patients Jan. 3 at the group’s Northfield office, with plans to expand to Marmora. SPG’s OB/GYN Midwifery providers will offer Read more…
MARGATE – The city’s public library has reinstituted a mask mandate, effective Dec. 22, according to a social media announcement. The Margate Public Library noted its mask policy will be for the safety of visitors and staff. All persons above the age of 3 who enter the building must wear Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Kriebel Tuesday, Dec. 21 swore in Capt. Joe Fussner as chief of police, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Fussner takes the place of Chief Douglas Biagi, who will retire on Dec. 31 after 35 years in the Ventnor Police Department. Read more…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – For most people, the “hustle and bustle” of the holiday season is associated with joy and exhilaration. But this isn’t the case for many cardiac care providers whose holiday “tradition” includes putting in more hours to meet an increased need for services to address atrial fibrillation, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Irvin O. Moreno-Rodriguez of Pleasantville, a program assistant at the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, was recently named to the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. The mission of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is to promote the education of the Holocaust Read more…