VENTNOR – Just days after the Ventnor Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance requiring property owners to obtain a license to rent their homes on a short-term basis, the commissioner’s worst fears were realized. On Tuesday, Jan. 1, police responded to the Vassar Square Avenue beach block for the report Read more…
The gifts are opened, the wrapping paper has been recycled, and the tree is dropping needles like crazy. This can only mean one thing: it’s time to recycle your live Christmas tree. “Recycling your live Christmas tree pays off in three ways,” Atlantic County Utilities Authority President Rick Dovey Read more…
The Ventnor City Cultural Arts Center, located at 6500 Atlantic Ave., provides fine arts, fine crafts and performing arts classes on a year-round basis. The center also sponsors several special events to showcase the art of its students, including the annual Ocean Breeze Arts and Crafts Show and Holiday Art Read more…
VENTNOR – Local business owners can stay on top of their game by attending the Ventnor Business Association Education Series events, which are scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Atlantic County Library/Ventnor, 6500 Atlantic Ave. On Jan. 8, business owners can learn how to use Google and Microsoft to Read more…
VENTNOR – A Ventnor firefighter who admitted to defrauding the New Jersey State Health Benefits program in a drug compounding scheme has resigned his position with the Ventnor City Fire Department. At their meeting on Dec. 27, the Ventnor Board of Commissioners approved a resolution accepting Corey Sutor’s resignation effective Read more…
The Miss America Organization announced Wednesday, Dec. 26 that it has reinstated the Miss New Jersey Organization license for one year with board member, Ventnor artist and gallery owner David Holtzman as executive director. Holtzman, who is on the executive board of the Miss New Jersey Scholarship Foundation, has been Read more…
Do you have a funny, inspiring, touching or otherwise memorable holiday photo? Share them in the comments section under this posting on the Downbeach Facebook Page and we may have a gift for you. Downbeach.com will be awarding one of its readers a $100 Gift Certificate for 1st Place to Bocca Coal Read more…
VENTNOR – The city is changing it up a bit this year. In an effort to create a February holiday weekend event, Ventnor’s polar bear plunge will not be held on New Year’s Day this year. According to Christina Rubenstein, owner of Sea La Vie Children’s Boutique, the Ventnor Business Read more…
NORTHFIELD – Dean Randazzo is typically a man of little words. New Jersey’s most successful professional surfer has always expressed himself on the water, riding the biggest waves in the world. But, he has a story to tell. Randazzo will share his story of becoming a professional surfer, battling cancer and Read more…
VENTNOR – Property owners who rent their homes on a short-term basis will be required to obtain a mercantile license if an ordinance introduced on Dec. 13 is adopted. Others will have to hire a private contractor to haul away their trash starting in April 2019. The Board of Commissioners Read more…