Ventnor

VENTNOR – The Attorney General’s Office today identified the victim of a fatal police involved shooting in Ventnor Thursday, Aug. 6. The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation into the death of Amir Johnson, 30, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. According to the preliminary investigation, at approximately 4:16 p.m., Ventnor and Atlantic Read more…

VENTNOR – The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal officer involved shooting that occurred on Thursday, Aug. 6, in Ventnor.  One male civilian sustained fatal injuries, and authorities are still working to confirm his identity. According to the preliminary investigation, at approximately 4:16 p.m., Ventnor and Atlantic Read more…

VENTNOR – Crazy COVID-19 will not stop the North Beach Residents Association from having its annual Porch Party. However, this year the annual event, which invites certain homeowners to open their front porches to visitors, will be held virtually this year. The event will be held via the Zoom meeting Read more…

Due to the forecast of inclement weather related to tropical storm Isaias, curbside service at Atlantic County library branches, including the Ventnor branch, is canceled for Tuesday, Aug. 4 but is expected to resume at all branches 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, unless otherwise noted. For more Read more…

By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Members of the Beach Patrol are not immune to contracting COVID-19. Although several “waves” of infections have affected lifeguards, they are not coming as a result of “knucklehead” behavior, according to Commissioner of Public Safety and Community Affairs Tim Kriebel. “These are not college-age Read more…

Hinda Graubard Marcu, lawyer, student, community leader, was a mother and legal secretary who in her 50s fulfilled a lifelong dream to become a lawyer, died in in her home in Monroe, July 24 after a short illness. She was 87 and died peacefully in her sleep. Hinda, known to Read more…

VENTNOR – The North Beach Ventnor Residents Association is planning to make its presence known at the Ventnor Memory Park currently under construction on Ventnor Avenue near Nashville Avenue. The pocket park is being built with private funding from the Esther, Joseph & Scipio Charitable Foundation. The North Beach Residents Read more…

By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Nearly two weeks after a heroic after-hours ocean rescue claimed the life of a Good Samaritan, the city has established a Beach Patrol emergency response team, known as ALERT. Its mission is to ensure a rapid response to after-hours ocean rescues. The Board of Read more…

MAYS LANDING – An 18 year-old man who was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting of Sunil Edla near his Ventnor home will be tried as an adult for murder, carjacking, robbery and weapons charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced recently. Angelo Delgado, now 18, is Read more…