By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The school district is considering hiring an interim principal for the Ventnor Middle School to fill in while Principal Rob Baker is out on medical leave. Due to privacy concerns, Superintendent Carmela Somershoe declined providing any information about Baker’s health status, but said it Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – NJ Gov. Phil Murphy and members of the Ventnor Board of Commissioners honored school board member and former Atlantic County Commissioner Joe McDevitt, who died Jan. 21 at age 53 from complications of COVID-19. Flags in Ventnor remain at half-staff until his burial on Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – She is only 16, but Cristina Barbella, who like most teens enjoys going to the beach with her friends, is already working to make an impact on her community. The Ocean City High School student proposed to the Board of Commissioners Thursday, Jan. 28, Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Ventnor City Board of Education will hold a special meeting noon on Friday, Feb. 5 to appoint Michael Advena to replace Joe McDevitt, who died from complications of COVID-19 on Jan. 21, as the city’s representative on the Atlantic City Board of Education. Read more…
VENTNOR – About a dozen volunteers from Sustainable Downbeach, Stockton University and Ventnor residents braved the 34 degree cold to clean up the roadside bordering the wetlands Saturday, Jan. 30. Wearing face masks and bright green day-glow T-shirts, the “marauders” worked in small groups and attacked the trash along the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – City commissioners want to “put it out there.” That is, sell the last of three plenary retail consumption liquor licenses the city is entitled to auction off based on its year-round population. When the sitting commissioners were campaigning for office in 2015, the number Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city has lowered the American flag at City Hall to half-staff today in memory of school board member Joseph McDevitt, 53, who died Thursday, Jan. 21 of complications from COVID-19. The city put out a statement honoring McDevitt for his service to the Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – City residents have come forward to do the behind-the-scenes work that make Ventnor a great place to live, work and play. The Board of Commissioners Jan. 14 appointed residents to serve on boards and committees addressing environmental health, prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – City Clerk Lisa Hand was chosen to fill the vacated post of the township clerk and registrar of vital statistics in Washington Township in Burlington County. The part-time position will allow Hand to assist government officials in the rural community where she has strong Read more…
VENTNOR – The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police is reviewing the Ventnor Police Department’s request for re-accreditation and will be conducting an on-site assessment to ensure the department meets recognized professional best practices. The accreditation program requires law enforcement agencies to comply with best practice standards in Read more…