By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Former Lenape Regional High School District Principal Jeffrey Spector was appointed to serve as principal of Ventnor Middle School during a special meeting held at noon Thursday, Feb. 18. Spector will serve for an undetermined period of time to fill in for Principal Rob Read more…
VENTNOR – Primary residents interested in serving the community as a member of the Board of Education are encouraged to submit a resume or biographical information to the city. The vacancy is a result of the recent passing of school board member Joseph J. McDevitt. A letter expressing interest can Read more…
VENTNOR – The Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting 12 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 for the purpose of hiring an interim middle school principal on a per diem basis while Principal Rob Baker is out on medical leave. The meeting will be held virtually. Instructions on how to Read more…
VENTNOR – Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16 and continuing for approximately one week, an alternating one lane closure will be in effect on the Dorset Avenue bridge, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, for bridge repair work. Traffic directors will be on site to assist. Motorists may experience minor delays Read more…
VENTNOR – The NJ Department of Transportation has awarded the city a $300,000 Safe Streets to Transit grant to improve the intersection of Ventnor and Little Rock avenues. Only $1 million was awarded in the Safe Streets to Transit program statewide. The North Beach area intersection is of particular importance Read more…
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…