VENTNOR – The Ventnor City Beach Patrol will hold signups for this summer’s Junior Lifeguard Program online beginning May 20 or in person at the temporary Beach Patrol Headquarters on the boardwalk at Suffolk Avenue during the month of June. The Junior Lifeguard program is designed to educate children about Read more…
VENTNOR – Children’s book author Bruce Coville visited the Ventnor Educational Community Complex Friday, April 29 to speak to students about the writing process. Coville has written more than 100 books for children and young adults with translations in more than a dozen languages. He has won numerous writing awards, Read more…
VENTNOR – Due to the weather forecast for Mother’s Day weekend, the Block Party scheduled for tomorrow, May 7, is officially canceled. According to Ventnor Special Events, it is simply unsafe to hold this event with the impending high winds and soaking rain.There is no rain date. Vendors will be Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Cookie Till, the owner of No. 7311 bakery on Ventnor Avenue in Ventnor and Steve and Cookies By The Bay on Amherst Avenue in Margate is looking to expand her food service operations in Ventnor. At a special meeting held Thursday morning, May 5, Read more…
VENTNOR – A planned celebration of spring is up in the air as of Thursday morning due to a menacing weekend weather forecast that calls for drenching rain, high wind and coastal flooding. According to Ventnor Special Events Coordinator Donna Peterson, the city will make a decision on holding its Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city has incorporated a virtual option for parking meters located in various commercial areas in the city. The city is using the contactless ParkMobile app to allow motorists to pay their parking fees using a smartphone instead of feeding coins and credit cards Read more…
VENTNOR – The wait is nearly over. The Ventnor City Farmers Market opens Friday, May 27 and will run every Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Labor Day weekend in the parking lot at St. James Church on the corner of Newport and Atlantic avenues. Market managers Penny and Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, April 14 approved new employment contracts for the chiefs of the Fire and Police departments and supervisor of Public Works. Fire Chief Michael Cahill, Supervisor of Public Works Ed Stinson and Police Chief Joseph Fussner, who is serving his Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The boardwalk and Titus Field already has them. Chances are you have them installed in lighting fixtures around the house. Now the city is moving to become even more green by installing LED or light emitting diode bulbs in all its overhead cobra streetlights. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, April 14 introduced its $52.8 million municipal budget with a slight increase in taxes, but with reductions in the school district tax rate and an estimated increase from the county combined, taxpayers will likely see no increase in taxes Read more…