by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, News, South Jersey
By Dana Di Filippo Casino workers frustrated with lawmakers’ persistent failure to ban smoking in gambling halls sued state officials, asking a judge to do what legislators won’t — end casinos’ exemption from the state’s 2006 Smoke-Free Air Act. In a lawsuit filed in...
by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
Life is What Happens By Lisa Segelman After I featured “The Walking Women in Ventnor” here in my “Life is What Happens” column on March 28, they came zooming in seemingly out of nowhere on their bicycles. Who are they? The Chain Gang, a group of fun-loving,...
by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, Galloway, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Steffen Klenk This year Galloway Township is celebrating its semiquincentennial. On April 4, 1774, King George III of England granted a royal patent for the creation of the township. According to the township’s website, the royal patent gave permission for Galloway...
by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic County, Business, Features, Mays Landing, News, South Jersey
Business Buzz By Rich Baehrle I recently reported on the new Grocery Outlet, which just opened at the Hamilton Commons, and the nearby Crumbl Cookie. Both are the new hot spots in Hamilton Township and be sure to find out what all the excitement is about. In the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, Gardening, South Jersey, What's Happening
Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Perhaps you (or your grandparents) have lived in our Shore Local area long enough to remember with nostalgia the famed Hydrangea Trail and Hydrangea Festival. Originating in the 1940s, this weeklong celebration of the hydrangea culminated...