by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Letters from the editor, South Jersey
From the Editor As we embark on yet another journey around the sun, the dawn of the New Year beckons us to not only look back on our 2023 adventures but also to set our sights on the intentions that will shape our future. Time, with its peculiar habit of slipping...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Features, Somers Point, South Jersey
By Julia Train Living by the shore, Atlantic and Cape May counties are directly influenced by the Coast Guard. The community often forgets that. In 2017, the Coast Guard’s 154-foot cutter, the Lawrence Lawson, was commissioned after the U.S. Coast Guard decided to...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, South Jersey
Family Corner By Krystle J Bailey It was New Year’s Eve 1999, and I found myself conflicted. On one hand, I was excited to attend the annual family New Year’s Eve celebration in my grandparents’ ’50s-themed basement. On the other, it was possible that the world...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Features, Somers Point, South Jersey
By Gabriella Bancheri This year the Wyatt Toy Drive, organized to commemorate the loss of Wyatt Hopkins, held an event to raise the hundreds of toys they collect annually for children in need. Six years ago, after the loss of an infectiously loving boy, collections of...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Gabriella Bancheri The Brigantine Polar Plunge is back and ready to ring in the new year. Except this year, they have a million-dollar milestone to meet. On Jan. 1 on 16th and 17th Street Beaches in Brigantine, hundreds of NJ locals will gather on the beach for the...
