by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
The Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s (ACUA) collection team delivered 12,253 pounds of non-perishable food, diapers, and other donations to Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) in Egg Harbor Township as part of the Authority’s 33rd Annual Holiday Food Drive....
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, 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...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, History, South Jersey
By Seth Grossman On Christmas Day, several thousand visitors usually stand in the cold for hours at the Delaware River, just north of Trenton. There, they watch dozens of re-enactors, dressed as soldiers of colonial militias and the Continental Army, board large...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 28, 2023 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, What's Happening
Multi-Day Events Historic Smithville Holiday Light Show Now – Jan. 6, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. 617 E. Moss Mill Rd. Enjoy popular songs of the holiday season synchronized with a dazzling Christmas tree light show. Over 120 trees constructed from over 50,000 lights magically...
