Atlantic City St. Patrick’s Day Parade draws thousands

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 14, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Highlight, South Jersey, Steffen Klenk

By Steffen Klenk Irish eyes were smiling on Atlantic City for the 36th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, held Saturday, March 9, 2024, on the world-famous boardwalk. Hundreds of participants and floats made the procession from Ocean Casino Resort to Stockton...

What’s happening in Ocean City

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 14, 2024 | Cape May County, Events & Happenings, Features, Highlight, Ocean City, South Jersey

Ocean City Job Fair Set for Saturday at the Music Pier Anybody looking for a summer or seasonal job is invited to the Ocean City Job Fair, which will be at the Ocean City Music Pier from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16. More than 40 employers will be on hand...

Young entrepreneur just getting started as Romanelli’s thrives in Galloway

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 14, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, Food & Beverage, Galloway, Highlight, Scott Cronick, South Jersey

By Scott Cronick When Drew Huggard was a teenager, he took a job at Romanelli’s Garden Café in Galloway to put gas in his car. Starting out as a bus boy and eventually a delivery guy, he would often be seen leaning on the door between the kitchen and the dining room...

Meet Willie Nelson’s guitar tuner, Tune’n Tom Hawkins of Atlantic City

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 7, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, Highlight, Music, South Jersey

By Gabriella Bancheri It’s always nice to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the bar, but it’s not every day you get to say that stranger is Willie Nelson’s iconic guitar tuner. Well, if you’re a South Jersey local who frequents the Irish Pub of Atlantic...

Ocean City Fire Department achieves highest honor

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 7, 2024 | Cape May County, Features, Highlight, News, Ocean City, South Jersey, Steffen Klenk

By Steffen Klenk The Ocean City Fire Department made an extraordinary announcement on Monday. The 68-member squad has achieved the Insurance Services Office (ISO) status of Class 1, a classification only held by less than 1.5 percent of all 40,000 fire departments...

Cat missing from house fire reunites with family after two years

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 7, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features, Highlight, South Jersey

By Julia Train Melissa Bowers Vola and her family thought they lost their cat Zoe forever after a house fire, but after two years they are  now reunited with their pet. Vola’s family home in Egg Harbor Township caught on fire on Feb. 1, 2022. Her 10-year-old daughter...