• The 22.5 mile course is designed by Mike May to challenge paddlers.

    ATLANTIC CITY – It may be among the most physically demanding but the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Paddle for a Cause has become the organization’s most successful fundraiser of the year. The 6th annual Paddle for a Cause is will challenge participants with a 22.5-mile course around Absecon Island beginning and ending at Farley State Marina at the Golden Nugget Saturday, June 22.

    If the extended course is too daunting, there is an 8-mile paddle that is still challenging.

  •  Members of the Jersey Shore Parrot Head Club got a good spot for the show. From left are Kate Newcomer of Brigantine, Steve Petrozza of Glassboro, Lynne Dubler of Stone Harbor, Lisa Westog of Ocean City, Lance and Kathy Landgraf of Ventnor and Beth Zoller of Ocean City.

    ATLANTIC CITY - "Build it and I will come," Jimmy Buffett told the 75,000 people who flocked to the beach for a free concert hosted by Resorts Casino Hotel Saturday, June 15.

    Andy Grammar opened Salt & Sand Fest at 1 p.m on LandShark Beach at North Carolina Avenue while the crowd stretched to Steel Pier from the boardwalk to the ocean and beyond, where boats were anchored in the surf.

  • VENTNOR – Commissioners amended the 2013 municipal budget Thursday to include a $5 million federal loan aimed at reducing the tax impact this year. 

    The Ventnor City Commission held a special meeting Thursday, June 13 to approve the resolution, which was passed unanimously without comment. 

  • Members of John A. Kuzman Memorial American Legion Post 469 in Longport salute the flags prepared for retirement with Nicholas Gabriel, 6, of Longport. From left are John Strobel of Longport, Longport Volunteer Fire Department Chief Levon

    LONGPORT – Legionnaires here gave one final salute to the flags that had served their usefulness as a symbol of the United States of America and then set them alight. 

    John A. Kuzman American Legion Post 469 in Longport held a flag retirement ceremony for Flag Day, Friday, June 14 behind borough hall.

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