HAMILTON TOWNSHIP – Township and store officials held a grand opening ceremony Friday, March 30 to welcome the Dress Barn to the Hamilton Commons retail complex on the Black Horse Pike.

Hamilton Committeewoman Aline Dix cuts the ribbon during the official grand opening ceremony for the Dress Barn located inside the Hamilton Commons in Hamilton Township. She is surrounded by, from left, district manager Linda Wood of Berlin, Samantha Bode of Tuckerton, Lani Altmire of New Gretna, store manager Christine Wood of Galloway and Kamika Skinner of Ventnor.

MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College’s Board of Trustees approved a new aviation studies degree when the group met Oct. 25 at the college’s Worthington Atlantic City Campus.

To prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate degree programs in airport management, aviation business administration, professional pilot, air traffic control and air transportation management, the board approved a new associate in science degree in aviation studies.

Borders to become Books-A-Million

The Mays Landing Borders Book Store may be closing, but the location will remain a book store after it is gone. Books-A-Million will purchase several leases from the now-defunct book store chain. According to documents posted on www.bordersreorganization.com from the United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York, the court authorized the Borders to sell its unexpired leases to Books-A-Million. The document is dated Aug. 30. The sale includes 14 Borders locations, including the Mays Landing location for $55,583. The total purchase price for all 14 leases is $934,259.