R.J. Liberatore Jr./Pleasantville officials say they want the Popeyes Restaurant located at 555 W. Black Horse Pike in Pleasantville to take better care of the outside of its property.

PLEASANTVILLE _ City officials say they want the new Popeyes restaurant to improve its outside appearance and are exploring ways to make the fast food restaurant operator comply.

Councilman William Christmas, City Administrator Linda Peyton and Mayor Jesse Tweedle all expressed their displeasure at the way the Popeye Restaurant at 555 W. Black Horse Pike maintains its property.

Banner made by members of the GTMS girls softball team.

GALLOWAY – The Galloway Township Middle School softball team won the Atlantic Cape Middle School championship Monday, May 20 with a 7-6 victory over Upper Township.

Oakcrest Sophomore Thomas Smith sang ‘Cry Me a River’ and Junior Essence Pittman sang ‘I’m Here’ for members of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District Board of Education. (Steve Prisament)

Two young singers wowed Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School district board members with solo performances during the group’s Monday, May 20 school board meeting at Oakcrest High School in Hamilton Township.

Submitted/Atlantic County Administrator Dennis Levinson

Paving expected to be underway this summer

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - According to Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson, there is hardly a day that goes by that he is not asked about the ongoing construction on Tilton Road.

African-American athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right, raise their fists in a Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City.

PLEASANTVILLE – A bronze-medal winning Olympian as agreed to deliver the keynote address during this year’s Pleasantville High School graduation ceremonies.

Ely family photo/The Ely family -- Doug, Michaele, Erick and Geoff, and family friend Lee Styer -- snowmobiling on top of the world on Langjokull Glacier in Iceland. The Ely family’s most recent trip included snowmobiling on a glacier, scuba diving between continental plates, swimming in a geothermal pool and driving ATVs across the rock-strewn landscape of Iceland.

But the activity they enjoyed the most, two of the three teenagers on the trip said, was searching for the northern lights.