Memory Lane in Wildwood will be getting a facelift. Vince DePrinzio was on the Morning Wake Up on Friday on 987 The Coast and announced the project for the Vietnam Veterans on the island. The group recently built a memorial wall from the Vietnam War, and then also built a Korean War Memorial. The area…
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health will provide free health screenings (blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol) and health counseling services on Thursday, November 17, 3-6 PM, at the new Western Atlantic Parent-Family Support Network in celebration of National Rural Health Day. The Western Atlantic Parent-Family Support Network is located at the Martin Luther King Center,…
Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer announced that Sergeant First Class Frank Germanio Jr. was promoted to Lieutenant within the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Division. Lt. Germanio finished number one on the New Jersey Civil Service Examination and will be filling a current vacancy. Lieutenant Germanio began his career as a Correctional Officer in September 1994.…
On November 11, Veterans Park in Sea Isle City was filled with hundreds of spectators who came together to honor America’s veterans during Sea Isle’s 2011 Veterans Day ceremony. Among the many onlookers were scores of local veterans, ranging from World War II army infantrymen to much younger Marines who recently fought in Iraq and…
Cape May County was among the areas that played host to a Veteran’s Day ceremony. Speakers included: Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton, Staff Sergeant Andrew Jackson, Iraqi Veteran and Captain William Kelly, Commander of the USCG Base in Cape May. Hundreds of people came out of the program that took place at the…
The Borough of Avalon honored veterans throughout South Jersey with a special Veterans Day ceremony on Friday morning, November 11th. The ceremony was attended by American Legion Post #331 in Avalon/Stone Harbor and featured speeches by Post Commander Kevin Coyle and by Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi. “Each year the Borough of Avalon is honored to…
The Coast Guard Training Center Cape May honored service members today at its Veteran’s Day Graduation Ceremony at the Performing Arts Center of Lower Township, N.J., Friday at 11 a.m. The graduation ceremony for Recruit Companies S-185 and T-185 served as a memorial to all those men and women who have served or are currently…
Four local high school football teams who did not make the South Jersey playoffs all play their consolation games this evening. In a game to be broadcast live on WCZT 98.7..the Coast, Ocean City will host Camden in a Group III matchup. In Group I, Wildwood entertains Riverside. Middle Township is also at home against…
The season has ended for a couple of local girls soccer teams. The Middle Township girls dropped the South Jersey Group II championship game on Thursday 3-0 to Haddonfield. Middle Township lost only three games all season. And the Lower Cape May girls soccer team lost the South Jersey Group II title game also by…
A veteran New Jersey lawmaker has died, just days after he was re-elected to office. 69 year old Assemblyman Peter Biondi passed away Thursday night after a battle with cancer. Biondi served the 16th Legislative District in northern New Jersey, and he was re-elected to his eighth term on Tuesday night. Last month Biondi told…