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Schooner Meerwald turns 90, Barnegat Bay grants and more

The A.J. Meerwald oyster schooner was first launched in 1928, making this year its 90th birthday.

 

Atlantic City man arrested, police seized drugs and cash

ATLANTIC CITY — A city man was charged Friday after police found marijuana, edible marijuana, cocaine and cash in his barricaded home, police said.

 

South Jersey residents lament closing of Atlantic City Apple store

ATLANTIC CITY — Kelly NcNulty had an iPhone emergency Saturday, so she zoomed over to the Apple store inside the Playground Pier on the Boardwalk.

 

Green burial seminar at Northfield funeral home

NORTHFIELD — Funerals can be done without using dangerous embalming fluids and other harmful products, and two local funeral homes have stepped up to offer environmentally friendly burials and cremations.

 

Egg Harbor City man sentence on guns, drug charges

MAYS LANDING - An Egg Harbor City man was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to multiple drug and weapons charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said.

 

Apple to close its Atlantic City store

Fifty-two people will lose their jobs in Atlantic City after Apple Inc. announced Friday that it's closing its retail store on the Boardwalk.

 

AC dedicates $40 million seawall, boardwalk

ATLANTIC CITY — Officials cut the ribbon Friday for the completed $40 million seawall and Boardwalk protection project.

 

Female leaders think change is needed for Miss America

ATLANTIC CITY — With three women in top leadership roles for the first time in the Miss America Organization in nearly a century, it's only natural to wonder how the Sept. 9 event might change.

 

7.3-pounder highlights first day of fluke season

The opening day of summer flounder season was much anticipated, and some of the reports by midafternoon Friday showed it was "all good," as one of the veteran local captains described.

 

Cape bridges beyond projected lifespan, but don't expect replacements soon

Cape May County Engineer Dale Foster was looking across the Townsends Inlet Bridge just a few days before Memorial Day weekend when he was flagged down by a resident driving a GMC pickup truck who had stopped in the middle…

 

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