CAPE MAY’S SPOOKY SEASON POP-UP BOO BAR RETURNS TO HARRY’S OCEAN BAR AND GRILLE

* Head to South Jersey and Cape May for a hauntingly good time now through Halloween *

Cape May, NJ – Ahoy mates! This October, Harry’s Bar and Grille in Cape May is unleashing the spirits with the return of Harry’s BOO BAR, Cape May’s very first Halloween-themed pop-up experience! From October 3 to November 1, 2025, Harry’s at Montreal Beach Resort is transforming into a haunted pirate’s den for its second annual Halloween pop-up experience. Step into a thrilling world of pirate decor, eerie lighting and haunted surprises wherever you turn. The dining room will transport you to a place you’ve only seen in your Halloween dreams (or maybe your nightmares). Sip on spooky signature drinks that are as fun to admire as they are to consume. With a menu full of frightfully delicious food and cocktails, this is the Halloween hangout you won’t want to miss! Grab your mates and chart a course for BOO BAR, if you dare! Look for live music, DJ and karaoke to alternate on Fridays during October, and come out for live music with the Philly Keys every Saturday. Harry’s is located at 1025 Beach Ave, Cape May. Hours are Wednesday Noon to 9:00pm, Thursday Noon to 9:00pm, Friday Noon to 10:00pm, Saturday 8:00am to 11:00pm and Sunday 8:00am to 9:00pm. Stay tuned for added days and hours leading up to Halloween.

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CNB Business News: Apply Today for South Jersey Gas Game On Grant Program to

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., February 24, 2020 –

South Jersey Gas, a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries, Inc. (NYSE: SJI), today announced the kick-off of its annual Game On Grant Program providing 20, $1,000 grants to recreational organizations in its service territory, serving children ages 4 to 18.

The grants provide critical support needed to sustain local, community-centered athletic programs, leagues, clubs, associations and recreational organizations for children. Winners are selected at random by South Jersey Gas. To qualify, recreational services must be coordinated primarily through volunteer efforts and the grant must support a traditional youth sport including, but not limited to baseball, softball, soccer, football, basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, volleyball, tennis, lacrosse, golf, field hockey, hockey and swimming.

For additional information, to see past winners and apply, visit southjerseygas.com/community. All entries must be received by South Jersey Gas no later than Friday, March 13, 2020.

About South Jersey Gas

South Jersey Gas, subsidiary of SJI (NYSE:SJI), delivers safe, reliable, affordable natural gas and promotes energy efficiency to approximately 385,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and portions of Gloucester, Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey. For more information, visit southjerseygas.com.

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FACE OF DEFENSE: United States’ only Heavy Icebreaker completes Antarctic Treaty Inspections

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — The 159 crewmembers onboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed McMurdo Station Wednesday after escorting three refuel and resupply vessels and assisting with a five-day inspection of foreign research stations, installations and equipment in Antarctica.

MCMURDO STATION, MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA 02.05.2020 Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Subscribe41 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) is moored Feb. 5, 2020, next to the Maersk Peary in McMurdo, Antarctica. The crew of the 44-year-old icebreaker created a channel in the ice near McMurdo Station as a part of Operation Deep Freeze – the U.S. military’s contribution to the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

The departure marks the Polar Star’s 23rd journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, an annual joint military service mission to resupply the United States Antarctic stations, in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency for the United States Antarctic Program.

The Seattle-based 399-foot, 13,000-ton

Polar Star

created a 23-mile channel through the ice to McMurdo Sound, which enabled the offload of over 19.5 million pounds of dry cargo and 7.6 million gallons of fuel from three logistics vessels. Together these three ships delivered enough fuel and critical supplies to sustain NSF operations throughout the year until Polar Star returns in 2021.

Two scuba divers are lowered to the ice Feb. 1, 2020, from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) approximately seven miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Scuba divers from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and the Royal Canadian Navy are serving aboard the Polar Star in order to effect emergency repairs if needed to the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is working near Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2020, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

The Polar Star also supported a team of U.S. government officials from the U.S. Department of State, National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Coast Guard who

conducted a five-day inspection

of foreign research stations, installations, and equipment in Antarctica.

The United States continues to promote Antarctica’s status as a continent reserved for peace and science in accordance with the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The inspection serves to verify compliance with the Antarctic Treaty and its Environmental Protocol, including provisions prohibiting military measures and mining, as well as provisions promoting safe station operation and sound environmental practices.

The team inspected three stations: Mario Zucchelli (Italy), Jang Bogo (South Korea), and Inexpressible Island (China). This was the fifteenth inspection of foreign research stations by the United States in Antarctica, and the first since 2012.

Inspections emphasize that all of Antarctica is accessible to interested countries despite territorial claims and reinforce the importance of compliance with the Antarctic Treaty’s arms control provisions. The United States will present its report on the inspection at the next Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, in May 2020.

“I am immensely proud of all the hard work and dedication the men and women of the Polar Star demonstrate each and every day,” said Greg Stanclik, commanding officer of the Polar Star.

“Maintaining and operating a 44-year-old ship in the harshest of environments takes months of planning and preparation, long workdays and missed holidays, birthdays and anniversaries with loved ones. The Polar Star crew truly embodies the ethos of the Antarctic explorers who came before us — courage, sacrifice and devotion.”

Commissioned in 1976, the Polar Star is the United States’ only operational heavy icebreaker, capable of breaking ice up to 21 feet thick. Reserved for Operation Deep Freeze each year, the ship spends the winter breaking ice near Antarctica, and when the mission is complete, returns to dry dock in order to conduct critical maintenance and repairs in preparation for the next Operation Deep Freeze mission.

If a catastrophic event, such as getting stuck in the ice, were to happen to the

Coast Guard Cutter Healy

(WAGB 20) in the Arctic or to the Polar Star near Antarctica, the U.S. Coast Guard is left without a self-rescue capability.

By contrast, Russia currently operates more than 50 icebreakers – several of which are nuclear powered.

The Coast Guard has been the sole provider of the nation’s polar icebreaking capability since 1965, and is seeking to increase its icebreaking fleet with

six new polar security cutters

to ensure continued national presence and access to the Polar Regions.

In April, the

Coast Guard awarded VT Halter Marine Inc.

of Pascagoula, Mississippi, a contract for the design and construction of the Coast Guard’s lead

polar security cutter

, which will also be homeported in Seattle. The contract also includes options for the construction of two additional PSCs.

\”Replacing the Coast Guard\’s icebreaker fleet is paramount,\” said Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the Coast Guard\’s Pacific Area. \”Our ability to clear a channel and allow for the resupply of the United States\’ Antarctic stations is essential for continued national presence and influence on the continent.\”

FACE OF DEFENSE

AMERICAN HERO

*Avalon Spring Dune Grass Planting

AVALON, NJ (February 2020)–Volunteers are needed to help plant dune grass on Saturday, April 18

, 2020. Everyone is welcome to participate in this important project.

Volunteers should report to Avalon Community Hall at 30

Street and Avalon Avenue, at 8:30 am. A brief demonstration of planting will be given and specially designed utensils for planting the dune grass will be handed out. A light breakfast will be served around 9 am, in Community Hall, prior to the planting.

Please contact Chuck McDonnell at Community Hall, 609-967-3066 or Sue Keen at 609-967-5924, to sign up for the dune grass planting.

In the event of rain, the planting will be postponed until Sunday, April 19

, 2020.

DOWN THE SHORE: Coming This Summer Sundays at Surfside Concerts, at Surfside Park

AVALON, NJ–The Avalon Department of Recreation has announced a brand new concert series at Avalon’s Surfside Park, located adjacent to the Avalon Boardwalk at 30

Street and the beach. Nine concerts will be held this summer during the “Sundays at Surfside” events, starting Sunday, June

. All concerts will begin at 7:00pm and conclude at approximately 8:30pm.

“Our ‘Sundays at Surfside’ promised to be a major attraction this summer”, said Avalon Recreation Department Director Chuck McDonnell. “We have scheduled some of the most popular entertainers in the Delaware Valley, and the event will feature a cross section of music from oldies to country to Irish music, and everything in between”.

The first “Sundays at Surfside” will feature “Jimmy & the Parrots”, the band that performed during the grand opening of Surfside Park in June, 2019. “Jimmy and the Parrots” play contemporary, country, island, and Jimmy Buffet music during an energetic performance.

Avalon’s “Sundays at Surfside” concert series is as follows:

June 28

—Jimmy & the Parrots

July 5

—40 North

July 12

—Dead Reckoning

July 19

—Trinadelphia Quartet Steel Band

July 26

—All Souled Out

August 2

—Johnny Cash Tribute Band

August 9

—Central Park/the Band

August 16

—The Quietman (Irish Night)

August 23

—Beatlemania Again

All concerts are free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a beach chair or a blanket to see the concerts. In the event of inclement weather, the concerts will be held inside Avalon Community Hall.

Surfside Park opened in May, 2019 and is supported by a grant from the Cape May County Open Space Program. It includes a performance stage, restrooms, an open lawn area for recreation, and a playground that welcomes children of all ages.

For more, visit

www.avalonrecreation.org

Prayers Coming Your Way! Lower Township Police Officer Kenny Walker diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Lower Township–Police Officer Kenny Walker was diagnosed Tuesday, February 11, 2020 with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). That same day he was transferred from Cape Regional Medical Center to UPenn Hospital in Pennsylvania and immediately began chemotherapy treatment.

The word \”acute\” denotes the disease\’s rapid progression. It\’s called myelogenous leukemia because it affects a group of white blood cells also called the myeloid cells, which normally develop into various typ

es of mature blood cells, such as red and white blood cells, as well as platelets.

AML can sometimes spread to other parts of the body including lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

Please keep Kenny and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Donations can be made at

GOFUNDME:

Address/Location

Lower Township Police Department

405 Breakwater Rd

Cape May, NJ 08204

Contact

Emergency: 9-1-1

Non-emergencies: 609-886-1619

Coast Guard Commandant highlights achievements and new initiatives in 2020 address

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz meritoriously advances Petty Officers 2nd Class Nathan Newberg and Emily Ford to first class petty officers during the 2020 State of the Coast Guard Address in Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 20, 2020. The Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) is an existing program that allows senior leaders to recognize and advance exceptional active duty and reserve enlisted members. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando)

FACE OF DEFENSE

AMERICAN HERO

WASHINGTON – The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard outlined the vision for the service and highlighted the accomplishments of its people during the 2020 State of the Coast Guard Address in Charleston, S.C.

During his annual address, Adm. Karl Schultz reflected on the organization’s successes over the past year and the Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget Request. He also outlined plans to expand the Coast Guard’s footprint in the Charleston area by homeporting five National Security Cutters and potentially becoming a future home of the service’s Offshore Patrol Cutter, currently under construction.

“Charleston is a first stop to nationwide investment in our service, our facilities, and our people,” Adm. Schultz told attendees Thursday. “To serve the communities in which we live, we need early adopters like you here today.”

The service chief provided updates on the acquisition timeline for the Polar Security Cutter and Offshore Patrol Cutter. Along with these acquisition updates, the Coast Guard will restore hurricane-damaged facilities in South Carolina and seek to expand its operations based in the “Lowcountry.” The Coast Guard is currently carrying a nearly $2 billion shore infrastructure backlog, and in one example, he explained how flooding affected operations at Coast Guard Station Niagara, New York, which was pumping more than 200,000 gallons of water from its facility daily last spring.

“Every mission begins and ends at a Coast Guard facility,” said Adm. Schultz. “Unfortunately, due to years of flat-line budgets forcing tradeoffs, the facilities that our men and women deploy from and return to are crumbling around them.”

Adm. Schultz shared his vision for talent management in the Service. Specifically, he outlined several personnel initiatives to recruit and retain a highly-skilled workforce. This includes a Coast Guard underrepresented minority study to better understand recruiting and retention dynamics and a Coast Guard Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to foster a more inclusive culture. He announced a workforce readiness website, called “My Coast Guard,” delegated meritorious advancement authority to field commanders, and expanded the enlisted Marine Inspector Training Program.

“Talent management is both our most pressing challenge and our greatest opportunity,” said Schultz flanked by Coast Guard servicemembers. “That is why I believe wholesale investment will enable our talented people to carry out their missions across the maritime domain today and tomorrow.”

During the address, he meritoriously advanced Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Newberg of Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Georgia, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Emily Ford of Coast Guard Operation Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos in Nassau, Bahamas. Adm. Schultz also recognized numerous Coast Guard members for their stellar performance “

Stories Behind the State of the Coast Guard

.”

The Coast Guard’s enduring and specialized role in the Indo-Pacific was also highlighted. The service will expand its permanent presence in the region through expeditionary capability, work with its partner nations to address the security challenges in the region, and build capacity and capability.

The Commandant rolled out the service’s “Tech Revolution” road map, a detailed plan to update the Coast Guard’s 1990s-era hardware, software, and analytics. He also described the need to strengthen service innovation initiatives and accelerate implementation of the best ideas servicewide to field commanders. These include the marine inspector mobility application

INSPECT

, partnering with Global Fish Watch to combat illegal fishing, linking to the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley, and the establishment of the Blue Technology Center of Expertise at the University of California San Diego.

Other initiatives discussed were the Coast Guard’s Cyber Strategy, improving cutter connectivity, and modernizing the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s information technology capabilities.

To read the entire speech go to

www.uscg.mil/AlwaysReady

FACE OF DEFENSE

AMERICAN HERO

I\’m Pelosi\’s #1 target

Since day one when I was first elected, I opposed Nancy Pelosi. Her radical liberal views were not what we support here in South Jersey and that\’s why I chose not to vote for her as Speaker!

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That\’s why I\’m supporting President Trump and his America First Agenda!

We need leaders like President Trump in Washington who care about doing the right thing for the people of their district and not about just playing partisan games.

I\’m Pelosi\’s #1 target. I need your help to win this critical South Jersey district now that Pelosi and the South Jersey Democrats are focusing all their attention to defeating me in November.

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Good News for Atlantic City International Airport

SPIRIT AIRLINES TO INCREASE FLIGHTS

AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Egg Harbor Township, NJ – February, 2020 – Spirit Airlines is increasing their number of flights at Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) with additional frequencies for three of their key markets. The additional flights are to/from Fort Lauderdale, FL; Orlando, FL and Myrtle Beach, SC. The Airport anticipates a positive response for Spirit\’s increased service from both the local community and visitors to the Southern New Jersey region as well.

The increased frequencies are as follows:

– Beginning on July 9, 2020, Fort Lauderdale (FLL) will increase their frequency to three flights per day; up from two flights per day

– Beginning on July 9, 2020, Orlando (MCO) will increase their frequency to 19 flights per week; up from 14 flights per week

– Beginning on June 13, 2020, Myrtle Beach (MYR) will increase their frequency to nine fights per week, up from seven flights per week

\”We are excited our long-time partner, Spirit Airlines, has responded to the increased growth and corresponding demand within the Southern New Jersey region,\” said Stephen F. Dougherty, Executive Director – South Jersey Transportation Authority. \”We also look forward to continuing to work with Spirit and local stakeholders to secure additional services at ACY in the future.\”

\”In 1992 we launched service to Atlantic City. Nearly 30 years later, we proudly continue to grow with more nonstop flights to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale,\” said John Kirby, Vice President of Network Planning for Spirit. \”As the only major airline headquartered in the Sunshine State, we are pleased to offer our Guests in Atlantic City even More Go to the state we call home.\”

Over 1.1 million passengers used ACY in 2019 with Spirit providing 91% of the total. These additional frequencies will help the Airport realize its goal of surpassing 1.2 million passengers in 2020.

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Attention Anglers! Forum at Batsto Saturday

BATSTO, NJ–Anglers have two great opportunities to learn, comment and ask questions about the Division\’s freshwater programs at the

South Jersey Fisheries Forum this Saturday

and the

Trout Meeting next Saturday

Pequest.

Saturday\’s forum at the Batsto Village Visitor\’s Center in

Wharton State Forest

will include presentations on

Harmful Algal Blooms

Largemouth Bass Virus Sampling

, and

Warmwater Fish Production

. Discussion topics will include the

Warmwater Fisheries Management Plan

(what do YOU want to see covered) and

Potential Regulation Changes for 2023

.The forum will begin at 10:00 a.m.

The annual

Trout Meeting at

Pequest

will be Saturday, February 29 at 10:00 a.m.

This year\’s meeting will cover:

2020 Hatchery Production

2020 Spring Trout Allocations

and a presentation on

Temperature Impacts on NJ\’s Wild Trout Populations

Batsto Forum Information and Directions

Trout Meeting Information

Pequest Directions