Public meeting set a month after Gillian’s Wonderland Pier closure announcement
By Julia Train In the wake of Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian announcing the permanent closure of his amusement park, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier and 6th Street Pizza and Grill, there has been a plethora of questions about the future of the site. About a month after the...Social impact created through art at MudGirls Studios
By Julia Train Dorrie Papademetriou spends her days covered in clay in MudGirls Studios, a space that was once St Michael’s parochial school in Atlantic City. Old classrooms that had lain vacant for over three decades were transformed into a place that creates...Rockin’ J Ranch: a sweet potato farm transformed into a thriving equestrian center
By Julia Train When you arrive at Rockin’ J Ranch in Egg Harbor City, you’ll be greeted by Scrappy, Scooter and Dally, the three dogs who spend their days on the land. The pups, two of which are Australian shepherds, belong to Brian Johnson and his wife Morgan. The...Princeton-based startup partners with ACUA to filter microplastics in waterways
By Julia Train PolyGone Systems, a Princeton University spinout startup, partnered with Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) to implement water filtration technologies that capture microplastic pollutants. The Microplastic Remediation Pilot Project started in...
