VENTNOR – The Board of Education Wednesday, Sept. 26, unanimously approved a shared services agreement with the City of Ventnor, Margate City, Margate Board of Education and the Atlantic County Improvement Authority to make energy savings improvements at public buildings. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities created the Energy Read more…
The Atlantic County Library System/Ventnor, 6500 Atlantic Ave., has announced the following line up of programs for the month of October. GATHERING WOOL Atlantic County Library System/Ventnor welcomes all adults to join a quilting and knitting group that meets 10 a.m. to noon every Tuesday, Oct.2 through Dec.18 (except Nov. Read more…
MARGATE – South Jersey’s most famous pachyderm just got two pink ribbons tattooed on her butt. Lucy the Elephant on Tuesday, Sept. 25 was sporting two pink ribbons on her famous posterior to bring breast cancer awareness to the community. Shore Medical Center, its auxiliary and staff, along with doctors Read more…
MARGATE – The two-day festival that celebrates fall and the Amherst Avenue waterfront, was not a total washout last weekend. Thousands enjoyed great fall weather on Saturday, Sept. 22 and visited Margate Business Association’s annual Funfest by the Bay. Revelers enjoyed music on two stages, activities, great food, amusements, fine Read more…
VENTNOR – After two hours of testimony Monday, Sept. 24, the Planning Board approved a pocket park on on the 5000-block of Ventnor Avenue between Oakland and Nashville avenues in the North Beach section. The applicant is Ventnor Memory Park, a public non-profit with three board members, who over the Read more…
VENTNOR – The Planning Board has agreed to ask the Board of Commissioners to consider creating a new zoning district for properties in the R-1 Zone that front the boardwalk. The board on Monday, Sept. 24 continued its discussion on the commission’s previous proposal to rezone three boardwalk lots in Read more…
MARGATE – While property owners packed the meeting room Thursday, Sept. 20 to protest a proposed zoning change that would allow a boutique hotel to be built in Margate, they did not stick around long enough to question other ordinances introduced at the meeting that will affect them in the Read more…
VENTNOR – Beginning Monday, Sept. 24 and through Oct. 26, the Ventnor City Water and Sewer Department will be testing fire hydrants and flushing the water mains. Testing will begin at Jackson Avenue and proceed south to Fredericksburg Avenue, followed by the Ventnor West area and finally Ventnor Heights. Residents Read more…
LONGPORT – Mayor Nicholas Russo and his fellow commissioners are concerned that the makeup of the Longport Volunteer Fire Department is aging and volunteers are becoming scarce. They have asked Stockton University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to conduct an analysis of the department and suggest ways to provide Read more…
VENTNOR – Restaurant owner and Chef Lisa Savage’s idea of semi-retirement is working 40 hours a week. Closing two of her three restaurants was “a difficult, bittersweet decision,” she said in a telephone interview just days after closing the doors at her restaurants, Sage and Lisa’s in the trendy North Read more…