Public can vote during a one-week period starting Monday, Oct. 21 LONGPORT – The Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation is one of three New Jersey non-profit organizations in the running for a share of $65,000 in funding from NRG’s crowdsourced charitable giving program, NRG Gives. NRG Gives first launched in 2016 Read more…
LONGPORT – Newly appointed Administrator A. Scott Porter attended his first Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday, Oct. 10 and provided the board and the public with an update on the remediation of a mold issue at Longport Borough Hall. Porter, the borough’s former police chief, took over as a part-time Read more…
LONGPORT – The Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave., will present a free concert and sing-along, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. The Grassroots Ukulele Group of Ocean City will perform. Tap your feet and sing-along to old favorites. Another free concert is planned for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 when Read more…
MARGATE – The Margate-Longport Municipal Alliance held its annual barbecue Friday, Oct. 4 in the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School athletic field. Hundreds of students, parents and grandparents attended the festive event, which is designed to show that there’s lots of fun to be had without drugs and alcohol. Teacher Read more…
LONGPORT – The location of the Board of Commissioners worksession meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 has been changed to accommodate work being done in council chambers at Borough Hall. The meeting will be held in the Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave. It will be the first Read more…
The Longport Police Department will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Pharmaceutical Take-Back initiative, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Police Department, 2305 Atlantic Ave. The entrance is located in the bayside parking area off 24th Avenue. The initiative seeks to prevent increased pill Read more…
LONGPORT – The borough is seeking volunteers to participate in the Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweep being held 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Volunteers of all ages can participate. Participants can pick up supplies at the Longport Community Building located at 33rd and Atlantic avenues before heading Read more…
LONGPORT – After its first full year with an eight-member Library Board of Trustees, its time for some goal setting, Library Director Ricky Gerhardt said Tuesday. The library has launched a public survey to solicit input for a three-year strategic plan to determine the direction the library will take over Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Sept. 18 honored members of the Longport Beach Patrol for their unprecedented fourth consecutive win at the South Jersey Lifeguard Championships held Aug. 9 in Longport. Participants were required to complete in doubles row, swim and singles row events. Lifeguards Sean Duffey, who’s Read more…
LONGPORT – Anglers can still fish on the beach in Longport, but they are not welcome to bring their vehicles onto the beach. Following a lengthy public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 18 on a resolution put forth by Mayor Nicholas Russo to allow vehicles on the beach during the upcoming Atlantic Read more…