LONGPORT – A graduate student at Stockton University is continuing an investigation into the make-up of the Longport Volunteer Fire Department. The report produced will allow borough commissioners to decide if something should be done to reorganize the department, according to Mayor Nicholas Russo. The borough commissioned the report last Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – After months of wrangling with New Jersey regulations and reporting systems, the borough’s Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Jan. 16 to ask the NJ Department of Environmental Protection for an exemption from a requirement that it have a “department approved” Municipal Public Access Read more…
LONGPORT – Richard Carter has been the borough’s engineer for more than 30 years. He wants to wind down his career with the borough and has proposed an option for the governing body to consider. At the Jan. 2 Board of Commissioners meeting, solicitor Pacifico “Pat” Agnellini said he met Read more…
The Longport Police Department Wednesday, Dec. 19 promoted two officers to the rank of sergeant. Officers Ray Burgan and Nicholas Rettino took their oaths of office administered by Mayor Nichola Russo. Family members and fellow police officers packed commission chambers to witness the milestone. Russo, who also had a career Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Dec. 5 unanimously agreed to settle a dispute with former Acting Municipal Clerk Matthew Conlon, 56, of Atlantic City, who left his post in November. Following an executive session on Nov. 29 held to discuss Conlon’s employment, Mayor Nicholas Russo failed to get Read more…
Downbeach Small Business Saturday events offer jam-packed day of family fun, including ASL Santa and Cookie Crawl Ventnor and Margate are celebrating the opening of the holiday shopping season on Small Business Saturday, a shopping experience started by American Express to encourage shoppers to patronize local businesses. Due to the Read more…
LONGPORT – American Legion Post 469 honored four deceased veterans at its annual Veterans Day ceremony held in Thomas B. Reed Park at the foot of the Longport Bridge. The Jersey Girls, a branch of the Sweet Adelines International, sang the national anthem and God Bless America. The veterans honored included Read more…
MARGATE – All three Downbeach communities collaborated to put on a Health Fair at the Margate Municipal Building Tuesday, Oct. 24. The annual event welcomes municipal employees in Ventnor, Margate and Longport to attend the event to learn how they can maintain their health, eat well and get their annual Read more…
‘Librexit’ will benefit taxpayers in the long-run LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Oct. 17 established the inaugural Board of Trustees for the Longport Public Library and appointed eight members to the board. The members are Mayor Nicholas Russo, Board of Education President Carl Tripician, Roy Law, Patricia English, Erin Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Oct. 17 honored members of the Longport Beach Patrol for winning the South Jersey Lifeguard Association Championships for the third year in a row and commended a former lifeguard for rescuing two people caught in the surf off the jetty. The beach patrol participated Read more…