SOMERS POINT — Shore Medical Center has announce that Dr. Christopher Lucasti of Longport has been chosen as its Physician of the Year for 2020. A member of the Shore Medical staff since 1991, Lucasti is the vice-president of the medical staff and a member of the Medical Executive Committee. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – SFC Richard Stayskal said he wishes he really were as cool as everyone in Longport makes him sound. Although serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, getting injured, re-enlisting in the U.S. Army and becoming a Green Beret has given him the opportunity to “do Read more…
LONGPORT – Rabbi Lynnda Targan left her life as a public relations professional at the age of 50 to become an ordained rabbi in 2003. “At a time when most of my friends were retiring or slowing down, I was compelled to take the rigorous journey to become a rabbi, Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Longport Borough Hall, 2305 Atlantic Ave. The purpose of the meeting is to award bids for planned public projects, including reconstruction of Atlantic Avenue from 32nd Avenue to the Margate City border, sidewalk Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Downbeach residents lined the streets Tuesday, Sept. 15 to provide a patriotic welcome to American Legion Post 469’s Wounded Warrior Week recipient, SFC Richard Stayskal and his family for a weeklong stay in Longport. Stayskal and his family arrived in Longport Tuesday afternoon and Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – American Legion Post 469 is asking the residents of Ventnor, Margate and Longport to welcome this year’s Wounded Warrior Week recipient with flags waving. U.S. Army Green Beret, SFC Richard Stayskal and his family will be arriving Tuesday, Sept. 15 for a weeklong, all-expense-paid Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Downbeach communities vowed to never forget what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001. Ventnor City first responders joined their counterparts in Atlantic City for the Saracini-O’Neill 9/11 service, while Longport and Margate held services in their communities. Longport Read more…
LONGPORT – American Legion Post 469 is planning to hold a brief, but meaningful service to remember those who died at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at Thomas B. Reed Park Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – A total of eight candidates have filed nominating petitions with the Borough Clerk by the deadline on Monday, Aug. 31 to run in the non-partisan election for a seat on the Board of Commissioners. Longport is one of only 30 municipalities in New Jersey Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – American Legion Post 469 has announced the recipient of its ninth annual Wounded Warrior Week honor, which provides a weeklong all expenses paid vacation at a Longport residence to an injured soldier and his or her family. The legion coordinates with military authorities to Read more…