LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners will hold its next regular meeting 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. The workshop portion of the meeting is cancelled, but commissioners will vote on agenda items as planned. To help stem the spread of coronavirus COVID-19, members of the public will be able to Read more…
LONGPORT – The Longport Public Library will close 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 and remain closed until March 31 due to the coronavirus COVID-19. In a release on behalf of the Board of Trustees, library Director Ricky Gerhardt said the library will re-evaluate the situation on March 31 to determine Read more…
LONGPORT – In an effort to avoid spreading the coronavirus, the Longport Public Library has announced it will cancel until further notice some of its ongoing programs. Cancellations include the knitting group and chess club that normally meets on Mondays, Pinochle on Tuesdays and Mahjong on Saturdays. The library has Read more…
LONGPORT – Due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, the Longport PBA Local 363 will be postponing the Social Luncheon scheduled for March 18 at Church of the Epiphany’s Totaro Hall. According to a post on the Longport Police Department’s Facebook page, the PBA, which was sponsoring the Read more…
LONGPORT – The current display at the Longport Public Library’s Art Gallery features artwork of students from the William H. Ross Elementary School in Margate. Students in Mrs. Thompson’s second grade class attended a reception in the library on March 5. The artwork will be on display through March and Read more…
LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Feb. 19 introduced the 2020 municipal budget which holds the line on taxes. The budget appropriates $8,871,931 for municipal services, up $214,202 over last year. The amount to be raised by taxation will increase $50,996 to $6,117,450. The tax rate will remain unchanged Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – A recently formed grassroots organization promoting gun rights is making the rounds in Downbeach communities. Gun advocate Sandy Hickerson of Absecon, the Atlantic County representative for the newly formed NJ 2A Sanctuary group, has asked the Longport and Ventnor Boards of Commissioners to pass Read more…
LONGPORT – On Friday afternoon, Longport Public Library staffers were moving aside bookcases and tables to make room for the public to enjoy song-stylist Gina Roche, who was to perform a free concert for the Longport community at 6 p.m. “Our big hurdle is that there is just not enough Read more…
LONGPORT – William “Bill” A. Fiore has seen the Longport Volunteer Fire Department come from “shambles” to one of the “finest” volunteer fire companies in the county. The Longport Board of Commissioners honored Fiore Wednesday, Feb. 19 for his more than 60 years of service as a firefighter in Longport. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez has denied a realignment request from property owners in Seaview Harbor, a 1960s-era subdivision in Egg Harbor Township, to secede from the township and join Longport Borough where their taxes would be much lower than they are Read more…