Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series about the candidates for the Longport Board of Commissioners election on Nov. 3. Today, candidate Scott Cianci answers our questionnaire. We asked all eight candidates the same questions. Candidate Veronica Iezzi announced last week that she has dropped out of Read more…
LONGPORT – One of the eight candidates vying for a seat on the Longport Board of Commissioners said she has withdrawn from the election, although not soon enough for her name to be removed from the ballot. Veronica Iezzi, a retired business owner who has lived in Longport for 22 Read more…
MARGATE – The city is planning its annual Paper Shredding event 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Margate City Public Works Yard, 101 N. Benson Ave. The event is open to residents of Margate and Longport with proof of residency. The event is a great way to dispose Read more…
The Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave., has announced the following events for the month of October. Carole Couzens Virtual Art Exhibit, through September and October. Visit Longport Public Library’s website to view artwork by this month’s featured local artist, Carole Couzens. (This exhibit is only available online.) https://www.longportpubliclibrary.org/about-us/art-gallery Virtual Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – Margate Administrator Richard Deaney Thursday, Sept. 17 informed the Margate Board of Commissioners that he is working with Longport Administrator A. Scott Porter to develop an agreement for the Longport Municipal Court to continue using the courtroom at Historic Margate City Hall. Margate first Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Sept. 16 took several actions that extended existing contracts and delayed a major purchase for the Police Department. Although commission meetings are usually sparsely attended, residents filled commission chambers, which had fewer chairs available due to COVID-19 social distancing Read more…
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…