MARGATE – Students at the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School rolled out the red carpet for their classmates on Valentine’s Day. It was the 10th annual Formal Day held at the school on Thursday, Feb. 14. Students wore their best outfits, including satin and sequins for the girls and suits Read more…
MARGATE – Lifeguards in Margate will be getting a 1.5-percent increase in their daily rates of pay over the next four years in a new contract the Board of Commissioners approved on Feb. 7. The contract includes 1.5 percent daily rate increases each year starting 2019 and ending 2022. A Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Police have identified a man killed in motor vehicle collision on the Black Horse Pike Sunday, Feb 10 as Marco Jesus Gutierrez, 31, of Tampa, Florida. Police responded at 6:58 p.m. to the westbound lane of North Albany Avenue (Rt. 322) for the report of an accident involving Read more…
The Margate Business Association and Margate City announced today that they will “Bag it Forward” to step up the business community’s stewardship of the local environment. Bag it Forward is a new program that has participating merchants distributing thousands of reusable shopping bags to the community at no cost to Read more…
MARGATE – As New Jersey municipalities approach budget preparations, Margate Chief Financial Officer Lisa McLaughlin said she believes the city is in good shape financially and will likely not have a tax increase again this year. McLaughlin told commissioners at their work session Thursday, Feb. 7 that the city’s yet-to-be-audited Read more…
The Margate Business Association will be hosting its first-ever Sweet and Salty Crawl Saturday Feb. 16 at businesses throughout town. Local participating merchants will be providing a tasty sweet, such as candy, hot coco, cookies, or salty treat such as cheese, chips or pretzels to customers as a “thank you” Read more…
MARGATE – The Planning Board Jan. 31 reviewed an application to subdivide an oversized lot located at 117 N. Gladstone Ave. into two lots, each with 35 feet of frontage in a residential zone that requires 40 feet of frontage to build a house. Several residents spoke against the application Read more…
PHILADELPHIA – Margate City native and former Atlantic City High School graduate Rob Johnson was named chief marketing officer at N3rd Street Gamers, an esports network that focuses on serving semi-professional and developing competitive gamers. The former Jackbox Games and Philadelphia Flyers marketing executive joined the amateur e-sports pipeline to Read more…
MARGATE – The Holtzman Gallery will be showcasing “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future” during a Black History Month exhibition Feb. 4 to March 3 at the Milton and Betty Katz JCC, 501 N. Jerome Ave. The exhibition features Al Johnson, Danny Simmons, Bariq Cobb, Gabriel Tiberino Raphael Timerino and Read more…
MARGATE – Do you feel there is too much testing in school, or if the degree of testing is acceptable as it is? Wrestling with that hot topic will earn two students a $2,500 college scholarship. Students are asked to look back on their testing experience, and write a letter Read more…