Members of the Margate City Fire Department spent Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13 visiting toddlers, children, adults and senior citizens to share the message that everyone can work to prevent fires and be well-prepared if fire strikes. After visiting the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School and the William H. Ross Read more…
MARGATE – Weary of hearing negative comments about the Margate public schools and consolidating to one school, Board of Education members and parents stepped up to the mic Wednesday, Oct. 10 to speak their mind. Their comments come on the heels of repeated comments from two Margate senior citizens who Read more…
EGG HARBOR CITY – Hallee Adelman of Longport and her daughter Sage, 14, were the winners of the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council’s statewide Perfect Peach Pie contest for amateur bakers. The Adelmans were also the winners of the Margate Community Farmers Market’s sixth annual contest held in July 19 Read more…
MARGATE – The city recently met with the owners of a proposed aqua park on Amherst Avenue, Zoning Officer Roger McLarnon advised the Board of Commissioners at its Oct. 4 work session. MaLarnon said he and Administrator Richard Deaney met with the owners of several riparian lots in the Waterfront Read more…
MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Sept. 20 released minutes from three executive session meetings held in 2015 detailing discussions about extending the lease for Lucy the Elephant. Executive session minutes are usually held confidential until the topic being discussed is resolved. City Solicitor John Scott Abbott said the Read more…
MARGATE – After months trying to get the owner of Lamberti’s Sunset Marina and Restaurant to replace a 315-foot section of failing bulkhead fronting the Amherst Avenue property, time is running out, city officials have said. The city wants to move forward with replacing the entire stretch of deteriorating bulkhead Read more…
MARGATE – The Holtzman Gallery has mounted “Collage of Artists: A Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition,” featuring local and regional artists and a display of color and form through Oct. 15 at the Milton and Betty Katz JCC, 501 N. Jerome Ave. A special reception will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Read more…
MARGATE – The two-day festival that celebrates fall and the Amherst Avenue waterfront, was not a total washout last weekend. Thousands enjoyed great fall weather on Saturday, Sept. 22 and visited Margate Business Association’s annual Funfest by the Bay. Revelers enjoyed music on two stages, activities, great food, amusements, fine Read more…
MARGATE – While property owners packed the meeting room Thursday, Sept. 20 to protest a proposed zoning change that would allow a boutique hotel to be built in Margate, they did not stick around long enough to question other ordinances introduced at the meeting that will affect them in the Read more…
MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Sept. 21 permanently tabled a controversial ordinance that would add a boutique hotel as an additional use in a six-block area along the Margate beachfront where several high-rise residential developments already exist. “It’s dead,” Commissioner John Amodeo told the more than 100 people Read more…