By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, June 4 awarded a contract to study the idea of turning Amherst Avenue into a one-way street. The board awarded a $15,250 one-year contract to Arthur W. Ponzio Co. & Associates to perform a one-way traffic flow evaluation on Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – A film produced by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University has received seven awards from the 41st annual Telly Awards Judging Council. The film, “There Were Good People…Doing Extraordinary Deeds: Leo Ullman’s Story,” tells the life story of Leo Ullman and his family who Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – City engineer Ed Dennis Jr. Thursday, June 4 provided the Board of Commissioners and the public with an update on public projects completed over the last year and highlighted projects to come. Dennis said the city received state grants to help offset the cost Read more…
MARGATE – Mayor Michael Becker penned a letter June 5 greeting residents and visitors, welcoming them to enjoy a safe summer in Margate. In addition to asking residents to safely distance, wear masks indoors and be tolerant of others’ differences, he encouraged them to enjoy the beach, shopping district and Read more…
TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Friday announced in a release that the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control this week issued charges seeking to suspend the liquor licenses of four New Jersey bars and two craft breweries for violating COVID-19 emergency orders prohibiting on-premises consumption of food and/or Read more…
MARGATE – The city will open its tennis and basketball courts, and the Jerome Avenue ballfield Friday, May 29 and pickleball courts on Monday, June 1, according the Margate Recreation Department. Reservations for the tennis courts will be required as of Friday, June 5. Pickleball courts will open 8 a.m. Read more…
MARGATE – Although the coronavirus pandemic has prevented the city from holding its normal Memorial Day parade and service honoring those who died fighting American wars, members of the Margate City Fire Department were not to be deterred. “We put this together this week without publicizing it,” Fire Chief Dan Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Nobody, but nobody’s gonna rain on Johnny’s parade. While birthday drive-bys have become commonplace these days of COVID-19, Little Johnny Amodeo, 5 years old, decided he wanted to BE the parade. On Saturday morning, May 23, after a pouring down rain, the skies cleared Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – Sigmund “Sig” S. Rimm, who served as city commissioner for 32 years, has died. Rimm passed away Tuesday, May 19 at age 88. He was well respected in a community that found it a fitting tribute to name its athletic fields in his honor. Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – The city is planning to relax its zoning requirements to allow restaurants to provide al fresco dining this summer as soon as Gov. Phil Murphy allows restaurants to reopen. Action will be taken at the Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday, May 21 to provide Read more…