MARGATE – Lucy the Elephant, Margate’s beloved and world famous pachyderm, will not be affected by the partial shutdown of the federal government. Although Lucy is honored and proud to be one of the 2,600 National Historic Landmarks in the United States, she receives no federal funding and therefore is not Read more…
MARGATE – The Margate Business Association held elections for the 2019 Board of Trustees during its annual Holiday Party held at Bocca Coal Fired Bistro Tuesday, Dec. 11. Executive Board members are Ed Berger of Mediagate Marketing, president; Karen Sherman of Tomatoe’s Restaurant, vice-president; Nancy Lynch of OceanFirst Bank, treasurer; Read more…
MARGATE – “Consistency,” “uniqueness,” “savvy,” and “discrete” are some of the words used to describe Soleil Sotheby’s International Realty listings and the agents who sell them. Sunny dispositions are required to work at Sotheby’s Margate real estate franchise. That’s only partially because Soleil, is French for “sun.” Brokers Tamy and Read more…
MARGATE – Students of the William H. Ross Elementary School Choir paid a visit to the Lite Rock 96.9 studios Thursday, Dec. 13 to perform live on the Eddie Davis Show. The children sang holiday tunes under the direction of teacher RoseMarie Barbera.
MARGATE – The Milton and Betty Katz JCC 501 N. Jerome Ave. will present a free Hall of Fame Basketball Clinic with Coach Bob Hurley 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 in the gymnasium. Hurley is the longtime coach of the former St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where he amassed 26 state Read more…
MARGATE – In an effort to clear up objections in a legal suit brought against the City of Margate, the Board of Commissioners Dec. 6 introduced a new ordinance re-authorizing the transfer of seven parking spaces along Amherst Avenue to local builder Jim Leeds. After the city agreed to convey Read more…
MARGATE – An observant 5-year-old who spotted smoke coming from a neighboring house helped to avoid a tragedy by quickly alerting her parents who called 911 to report a fire at a Granville Avenue home. “This fire could have been a lot worse if it was not for the heroic Read more…
MARGATE – There was lots of fun to be had at Bocca Coal Fired Bistro on Saturday, Nov. 24 as the city business community celebrated Small Business Saturday. The Phillie Phanatic got the crowd reved up for the celebrity of the day. Miss Columbus Day Julianna Rankel of Tabernacle greeted Read more…
Downbeach Small Business Saturday events offer jam-packed day of family fun, including ASL Santa and Cookie Crawl Ventnor and Margate are celebrating the opening of the holiday shopping season on Small Business Saturday, a shopping experience started by American Express to encourage shoppers to patronize local businesses. Due to the Read more…
ABSECON – Range 129, a state-of-the-art training facility that offers 20 pistol lanes, nine rifle lanes and a retail store, opened Black Friday, Nov. 23 at 129 Pleasant Ave. The 32,000-square-foot facility focuses on education, training and safety. A grand opening ribbon cutting will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. Read more…