MARGATE – The Department of Public Works has assisted the Margate Business Association in preparing for Fall Fun in Margate this weekend. Pumpkins, bales of hay, and lots of mumms and scarecrows have been placed around town, especially in the business districts where merchants will be offering fall fun activities, 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 MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Sept. 3 reviewed final plans for the Amherst Avenue promenade it plans to build in the fall and winter months. The promenade, which will connect the marina district with the Washington Avenue pedestrian walkway and the central business district on Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The daughter and son-in-law of Holocaust survivors have endowed Stockton University with a $25,000 scholarship fund to assist students interested in Holocaust and genocide studies. Ann and Howard Rosenberg created the Jadzia and David Greenbaum Memorial Scholarship to honor Ann’s parents, who met and fell in love in Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Downbeach communities vowed to never forget what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001. Ventnor City first responders joined their counterparts in Atlantic City for the Saracini-O’Neill 9/11 service, while Longport and Margate held services in their communities. Longport Read more…
MARGATE – Finance Commissioner Maury Blumberg Thursday, Sept. 3 swore in the city’s new tax collector. Tara Mazza, a 15 year employee of the municipality, took the oath of office as retiring Tax Collector Linda Morgan watched from the audience. Blumberg said the tax collector position is one of the Read more…
MARGATE – The members of the Margate Boardwalk Committee are inviting Margate voters to attend an online briefing about the Nov. 3 boardwalk referendum. The meeting is being held 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 via to Zoom online meeting platform. According to a release, the committee will share the benefits Read more…
MARGATE – Sustainable Margate was planning to hold an in-person rain barrel making workshop in May, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the workshop. Not to be deterred from educating the public on how to conserve water and make a home made rain barrel, the Margate green team Read more…
MARGATE – Five Students from Mainland Regional High School have planned an end of summer beach sweep this coming Wednesday, Sept. 9. Margate Public Works usually hosts at least two beach sweeps a year where volunteers walk the beaches collecting trash and record their findings on data cards. The information Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY MARGATE – About a dozen members of the Margate Democratic Club turned out Thursday, Sept. 3 to demonstrate their support for the U.S. Postal Service. They showed up on a hot and humid day with handmade signs showing support for the letter carriers who pick up Read more…