By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, March 23 extended the option for restaurants to have outdoor dining until Dec. 31. Resolution 112 of 2023 temporarily extends the ability of restaurants to serve food and liquor in the right-of-way outside their restaurants or at contiguous properties Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – Renowned sand sculptor John Gowdy is in the process of creating a life-sized whale sculpture on the beach at Suffolk Avenue. The Board of Commissioners Thursday, March 23 gave Gowdy permission to build the sculpture and allowed the Public Works Department to move sand Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The days of one night party rentals may be coming to an end if the Board of Commissioners April 15 approve an ordinance revision increasing the minimum short-term rental stay. The ongoing change from a residential to a resort community is making it difficult Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The Board of Commissioners Feb. 23 approved three-year contracts with the heads of the Police, Fire and Public Works departments. Police Chief Joseph Fussner, Fire Chief Michael Cahill and Public Works Superintendent Ed Stinson received contracts that will keep them onboard until the end Read more…
VENTNOR – Detours will be in effect on Ventnor Avenue 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, for county paving related to the ongoing signalization project, as follows: Monday, March 20 between Fredericksburg and Baltimore avenues Tuesday, March 21 between Swarthmore and Lafayette avenues Wednesday, March 22 – between Melbourne Read more…
VENTNOR – While most people were celebrating March 17 as St. Patrick’s Day, the city of Ventnor was celebrating its 120th birthday. Residents and employees gathered in the rotunda at historic City Hall Friday morning to hear Commissioner Tim Kriebel read a proclamation dated March 17, 1903, setting the city’s Read more…
The Ventnor City Board of School Estimate will hold its annual public meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29 in Commission Chambers at Ventnor City Hall, 6201 Atlantic Ave. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the will be the 2023-2024 school budget. Action will be taken.
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – In a symbolic passing of the torch, former Mayor Beth Holtzman presented newly sworn Mayor Lance Landgraf with an unfinished wooden torch that reads: “Moving On.” “You’re right, we do have unfinished business up here, and we have a great team up here to Read more…
MAYS LANDING – A Ventnor man will serve jail time for unlawful possession of a handgun Criminal Court Judge Bernard E. DeLury Jr. today sentenced John Stevens, 19, of Ventnor, to three-and-a-half years in state prison. Stevens must serve the entire term before becoming eligible for parole. On Feb. 17, Read more…
VENTNOR – The Board of Education will hold a special meeting 5 p.m. Monday, March 6 in the Auditorium of the Ventnor Educational Community Complex, 400 N. Lafayette Ave. The purpose of this meeting is to approve the tentative 2023-2024 school budget for submission to Executive County Superintendent of Schools. Read more…