VENTNOR – Firehouse No. 2 stood for many years on Wellington Avenue, but it saw its final hours Thursday morning as a demolition crew quickly brought down the aging structure. An excavator easily knocked down walls and lifted the debris into a bucket truck that will cart away the pieces Read more…
The Cape Atlantic Coalition for Health will be offering free skin cancer screenings in Atlantic and Cape May counties during the summer. Choose Your Cover screenings will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 6 at the Newport Avenue gazebo in Ventnor, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read more…
VENTNOR – The Planning Board is scheduled to hear an application Wednesday, May 8 for a mixed-use development on a vacant lot on Ventnor Avenue in the City Commercial District. Bellmawr Holdings, LLC of New Hope, Pa., is seeking C and D variances along with other variances and waivers to Read more…
VENTNOR – The Ventnor Board of Commissioners took actions on several items during its April 25 meeting, including granting two hardship waivers for street opening permits on a street that is still under a moratorium period for street openings and another where the moratorium will expire in September. Municipalities place Read more…
VENTNOR – Delivery of the 96-gallon recycling and trash carts will begin on May 13, according to a release from the city. Trash carts will be burgundy and recycling carts will be the traditional blue with burgundy lids. The city partnered with the Atlantic County Utilities Authority to purchase the Read more…
The Ventnor City Board of Education has changed the location of the reorganization and regular meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16. Meeting will be held in the atrium at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex, 400 N. Lafayette Ave. Action will be taken at the meeting.
VENTNOR – Beach rules that were rarely enforced have been eliminated from an existing city ordinance, and a new ordinance banning smoking on the beach, boardwalk and city-owned recreation areas has been introduced. The Board of Commissioners heard no objections April 25 when it held a public hearing on an Read more…
MARGATE – The city recently took delivery of a new eight-passenger bus to shuttle senior citizens to the doctor’s office, senior recreation center and off-shore shopping excursions. According to Maryann Christian, who directs senior citizens recreational activities at the Bloom Pavilion, 101 S. Huntington Ave., the bus was delivered through Read more…
VENTNOR – The city will be seeking qualified vendors to rent kayaks and paddleboards at Ski Beach this summer and is considering an advertising program that would allow local businesses to advertise on lifeboats and possibly on lifeguard stands. During a discussion at their Thursday, April 25 meeting Mayor Beth Read more…
VENTNOR – The Atlantic County Library System/Ventnor is currently raising caterpillars that will be released after metamorphosis. On Thursday, April 25, the Read and Play Baby program featured a reading of the book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Ventnor Branch Manager Jaimie Vigue. The story was selected in conjunction with Read more…