Downbeach Dune Update for Margate and Ventnor
Video from Ron T. Brown: Beach & Dredging DEC 2020. Some call it Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction for Absecon Island. Others refer to it as an expensive but non-critical money pit that...
View ArticleMargate Business Update: Paper Chase and Lamberti’s on Amherst Ave.
Margate business is not immune to the chaos of 2020. The popular Paper Chase shop next to Casel’s Market on Ventnor Ave has announced they’ll close for good by the end of January 2021. Read their email...
View ArticleMargate Readies For Safer Streets Via Road Diet
Margate ready to reduce 4 lanes of Atlantic Ave traffic down to 2. But before that happens, the 3 Margate Board of Commissioners want to hear from you. Residents are needed to provide input on this...
View ArticleDownbeach Dune & Beach Project 2020
The beaches of Margate and Ventnor currently undergoing replenishment work. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and its contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, are placing...
View ArticleMargate Homeowners Association Raises Over $3,000 for Holiday Food Drive.
The Margate Homeowners Association hosted a holiday food drive benefitting those in need in Atlantic County. On Saturday Dec 12, the MHA set up a table outside of Casel’s Market and were overwhelmed by...
View ArticleMargate Prepares for Road Diet, Making Atlantic Ave Safer.
Should Margate go on a road diet? Mayor Becker and Commissioners Amodeo and Blumberg want to know. A Margate road diet would reduce 4 lanes into 2. It would also allow for a turning lane. Bike lanes...
View ArticleVentnor Police K9 Unit Takes Another Bite Out of Vehicle Crime.
Wanna steal stuff out of unlocked cars in Ventnor? Make sure to look over your shoulder often. Officer Joker could be locked onto your stink. This Ventnor K9 can’t wait to take you down, fast. On...
View ArticleORSTED Offshore Wind Farm. Notice: Photos To Be Taken Along The Coast.
Architectural historians from the firm SEARCH will be completing architectural history surveys in Ventnor in the next few weeks, possibly as early as next week. This is related to the Ocean Wind...
View ArticleVentnor Closely Watching Margate Vote on Road Diet
Ventnor keeping a sharp eye on Margate’s upcoming ROAD DIET vote. Atlantic City also planning a road diet. Ventnor will follow? Probably. Watch video from JAN 14, 2021 Ventnor Commissioner Meeting....
View ArticleMargate Bike Racks & Pickleball by Tennis Pickler.
Pickleball by Tennis Pickler in Margate. In this episode, they’re playing pickleball in Margate, in the freezing cold. Game location is he playground of former Union Avenue School, now the Margate...
View ArticleJersey Shore Towns Face Growing Demand for Live Video Streaming of Public...
Jersey Shore residents demanding greater transparency from their elected officials. They want better online access to city meetings via video streaming and online, on-demand archives. They want to stay...
View ArticleThe Risk and Reward of Electric Bikes, Skateboards and Scooters.
Environmentally friendly transportation in the Downbeach towns of Ventnor, Margate and Longport. Bikes, skate boards and scooters certainly help reduce carbon emissions, traffic jams and parking...
View ArticleMargate Police Department Supports Proposed Road Diet
Matt Hankinson, Margate’s Chief of Police, says an Atlantic Ave Road Diet would provide greater pedestrian safety. Margate Commissioners will soon make a major traffic and public safety decision....
View ArticleVentnor Memory Park Readies for Public Debut
After three years of hard work & fund raising, the Ventnor Memory Park is almost ready for it’s public debut. 80’ x 87’ tract of Ventnor land transformed into an urban oasis, near the border of...
View ArticleWhen Did Longport, NJ Lose It’s Southern End?
Sever storms during the winter of 1913 & 1914 scoured 10 whole blocks off of Longport NJ, the southern end of Absecon Island. Just over 100 years ago, a string of storms wiped away the Longport’s...
View Article2021 Ventnor Citizens Advisory Board Appointed
Ventnor Commissioners appointed new members to the ad hoc, Citizens Advisory Committee. Ad hoc means: when necessary or needed. This group was chosen to provide commissioners with a citizens...
View ArticleThierman Shares Basics of Estate and Nursing Home Law
Attorney David R. Thierman readily admits that estate and nursing home law is far from exciting. That’s an understatement. Who looks forward to chatting over dinner about end of life issues? Not many....
View ArticleAtlantic County Exec Levinson: Shared Services, Ballot Problems, Vaccination...
New Jersey is the highest taxed state in the country. One of the big reasons for that is the duplication of municipal services. New Jersey has 565 municipalities and 611 school districts. By...
View ArticleOcean City Mayor & Amusement Park Facing Foreclosure, $8 Million in Debt.
Iconic Gillian’s Wonderland Pier on the Ocean City Boardwalk is facing foreclosure. A judge has been ordered the property to be put up for Sheriff’s auction. Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian and his wife...
View ArticleVentnor Not Happy With Stealth, Margate Shared Services Deal
January 28, 2021 Ventnor Commissioner Meeting. The City of Margate just signed a shared, municipal court service deal with neighboring Longport. Ventnor is not happy about it. ‘A slap in the face to...
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