Avalon News

Tradition continues in Avalon Saturday with the 34th annual boat parade. Boats dressed in Red, White, & Blue will float from Cornell to Princeton Harbor starting at 4:30. Register your vessel at Community Hall, or just watch the fun.

" Councilman David Ellenberg and Councilman Joseph Tipping were sworn in for four-year terms during Borough Council's reorganization meeting July 1. Councilwoman Nancy Hudanich was sworn in July 24 before leaving for a family engagement in Florida.

It takes a county to raise a village. 'This project has become a project of the county at large, rather than that of a single church, or single denomination,' said Ann Herron, one of the co-founders of the Cape May County Village in Haiti project.

Bob Dylan once warbled, 'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.' But you do need scientific equipment to find out how hard it blows and how much electricity it will generate.

The hours are 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free. The works of sixty professional artists will be exhibited.

While planning for the current summer season, state and local tourism officials were mostly concerned that the sluggish economy would be their biggest detriment to attracting crowds to the Jersey Shore.

Attorney General Anne Milgram announced, Tuesday, June 23, a comprehensive law enforcement and public awareness effort by the Divisions of Alcoholic Beverage Control and Highway Traffic Safety to combat underage drinking in Jersey Shore resort areas this summer.

Heading to the Jersey shore this summer? Avalon, NJ is one of the nicest beach towns at the shore.

The Borough is making final preparations for its 34th annual boat parade that will take place during the late afternoon hours on Saturday, July 4. This yeara s boat parade is expected to include dozens of boats of all shapes and sizes.

The music of Prokofieva s Romeo and Juliet, J.S. Bach, Glazunov, and Granados will be performed at the first of Access to Arta s summer chamber music series, June 27 at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Angela s R.C. Church, located on the Garden State Parkway, and Mechanic St., below exit l0 on the Parkway.

Rod Houck has a close encounter with Dolphin 56 last summer off Island Beach State Park.

Avalon, Phone: 609-967-3853 Contact name: Rose Marie Chew Price: $15 Avalon Historical Society is planning their annual Olde House Tour on Saturday, June 20 from 1-4 p.m.. The houses featured were built between 1887 and 1933, plus a 1928 church.

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Continuation of a north end beach fill between 10th and 16th streets began June 8 and will continue until June 18.

Robert Matthews, left, M.L. King Community Center director, accepts presentation from Ray Jefferson Jr.

To The Editor: The first time I met Steve Lonegan was in the mid 90s when David Von Savage headed a group of conservatives called "The Breakfast Club" invited him to be a guest speaker at one of our meetings at the Avalon Country Club.

This Doo Wop Dance Concert, presented by the Avalon Performing Arts Council , will begin at 7:00 pm.

Primary elections will be held Tuesday, June 2, in many municipalities in New Jersey, including Dennis and Middle townships and Stone Harbor in Cape May County.

Concerned residents crowded Avalon Borough Hall May 27 to object to an application to expand and add a pool to a property located in the high dune system.

A beach badge checker sits under an umbrella next to a deserted beach in Mantoloking, N.J., in August 2008.