Longport News

LONGPORT Santa Claus is coming to town from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 for lunch with area children hosted by the Longport Volunteer Firefighters at the firehouse, 23rd and Atlantic avenues.

LONGPORT Remember that court appearance you never made? How about the fine payment schedule you agreed to 10 years ago that you never bothered to pay off? You may have forgotten, but Atlantic County Sheriff Frank Balles is putting all scofflaws on notice that his office will be partnering with every municipality in the county to collect fines and ...

Hearty bicyclist disregards rain and wind to get to his destination Friday, Nov.

Longport Mayor Nick Russo dedicated a memorial plaque of Mary "Honey" Forbes at the Nov.

VENTNOR City officials are considering acquiring outside engineering services to oversee the various infrastructure improvements encompassing a $9.1 million bond issue aimed at improving the city's streets, water and sewer lines and municipal buildings.

LONGPORT The borough is facing the challenges of bringing an aging building into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

DOWNBEACH Margate and Longport escaped last week's four-day nor'easter with minimal damage, all things considered.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP Atlantic County took a beating over the weekend from the nor'easter that brought high winds and high tides that dealt the region an expensive blow.

LONGPORT Deborah DiLorenzo of Longport, the president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, was tapped Tuesday, Nov.

LONGPORT Weather threatened to ruin the Veterans Day ceremony being held by Longport American Legion Post 295 Wednesday, Nov.

VENTNOR The Ventnor Beautification Committee has named Malelani Caf the November merchant of the month.

SOMERS POINT Capt. Brook Koeneke and first mate Michael Mulveen of the Duke O'Fluke took a different kind of boat trip Saturday as city officials joined managers of Route 52 Constructors for a closer view of the causeway construction project.

LONGPORT Voters here followed the Republican trend that swept through much of Atlantic County with this off-year election in which the borough had no municipal races.

MARGATE A building does not a home make; it is the people who fill it that make a place a home.

DOWNBEACH Max's Mission, in conjunction with the statewide Clean Ocean Action beach cleanup, had volunteers taking to the beach in droves Saturday, Oct.

Republican Frank Formica and Democrat John Devlin and are seeking the District 2 Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders seat being vacated by longtime Republican Freeholder Thomas Russo, who has held it since he was first elected in November 1991.

VENTNOR In January, the Ventnor Community Church asked residents of Downbeach to lend a hand and help restore the building that has stood on the corner of Ventnor and Victoria avenues for more than 85 years.

LINWOOD Kathryn Gerhart Gadd and her fellow residents at Brandall Estates enjoyed a party in her honor Thursday.

The wind, rain and cold of a Nor'Easter is painful enough, without being slapped in the face by it.

I made a prediction many weeks ago. I boldly proclaimed that when and if Gov. Jon Corzine led Christopher Christie in any poll, even by one percentage point, the Democratic media would immediately champion it as a Corzine lead.