Margate is going to court again to stop its beach fill project. Officials met on Wednesday and decided to seek a court injunction that would halt the project which has resulted in bacteria-filled ponds adjacent to million dollar beachfront homes. One Commissioner says this project is quote “killing us”. ##
Margate’s colossal beach mess got a bit worse this week. City officials say there is bacteria in ponding water along the beach caused by a beach fill so access has been cut to the public to walk through that ponding area. Five inches of rain fell Saturday morning and the water has been slow to…
Authorities say 57 year old Kenneth Thomas of Yeadon, Pennsylvania was the fatal victim of Monday’s one vehicle accident on the Atlantic City Expressway in Hamilton Township. Thomas was the front seat passenger of a Chevy Blazer that ran off the eastbound lanes of the Expressway, went into a ditch, and hit a tree. ##
One person is dead, two others were injured during a motor vehicle accident on the Atlantic City Expressway in Hamilton Township Monday afternoon. Police say the crash involved only one vehicle, and the highway was closed for a short time pending the investigation. ##
Atlantic City, Margate, and Ventnor have been issued federal subpoenas relating to the investigation of potential health care fraud by public employees. The County grand jury subpoenas were issued in late July; federal subpoenas were issued in late June for the same investigation. ##
It’s been a summer to forget in Margate as a huge pond has formed in front of beach front homes during a massive beach reconstruction project. The United States Army Corps of Engineers will attempt to fill in the area with fresh sand and restore beach access that has been cut off by the ponding.…
A 31 year old Somers Point man who is wanted in Pleasantville for a sexual assault was found on the New York-Canada border. Authorities announced the capture of Jean Milice who allegedly committed the sexual assault back on July 24th. ##
Margate residents and visitors are fuming over a large lake of flood water that has formed in front of their oceanfront homes courtesy of a summertime beach fill project. Residents first opposed the dune system; now they are writing to federal officials to see what corrective actions may be taken. ## Photo: Margate Fire Department
State health officials have closed 15 beaches in New Jersey to swimming, but none of the beach closures are located in Cape May County. New testing shows that high levels of unacceptable material is in the water at these beaches due to recent heavy rainstorm events that have flushed out storm drains. The beaches will…
The United States Coast Guard rescued two boaters who’s boat capsized two miles off Absecon Inlet on Tuesday. Response boats were sent to the region and both were plucked out of the water shortly before Noon. Neither boater was reportedly wearing a life jacket. ##