Avalon is the first community in the State of New Jersey to partner with a specific foundation to provide free sunscreen to individuals to use on the beach, and playgrounds. Avalon partnered with the Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation to place the dispensers at the 30th Street beach entrance area, and at a popular playground. …
Avalon has moved its Memorial Day ceremony inside Monday morning due to the continued threat of wet weather. The ceremony will be held at Avalon Community Hall at 9am at 30th Street and the beach. The annual parade has been cancelled.
Avalon’s Borough Council met Wednesday afternoon and discussed a new study designed to alleviate flooding issues in north end beach blocks during heavy rainstorm events. The draft proposal calls for new pump stations and potentially new drainage pipes to help reduce the threat of street flooding during heavy rain events in a short period of…
Avalon officials say they have entered the final stage of a beach back passing project that results in sand being transported from one portion of the beach to the north end. Mayor Marty Pagliughi says the Borough will have completed six back passing projects when this work concludes, which saves the Borough plenty of tax…
The County will be closing the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City during the overnight hours Tuesday into Wednesday. A construction barrier curb will be removed and the temporary traffic signal will be removed for the summer season. If there are stormy conditions, the closure will take place Wednesday night into Thursday.
A major sand backpassing project in Avalon is near the finish line, weeks ahead of schedule. The Avalon Department of Public Works is backpassing sand from the central portion of the community to north end beaches that were decimated by four nor’easters during the month of March. All of the sand used in the project…
The annual Police Unity Tour Chapter 2 peddled through Cape May County on Thursday. Dozens of police officers from our region hop on bikes and ride to Washington, DC to raise support and awareness for the men and women who gave their lives in law enforcement. Photo courtesy of Borough of Avalon website.
Avalon has earned the top $20,000 grant in the Sustainable Jersey program. Avalon officials attended a check presentation in Edison Tuesday to receive the check that will be used for the creation of a pilot project terrapin turtle nesting area near a Borough marina. It was one of only four $20,000 grants offered by the…
The annual Police Unity Tour is expected to pass through Cape May County on Thursday. In Avalon, the tour will pass along Dune Drive around lunchtime Thursday. The law enforcement community bikes from New Jersey to Washington, DC to raise awareness for the men and women of law enforcement who lost their lives in the…
Avalon has secured the federal permit needed to conduct a beach backpassing project. Sand will be trucked from the center of Avalon’s beaches to the north end to fill in beaches that were severely eroded during the four nor’easter storms in March. North Wildwood is also conducting a necessary backpassing project in advance of the…