The Avalon Planning and Zoning Board met Wednesday night and approved a new settlement that ends a dispute involving a marina development on 21st Street. The settlement obligates the developer to keep 20 boat slips available to the public to rent, along with the construction of a new boardwalk, gazebo and other amenities. The Borough…
Avalon has again achieved a certification in the state’s Sustainable Jersey program. State officials announced that Avalon is one of 70 communities who have attained the certification this year as an endorsement for its proactive management of its environment and ecosystem. Avalon has implemented many new environmental projects over the past two years.
The Avalon Volunteer Fire Department honored the late John Ferguson IV with the title of Assistant Fire Chief this week. Ferguson passed away after a courageous battle with cancer and served the department for many years. Ferguson was named the 2016 Avalon Volunteer Fire Department’s “Firefighter of the Year”; he passed away on October 17th.
County officials laid out several plans to repair or replace the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City on Thursday. Officials say it will cost tens of millions of dollars to pursue any plan, and that funding is not in place. This fall, the bridge will be reduced to alternating one lane of…
The Borough of Avalon is creating a Monarch Butterfly Habitat, and will locate the habitat at Armacost Park in the southern end of the community. Mayor Marty Pagliughi presented the habitat at the recent Borough Council meeting. It is expected to attract important pollinators who often stop in our region during their fly byes to…
Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi and Council President John McCorristin recognized two Avalon police officers who saved a despondent man’s life in the ocean last month. Patrolmen Mark Glassford and Matthew Ardelean managed the situation and brought the man safely to shore during the early morning hours of September 24th. The incident resulted in no injuries;…
Avalon’s Borough Council met Wednesday and expressed its full support for a tourism marketing program involving the Southern Shore Regional DMO that helps promote local shore resorts. Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl delivered a report to Council Wednesday afternoon and stated 23,000 materials promoting Avalon was handed out at various travel and tourism shows in…
Avalon Police saved a man who entered the ocean early Sunday morning with the intent to injure himself. Police responded to the 16th Street beach; Patrolman Mark Glassford entered the ocean to speak with the man in chest-deep water. Glassford was able to talk the man out of harm. The individual was taken to a…
Local communities are putting out advisories regarding trash and recycling collection schedules. Avalon and Ocean City will return to once per week collections starting on September 11th. Middle Township’s trash and recycling service will be delayed for a day during the week of Labor Day, due to the holiday on Monday. ##
Avalon and Stockton University have installed flood monitoring sensors at 15 different locations in the Borough to track nuisance flooding and heavy rainfall. The sensors are being placed in key locations for over a year to generate real time flood data in order to improve resiliency; only Avalon and Longport are participating in this public-private…