The Avalon Beach Patrol won the Kerr Memorial Lifeguard Races for the sixth straight year on Sunday. The Avalon team won three of the five events, while second place winners Longport won the singles and doubles row. The race is in the memory of former Avalon lifeguard David J. Kerr, Jr. who succumbed to cancer…
Avalon’s Borough Council met Wednesday night and discussed a plan to provide small stipends to members of the Avalon Volunteer Fire Department to staff the firehouse during overnight hours. Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl and Fire Chief Ed Dean discussed the need for staffing during the overnight hours to provide adequate response to fire calls.…
Margate edged out Avalon and Atlantic City to win the Atlantic City Lifeguard Classic on Friday evening. Margate got a big win from Chuck Gowdy in the singles row and Gowdy joined Chris Graves to also win the doubles row. Margate earned 14 points in the competition, with Avalon and Atlantic City earning 10 points…
Avalon may consider a property reassessment that would begin in 2017. Tax Assessor Jeff Hesley briefed Borough Council Wednesday on a plan that would result in a reassessment to be on the books for 2018. Council may authorize the reassessment via a resolution during the next Council meeting.
One of the beach towns with a huge crowd Sunday night was Avalon where former Philadelphia media personality Tom Lamaine was the guest conductor for a standing room only performance of the Bay Atlantic Symphony. Following the Symphony, Avalon had the largest fireworks display in South Jersey with music from the show simulcast on WCZT.
Can’t wait to see some fireworks? Sunday night is your night. Both Avalon and Cape May will have fireworks displays on Sunday evening. Avalon’s fireworks at the 30th Street beach follow a free performance by the Bay Atlantic Symphony at Avalon Community Hall at 7:00pm; no tickets are needed for the event. The fireworks begin…
Dr. Nancy Hudanich is the new president of the Avalon Borough Council. Council reorganized Friday afternoon and Hudanich was unanimously selected as president; John McCorristin is the new vice president of Council. Hudanich also serves as the superintendent of the Cape May County Technical School District.
The Avalon Borough Council will reorganize on Friday at 12 Noon. Council will not swear in any new members, but will name a new Council President and Council Vice President. It is customary in Avalon for those titles to rotate on an annual basis. The current Council Vice President in Avalon is Dr. Nancy Hudanich.
Avalon has 55,000 cubic yards of new sand on its north end beachfront. Mayor Martin Pagliughi announced that Avalon workers back passed the sand from another part of the beach to the north end where erosion has occurred. Pagliughi says this will give Avalon a protective beach for hurricane season, and a recreational beach for…
The Avalon Police Department has been accredited for the second time. Mayor Martin Pagliughi announced that the police department had a perfect review by a state committee back in March, and the accreditation was confirmed on June 9th. Avalon’s police department is now accredited for another three year period.