Avalon officials held a press conference right before the weekend to discuss a second major back bay dredging project. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a thin-layer disposal project on state marshes located west of Avalon near 61st Street. This project will dredge 50,000 cubic yards of material; Avalon is conducting another…
Avalon officials are holding a press conference on Friday morning to discuss a second dredging project occurring in the community. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a thin layering dredging project to move 50,000 cubic yards of material and spraying it onto tidal marshes. This effort joins Avalon’s other major dredging project…
A back bay dredging project in Avalon continues this month which significant progress since Labor Day weekend. Avalon’s Sport Fishing Center has been dredged, along with all of the popular Pennsylvania Harbor area. On Monday, the Commodore Bay Marina will be completed and work will proceed to Cornell Harbor. Avalon intends to continue the dredging…
Avalon’s popular Golden Inn Hotel has been sold. Icona Resorts has purchased the property and the Philadelphia Inquirer says it is the biggest transaction in Cape May County history. Icona plans on putting tens of millions of dollars worth of renovations into the Golden Inn; they will be wrapped up by next July. Icona recently…
Thanksgiving weekend will be a busy one in Avalon. Festive Friday returns this year at 11 a.m. with the return of the popular iceless ice-skating rink on 21st and Dune Drive, plus a long list of activities throughout the day featuring children’s characters, face painters, bounce houses, crafts and so much more. Local businesses are…
A utility pole replacement program is underway in Avalon. Atlantic City Electric is replacing old wooden poles with steel poles along Ocean Drive north towards 30th Street as part of an effort to improve reliability of electrical service. The first new poles should be installed near a power substation before the end of the week.
The bridge that connects Avalon to Sea Isle City is expected to be closed on Monday. The county will close the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge to repair the roadway that leads to the bridge in Avalon. This time, the closure is expected to last until just before President’s Day weekend. County officials say this will be…
Avalon is the 176th priciest zip code in the entire nation. That’s according to a new report issued by Forbes Magazine, which puts the average price of a residential property at over $1.6 million in Avalon. That pales in comparison to the community of Alpine, New Jersey, which achieved the number 12 ranking in the…
The roadway leading into the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge will be closed beginning next week for a big reconstruction project by Cape May County. The work is to make permanent repairs to the roadway that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy. A temporary fix was put in to get the roadway back open but the entire bridge…
Avalon Councilman William Burns took his oath of office on Wednesday, November 4th to continue his service to the Avalon Borough Council. Burns received his oath from Avalon Deputy Municipal Clerk Denise Rech in Avalon Borough Hall. Burns was re-elected to the Council seat previously held by David Ellenberg, who resigned on July 9th. Burns…