The Avalon Borough Council may fill a seat vacated earlier this month by the retirement of Dave Ellenberg. Council meets on Wednesday at 7pm and could fill the position vacated by Ellenberg. If Council fills the position this week, that individual could run for re-election to serve the remainder of Ellenberg’s term, in November. The…
Avalon Police arrested a 25 year old local man on charges that he burglarized a motor vehicle that was parked over the weekend in the 200 block of 21st Street. Police say Shawn P. Russell, an Avalon resident, stole cash and credit cards from a woman’s purse that was left overnight in an unlocked vehicle.…
Avalon Police announced six arrests in connection with a sting operation designed to nab underage drinkers. Police made six arrests while working undercover Saturday at a local bar. Police conducted the undercover operation as part of its annual participation in the “Cops in Shops” program.
It’s all done. Avalon’s massive beach fill project has been completed by Great Lakes, and the company will now take its dredge to Strathmere, and then Sea Isle City. Avalon received 700,000 cubic yards of sand on its north end beaches. Over the next six days, the equipment from the beach fill will be removed…
Avalon is losing one of its five members of Borough Council. Longtime Avalon Councilman Dave Ellenberg announced his resignation during Council’s meeting Wednesday afternoon. Ellenberg and his wife Susan are relocating to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to be closer to family members. Council may appoint someone to the vacant seat within 30 days, or leave it vacant…
On Monday swimmers in two coastal communities along the South Jersey shore were called out of the water due to shark sightings. NBC-10 reports that the Margate City Beach Patrol spotted a fin in the water off the Gladstone Avenue beach just before 1 p.m. Lifeguards rowed out to investigate and said a shark was…
It’s possible Avalon’s beach fill project will end this evening. According to Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl, Great Lakes Dredging may be able to place the final volumes of new sand on the beach by this evening. Avalon is receiving 700,000 cubic yards of new sand on its beaches from 8th Street south to 26th…
Major progress to report on Avalon’s big beach fill project. Borough officials say the project is now more than half complete with over 410,000 cubic yards of new sand on the north end beaches in the community. Avalon will pump 700,000 cubic yards of sand onto its beaches from 8th Street to the 25th Street…
The Avalon Borough Council held its formal reorganization meeting on Wednesday, July 1st which featured the swearings in of Mayor Martin Pagliughi and councilmembers Richard Dean and Charles Covington to new, four-year terms on the Avalon Borough Council. They were sworn in to their respective offices by Cape May County Surrogate Susan Sheppard. All three…
Avalon was the site of a press conference that was held Tuesday morning to discuss beach funding. The discussion centered on legislative efforts to double the amount of dedicated funding to beach projects from $25 million to $50 million. Avalon Mayor Marty Pagliughi discussed how beaches are not only an economic engine for the County,…