The bridge that connects Avalon to Sea Isle City is closed Monday through at least sometime in April. The county of Cape May is closing the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge to vehicular traffic due to a major construction effort on the bridge. Machinery and racks are being replaced on the bridge; they help raise and lower…
Numbers were good for beach tag sales in Avalon last year. The borough says it sold $1,222,622 in tags in 2014 versus $1,191,172 in 2013. These numbers typically help tell whether a summer season was good one or not. Weekly tag sales were up about 1500 tags sold, while preseason tags increased by about 1400.
Avalon has a four day permit extension for its back bay dredging project. Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl says that the extension will allow Mobile Dredging to finish a dredging project in Princeton Harbor before a state and federally mandated break in the project that will last until the middle of September. Avalon secured millions…
January 12th..that’s when the county plans on shutting down a portion of Ocean Drive between Avalon and Sea Isle City that will result in the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge being closed to traffic. The bridge will be shut down through April 30th for work to be done on the bridge. Construction will occur weekdays between the…
Both communities in the Seven Mile Island will be holding weekend events. Stone Harbor and Avalon will greet residents and visitors with separate holiday festivities. Stone Harbor will hold its Island Holiday on Friday and Saturday. Including their pet parade, shopping, family activities, and of course Santa. Avalon will hold their Festive Friday and Snowfest…
A major back bay dredging project in Avalon gets underway sometime this week. A company will be dredging private boat slips at Princeton Harbor behind Avalon in advance of a larger dredge that will remove mud and debris from the channel. The goal for the Borough is to have Princeton Harbor completely dredged before the…
Veterans Day services are being held throughout Cape May County today. In Avalon, a ceremony hosted by American Legion Post #331 and Mayor Martin Pagliughi will be held at Veterans Plaza at 21st Street and Dune Drive at 11am. Cape May County will hold a ceremony at the Veterans Cemetery at 2pm.
Parts of Avalon had no electricity for a couple of hours on Wednesday afternoon. A single vehicle motor vehicle accident on Avalon Boulevard resulted in a utility pole coming down and power being knocked out to hundreds of residents and businesses. By 5:15pm power had been largely restored. Avalon Boulevard was closed for about two…
The Avalon Borough Council voted unanimously on a resolution to name Marie J. Hood as Municipal Clerk in Avalon during a special meeting held on Thursday. Council voted 4-0 to promote Hood to the position; it is a three-year term. For the past six months, she served the Borough as the Assistant to the Municipal…
The Avalon Borough Council will hold a special meeting late Thursday afternoon to replace its current municipal clerk. Avalon’s Council is expected to appoint Marie Hood to the position of Municipal Clerk replacing Georgann Berardis. The clerk’s position is the only issue appearing on Council’s agenda for the special meeting on Thursday.