Stone Harbor’s Borough Council meets Tuesday afternoon and is expected to authorize the continuation of a shared services agreement with Avalon. The agreement shares the services of James Craft, who works as the Chief Financial Officer for both communities. Stone Harbor and Avalon have other shared services in place, including an agreement to share police…
The Stone Harbor Elementary School will be location for a big community meeting on Saturday. The Stone Harbor Property Owners Association will hold its general membership meeting at 9am at the school and various Borough issues will be discussed. Mayor Suzanne Walters and members of Borough Council will be in attendance.
Stone Harbor’s beach opening event held Friday morning, May 22nd at the 95th Street beach had nothing but crystal blue skies and smiling faces. Mayor Suzanne Walters, Borough Council, and the Stone Harbor Beach Patrol welcomed residents, school children, merchants and visitors to a picture perfect celebration to kick off the season. Stone Harbor Elementary…
Stone Harbor is taking the necessary steps to perform maintenance dredging of the Stone Harbor Lagoons this fall to serve the boating community, residents, and those utilizing the waterways. This June, the Borough will solicit bids from dredging contractors. The project will include maintenance dredging, dewatering the dredged material at the Stone Harbor Marina parking…
On Tuesday, Stone Harbor City Council adopted a $14.6 million operating budget for 2015. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the tax rate will increase by less than one cent, while rate increases for utility services will increase significantly. Local charges for utilities, plus sewer and water rates, will each increase by $15 per quarter. The…
The United States Coast Guard plans some training operations along the Jersey Shore and some of it will be near Avalon and Stone Harbor. The Coast Guard says crews will fly from the Air Station Atlantic City and will travel along inland waterways from Barnegat to Stone Harbor. The exercise is known as “Rotary Air…
Stone Harbor announced some good news before the weekend. The beach restoration phase of a habitat and coastal resiliency project on Stone Harbor Point was successfully completed ahead of the arrival of piping plovers and the onset of nesting of beach nesting birds. The project teams worked tirelessly through incredibly harsh weather conditions that included…
After countless delays and revisions, the county has a rendering of its new library branch to be located in Stone Harbor. An architect appeared at a meeting of the Cape May County Freeholders on Tuesday and presented design plans for the library which will be built next to the Stone Harbor Municipal Building. The cost…
Stone Harbor has introduced a new budget. The budget includes a .7 of a cent increase. On April 7th the Borough will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed budget. At that time residents may ask questions. The focus of 2015 was to be on Dredging of the Back Bays and the Construction of a…
Stone Harbor officials will likely construct a new police building next to the firehouse. A consultant made a presentation to Borough Council last week outlining various options relating to the new building. Currently Stone Harbor has an agreement with Avalon where Avalon provides joint dispatching services for both communities.