by Cindy | Mar 27, 2025 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Features, History, South Jersey
The Brigantine Lighthouse was built in 1926 by the Island Development Real Estate Company to attract people to Brigantine Beach Island, the newly popular beach town nicknamed “the Twin Resort of Atlantic City”. Their slogan was “come to the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 23, 2025 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Features, South Jersey
By Julia Train One thousand seven hundred. That’s how many days in a row Carter Doorley has surfed. Actually, after Jan. 14, 2025, it’s over 1700 days. The 13-year-old Brigantine native started during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to spend time outside...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 3, 2025 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey
By Julia Train Brigantine’s 16th and 17th street beaches were packed on New Year’s Day in Brigantine. The Brigantine Polar Bears, a nonprofit on the island, held its 25th Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day. In January 2000, a group of 25 patrons of the now...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey
By Julia Train Every year, on the first of January, both locals and visitors gather at several beaches along the coast to jump in the freezing cold water to start the new year on the right foot. Most plunges are started by already-established charities, but...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Business Buzz, Downbeach, Features, Food & Beverage, Margate, South Jersey
Business Buzz By Rich Baehrle Margate can celebrate its newest addition – a Mexican restaurant named Na’cho Taco, located at 8 S. Essex Ave., on the corner of Essex and Ventnor. The location was previously home to Taco Cat, which unfortunately closed abruptly in July...
by Cindy Fertsch | Dec 5, 2024 | Atlantic County, Brigantine, Features
By Marjorie Preston By now, most monarch butterflies have passed through New Jersey on their annual journey to Mexico. But some will be sticking around indefinitely, thanks to a mural project commissioned by the city of Brigantine and the Brigantine Garden Club. When...
