by shorelocalnews | May 29, 2025 | Downbeach, Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo
The much-anticipated Le Tour de Downbeach returns for its 16th year on Sunday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. (rain date: June 8), inviting families and cycling enthusiasts to take part in a scenic and spirited ride across Absecon Island. Starting and registering at the Ventnor...
by Cindy | Mar 22, 2025 | Art, Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, Mays Landing, South Jersey, Ventnor
Students from the Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) are playing a crucial role in the redesign of a 150-acre shoreline site into a sustainable eco-park in Ventnor. This exciting project, focusing on ecological health, habitat preservation, and community...
by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, History, Margate, News, South Jersey
By Julia Train Austin Contegiacomo had just gotten off a 24-hour shift for the U.S. Coast Guard and was walking his dog on the beach near Margate Pier on Feb. 17 when he found nearly a dozen Prohibition-Era whiskey bottles. Contegiacomo was playing fetch with his...
by Cindy | Mar 19, 2025 | Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, Margate, South Jersey
For decades, Margate school children have enjoyed a multitude of opportunities to grow and thrive in preparation for college and ultimately as young adults. Whether it’s working at a local ice cream shop or on beach patrol, volunteering at a Margate event, or...
by Cindy | Mar 6, 2025 | Atlantic County, Business Buzz, Downbeach, Features, Food & Beverage, Margate, South Jersey
Business Buzz By Rich Baehrle Margate has a native son who has an impressive history of being a competitive athlete, including a 1980 induction into the Atlantic City High School Hall of Fame. Steve Marchel went on to Yale University where he was an All-Ivy League...
by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 21, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Downbeach, Features, News, South Jersey
Atlantic City is the ninth New Jersey municipality that is taking action against harmful and often toxic micro particles of dust caused by the building boom in the Garden State. In a unanimous 9-0 vote on February 19th, the city council approved an ordinance that...
