Longport Inn: When there was plenty of room at the inn
By Bruce Klauber The Borough of Longport was officially established in 1898. The record will show that, other than the building of luxury homes and condos, being one of the wealthiest zip codes in the state of New Jersey, and surviving some devastating storms over the...Margate resident creates annual Halloween display to unite community
By Julia Train Ari Goldberger isn’t a Halloween fanatic, but he does love bringing the community together through spooky home decorations. Goldberger, an attorney, transformed his Margate home, located at Pembroke and Ventnor avenues, into a must-see Halloween...Margate’s infamous Barbary Coast remembered
By Bruce Klauber “The Barbary Coast” referred to a strip of Margate bars that stretched from the bayfront to Washington Avenue and then to the beach. These partying spots were in operation from the 1950s through the 1980s, although some were in business as early as...Recovery business better and better for Ventnor native
Business Buzz By Rich Baehrle Christopher Ferry went from having a beautiful loving family, to hitting rock bottom in the black hole of the drug world. He was born in Somers Point in 1989 and grew up in Ventnor. His parents gave him the opportunity to attend private...While change transforms Margate, Maynard’s keeps on truckin’
By William Sokolic In 1966, Big Al Troiano purchased Maynard’s Café, a burger and beer joint adjacent to Gables, his night club/restaurant/bowling alley/hotel at Amherst and Washington avenues in Margate. He saw Maynard’s as a teardown so he could expand Gables, which...
