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Margate High-Rise Stopped For Now. Residents Demand Greater Transparency.
The proposed plan to create a Margate hotel overlay zone, adjacent to Lucy the Elephant, has been killed for now. Over 250 packed the Margate Commissioners Chamber. Overflow crowds poured onto corner...
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Margate Stalemate Over Lucy the Elephant Lease, Expiring in 2019.
Rich Helfant on Left in Green Shirt. The lease agreement between Lucy the Elephant and the City of Margate expires in 2019. What’s taking so long to renew the Lucy lease? The City of Margate, and Rich...
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PODCAST: Margate Commissioners Endure Public Comments Over Hotel Zoning Plans
PODCAST: Margate Commissioners Endure Heated Public Comments Over Hotel Zoning Plans. Sept 6, 2018: Margate Commision Hotel Overlay 9.7.18 By 1981, Margate decided to ban all hotels and motels. The...
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Margate Commissioners Blink. Will Delay Vote on Hotel / Condo Overlay Zoning...
Margate Commisioners Sensing an all-out taxpayer revolt, Margate Commissioners have decided to delay a vote on the proposed and very controversial, Hotel / Condo Overlay Zoning Ordinance. According to...
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Ventura’s Potential High-Rise Development Plans in Margate
Rendering of Potential Ventura’s High Rise Development in Margate Plans for a potential, new high-rise on the beaches of Margate, look to have begun in earnest on March 1, 2018. A meeting was held...
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Margate High-Rise Stopped For Now. Residents Demand Greater Transparency.
The proposed plan to create a Margate hotel overlay zone, adjacent to Lucy the Elephant, has been killed for now. Over 250 packed the Margate Commissioners Chamber. Overflow crowds poured onto corner...
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Margate Stalemate. Who Owns Lucy the Elephant? Lease Expiring in 2019.
Lucy CEO, Rich Helfant, in green shirt. Who owns Lucy the Elephant? Rich Helfant’s Save Lucy Committee? Or the City of Margate? That looks to be the real question behind why Lucy’s lease, which expires...
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Avant Girl in Margate Celebrates 5 Years of Downbeach Beauty
Hair & Beauty Salon Celebrating 5 Years in Margate. The brains & beauty behind Avant Girl in Margate is Aria Mazer. After 25 years in the casino business, including a stop at Resorts, Mazer...
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One Step Closer To Margate Waterpark Along Amherst Ave.
Aquapark It’s official, Margate is one step closer to getting a water park along Amherst Ave. Technically, it’s a floating water park. Think blow-up slides and bouncy stuff in the back bay. 20,000...
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$43 Million of New Margate Tax Ratables Each Year. Time to Sell Tighe School.
Margate is swimming in new tax revenue. So far in 2018, $35 million in added assessments. That’s according to Richard Deaney, the Margate Business Administrator. Deany reports on total Margate added...
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JFS Herb Dinner Raises $5,000 for Agency Health and Wellness Initiatives
Over 60 guests attended JFS Herb Dinner on November 6 The JFS [Jewish Family Service] Herb Dinner raised more than $5,000 for the agency’s health and wellness initiatives. On Nov.6, the dinner brought...
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Amherst Residents Last Chance to Stop Margate City Bayfront Deal
Amherst Ave. Amherst Ave residents in Margate are asking to share the following information in regards to development along the bayfront. The Margate Homeowners Association is also recommending that...
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Margate & Ventnor Beaches Ready to Go Smoke-Free?
Longport has already banned smoking on it’s beach. But now, it’s a NJ state law starting JAN 16, 2019 for everyone including Margate & Ventnor. How will Downbeach ensure compliance? NJ Parks &...
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Risk & Reward. Air BnB Vacation Rentals in Margate, Ventnor, Longport.
Is your Margate, Atlantic City, Brigantine or Downbeach home right next to a busy AirBnB rental? A growing number of homeowners are saying YES. Many don’t like that one bit, especially where safety,...
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Margate Development Deals Under Fire From Local Taxpayers
Margate is Changing. Again. Margate Commisioners Amherst Deal JAN 2019 Margate Mix 1.5.19 Is Margate development headed in the right direction? Are taxpayers getting fair value for their assets? Some...
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Jersey Shore Politics. Fewer Voters + Mo Money = Taxpayer Nightmare
Amodeo, Becker, Blumberg With each passing year, Jersey shore towns like Margate and Ventnor are not only losing full-time residents, but qualified voters as well. Could a perfect storm be brewing? In...
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History of The Margate Bridge, Linking Downbeach to the Mainland.
Margate Bridge The Margate Bridge is privately owned and crosses the bay and marshes between Absecon Island and the mainland. From Margate, access to the bridge is from Jerome Avenue. Traffic over the...
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Margate Business Spotlight: Casel’s Marketplace
Since first opening their doors as a small grocery store in Atlantic City in 1929, Casel’s has been a family-owned market. That tradition continues with the Seiden family. Howard, Randi, Rachel and...
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Margate Burger and Food Truck Beefing Up for Summer 2019
Expansion Well, it’s not exactly a Margate food truck. It’s a Margate building shaped like a food truck. Construction continues at Miami Burger & Food Truck on Ventnor Ave… providing for an...
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