It’s a shell game

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:38 pm Written by SHAUN SMITH Tuesday, April 30, 2013 09:00 am

Volunteers recover and reposition barrier to stay ahead of the turtles on Margate causeway

Lisa Doherty of Margate has established the turtle fencing on the Margate Causeway five years ago and continues its maintenance today.

MARGATE – Why can’t the turtles cross the road between here and Northfield? Because volunteers are determined to save them.

On Saturday, April 27, more than a dozen volunteers were busy replacing the black corrugated tubing that serves as a barrier to keep turtles from crossing the Margate causeway.

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Ventnor resident charged in boardwalk assault

Last Updated on Monday, April 29, 2013 11:59 am Written by STAFF Monday, April 29, 2013 11:52 am

Ventnor Police have a suspect in custody following an alleged assault on a female jogger Sunday evening on north end of the city boardwalk.

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Ventnor school receives AEDs from AtlantiCare

Last Updated on Monday, April 29, 2013 11:58 am Written by SHAUN SMITH Monday, April 29, 2013 11:30 am

Ventnor Middle School representative Jeff Garbutt of Northfield presents a check on behalf of the teacher’s union to Pat McCarthy, an AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Heart Hero volunteer with Rose Marie McCarthy, cardiology outreach coordinator and Ventnor City Education Association Vice President Matt Garbutt of Ocean City.

VENTNOR – The school building now has two more tools to assist in rescuing someone in cardiac arrest thanks to the Heart Heroes at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.

Two Automated External Defibrillators were donated to the Ventnor Educational Community Complex Wednesday, April 24 by Rose Marie McCarthy, cardiology outreach coordinator and Pat McCarthy (no relation) a volunteer with the Heart Heroes. The volunteer organization raises money to place deliberators in the community in conjunction with the Heart Institute at ARMC and the AtlantiCare Foundation.

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Margate puts hope in a bubble

Written by SHAUN SMITH Sunday, April 28, 2013 12:00 am

Computer teacher Amy Hughes blows bubbles with fourth-graders Chelsea Stack and Hailey Bloom.

The William H. Ross School participated in the annual Blow Bubbles 4 Autism event Monday, April 22. Some 275 students, parents and staff members were in the schoolyard blowing bubbles as part of the worldwide effort to raise autism awareness. This is the seventh year the school has participated. 

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Fox & Roach employees donate to soup kitchen

Written by STAFF Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:00 am

Through Fox & Roach Charities, the Margate office recently made a charitable contribution to Friends of Jean Webster Inc. for the Atlantic City soup kitchen. The majority of funds are raised through voluntary contributions from sales associates and employees. Here, Friends of Jean Webster executive director Rev. John Scotland, fourth from right, accepts a check from, fourth from left, Margate manager Margaret Nulty and from left, sales associates and charity representatives Freddie McGoldrick, Carol Shaw, Joan Seltzer, Gloria DeHaven, Fran Solomon, Tom Critchley and Chelle Levine.

Tricky Tray nets $3,500 for HSA

Written by SHAUN SMITH Friday, April 26, 2013 12:00 am

Ventnor Home and School Association President Donna Peterson of Ventnor enjoys the Tricky Tray fundraiser with Absecon residents Allya and Pat Seel.

The Ventnor Home and School Association raised more than $3,500 at its third annual Tricky Tray fundraiser Saturday, April 20 at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex. Home and School Association President Donna Peterson said more than 100 baskets, each valued at more than $25, were raffled off in the basket auction. One lucky winner took home an Amazon Kindle reader. 

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Phone scam targets seniors

Last Updated on Thursday, April 25, 2013 03:03 pm Written by SHAUN SMITH Thursday, April 25, 2013 03:00 pm

The Margate City Police Department is advising residents there has been an increased number of reports related to a phone scam targeting some of the residents, primarily senior citizens.

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Ventnor City News in Brief – Edition of Thursday, April 25, 2013

Written by SHAUN SMITH Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:00 am

The following action was taken by the Ventnor city commissioners at their Thursday, April 18 meeting. The commissioners will meet 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9 for a work session, where no action will be taken, and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, where action will be taken.

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