Atlantic City’s Mailboxes Have Shrunk
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At some point in the last month or so, the USPS added screws to Atlantic City’s mailboxes to limit the drop-down opening. Now only letters or thin packages pass through.
Another Lot Now Available Near Emerging AC Development Hotspot
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As developers from Asbury Park and closer to home are piling into long-neglected beach blocks in Atlantic City’s downturn, one Tennessee Avenue lot-owner has decided now is the time to sell. The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints has put up for sale a Pacific Avenue-fronting lot directly across from St Nicholas of Tolentine Church.
More about: Atlantic City, Real Estate Report, Atlantic City, church of jesus christ of latter day saints, development, LDS, mark callazzo, mormons
A Wawa’s Last Waltz
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The Dorset Avenue Wawa: Good luck navigating that parking lot, but it was an institution, so when rumors of its impending closure began trickling out on social media a month or so ago, cold fear ran with them.
More about: Voices, South Jersey, Ventnor, Wawa
48 Blocks – The Series, AC’s Missing Motel Owner, Libraries – Wednesday’s Roundup
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There was a raid, an alligator and a suspicious fire at Atlantic City’s Bayview motel. Now the motel’s owner is missing. Without any action, the buildings that make up the motel will be demolished on Monday, Lynda Cohen reports for BreakingAC.
More about: Roundup, 48 Blocks, alligator, Atlantic City, Jim Whelan, motel, tv pilot, Ventnor
Producers Raise Funds to Film “48 Blocks – The Series” in Atlantic City
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A Ventnor-based team of producers is hoping to shoot a one-hour dramatic series in Atlantic City this fall. Little Rock Films + Studios is fundraising to pay for a pilot episode that would be filmed in the city in November and offered to networks after post-production next year.
More about: Atlantic City, Business, 48 Blocks, Atlantic City, Film, Little Rock Films + Studios, Photography, Ventnor
Longport Installs Beach Tag Vending Machine
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Longport, Absecon Island’s hinterland of smoke-free beaches and elevated mansions, now has a beach-tag vending machine. “This is a new concept for the Borough so please have patience (as) we learn how to operate and maintain this machine,” read a message posted to the Borough’s website on Tuesday. The machine is located in the police department foyer and available 24 hours. If you’re considering buying a Longport beach tag, you should probably get down there to check it out quick since tag prices are soon going up. Regular seasonal tags are available for purchase at $15 through June 16. Then the price will go up to $30.
More about: Exploring South Jersey, beach tag vending machine, beach tags, downbeach, longport beach, margate, Ventnor
Atlantic City Approves New 26-Bed Drug Detox Clinic
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It’s a sign-of-the-times story. Successful local conglomerate tries to refit struggling bus parking lot as urban RV park. When that fails, it opens a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic. In another sign of the times, the zoning board unanimously approves the renovation plan and there is no public comment. Where is this happening?
More about: Opium Wars, Atlantic City, David Goddard, detox, drug rehabilitation, Enlightened Solutions, jennifer Hansen, Ole Hansen
Weather Masochism
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Some people wake up on a day like this–wind howling in turret and tree–and immediately call in sick, resolving to spend the day drinking chamomile tea and watching I, Claudius reruns with the cat in their lap. Better to hunker down and avoid reality than risk getting hit in the face with a flying fish trying to make it to the office in a nor’easter. Some other people call in sick and think: I’m going to the beach! I met an example of this latter type this a.m. when I was walking down the boardwalk around ten o’clock and noticed a young man in a blue wetsuit struggling with a large black sail of some kind. A kiteboarding rig, it turned out.
More about: Sport, Weather, kiteboarding, kitesurfing, Ventnor, weather
Ventnor City: Hiring Municipal Prosecutor
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Ventnor is looking to hire a municipal prosecutor. The city requests that qualified candidates submit a cover letter and resume. Further details are available on the city’s website here.
More about: Government, municipal prosecutor, Ventnor
Jitney downbeach: an experiment in public transport
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UPDATED: This story was updated August 25, 2016 to include comments from Ventnor Commissioner Lance Landgraf. To read the original piece, a roundup of live tweeting from a downbeach jitney trip, scroll down. A test-run to expand the Atlantic City jitney service downbeach to Ventnor and Margate earlier this summer was shut down after jitney drivers said there were too few passengers to make the route viable. It is possible, however, that the effort could be revived next year and Ventnor Commissioner Lance Landgraf said he would like to work with the Jitney Association to find ways to help it succeed for residents. “We would welcome it back and we would certainly sit down with them and try and make it better if we could,” Landgraf said in a phone interview.