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PIG ROAST 4:30 to 8 p.m. today at American Legion Post 28, New Jersey Avenue and Mill Road, Absecon. Call 609-641-5721.

CHOIR ANNIVERSARY 3:30 p.m. Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church of Atlantic City, 704-06 Lexington Ave., Atlantic City. Beth Israel Synagogue choir will be guests. Call 345-2641.

PIG ROAST, FEAST noon to 5 p.m.today by Booster Club at Hiram Abiff No. 16 Lodge, Washington and Wilberforce avenues, Egg Harbor Township. Call 609-646-0827 or 609-407-1983.

FLEA MARKET 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Episcopal Church of Epiphany, 6605 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor.

"GREASE" 7 p.m. July 11, 16 and 18 and 2 p.m. July 12 by Margate Players at Margate Performing Arts Center, Monmouth & Frontenac Avenues, Margate City. Call 609-487-7783.

Atlantic City

Work to close intersection

until near end of August

The intersection of Madison and Massachusetts Avenues will be closed for several weeks, starting Monday, while a new sewer main is installed, the contractor said.

Detours will be posted. People who live on Massachusetts Avenue between Grammercy and Madison can reach their homes via Grammercy Avenue. Residents of Madison Avenue between Vermont and Massachusetts can get to their homes using Rhode Island Avenue.

Sidewalks will also be closed during the construction. The work is expected to be finished Aug. 28.

To submit news and information on Atlantic City, please e-mail Michael Clark at MClark@Pressofac.com

Egg Harbor Township

Committee gives final OK

to new rescue squad fee

The Township Committee approved a new ambulance fee Wednesday that will charge people who refuse medical transportation $50 after a rescue squad responds to the emergency call. The fee is intended to help offset the cost of using the ambulance squad resources and it will go into effect in August.

To submit news and information on Egg Harbor Township, please e-mail Michelle Lee at MLee@Pressofac.com

Estell Manor

Council gives unanimous

approval to sports complex

City Council is moving ahead with a plan to build a sports complex behind the municipal building.

The council approved the proposal in a 5-0 vote Wednesday. Mayor Joe Venezia said the next step is to have the engineer create a final plan for the project, which consists of two sports fields, a walking path and drainage work. The project would then be sent to the Pinelands Commission for approval.

Venezia said he hopes construction could start by the end of the year and that fundraisers can be held to contribute to the project. The city got a $328,000 Atlantic County open-space grant for the complex.

To submit news and information on Estell Manor, please e-mail Michelle Lee at MLee@Pressofac.com

Longport

Official Saturday meetings

make debut next weekend

The Borough Commission's next official meeting starts 10 a.m. July 18 at the Borough Hall.

The commission agreed last year to hold two Saturday meetings this year, in July and August, to give the owners of summer homes more access to the town's government.

Next month's first meeting is Aug. 5, the normal Wednesday-evening schedule, but the second meeting is set for Sat., Aug. 22.

The governing body will start Saturday-morning work sessions at 10 a.m., with the formal voting sessions following 30 minutes later.

Members of the last Borough Commission scheduled advisory committee meetings for nonresident property owners during their term in office, which ended in 2008. But this summer's meetings are believed to be the first formal weekend commission meetings.

Town party July 18

Longport's annual town party is scheduled for July 18, behind the town hall.

Tickets are on sale Monday through Friday in the hall. The cost is $25 for adults and $10 for children, which includes a barbecue menu, deejay and dancing and beer for guests 21 or older.

The party is sponsored by the Longport Volunteer Fire Department.

To submit news and information on Longport, please e-mail Martin DeAngelis at MDeangelis@Pressofac.com

1 comment:

• JerseyDevil (376) posts 5:25 am

  The EHT Committe gives final approval for a Fifty Dollar fee for a refusal for a ambulance call.First! They started charging for the ambulance calls. They said that they would only take what the insurance company paid and if EHT citizens had no insurance they will not charge.Second! About a year later, Chief Linda Cusac asked the committe to get the ok for them to sue all the patients who didn't pay for the calls. Including the EHT residents. Three! On most ambulance calls ,the patient don't call 911,someone else does.If he refuses,why should he be charged the fifty dollars? I think with all the taxes in EHT the Township should find a way to get free Ambulance service again.

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