Operators spent Friday afternoon, May 18 digging out roughly 10 feet of dirt and fill that was at the base of the 60-foot-high Jersey Outdoor Media electronic billboard located on Hackney’s Marina along the Margate Causeway. The level of dirt fill removed takes the area around the base down to the level of surrounding the marshland.

Operators spent Friday afternoon, May 18 digging out roughly 10 feet of dirt and fill that was at the base of the 60-foot-high Jersey Outdoor Media electronic billboard located on Hackney’s Marina along the Margate Causeway.   The level of dirt fill removed takes the area around the base down to the level of surrounding the marshland.

Dr. Richard Levitt of Northfield is taking legal action to get the sign removed. Stephen Hankin, attorney for Levitt said Friday, “Whatever they are doing is an obvious reaction to documents filed that the sign is on wetlands. There was no court order to remove that fill and no DEP permit issued for the work.

“In my legal opinion, if they are excavating that site and removing anything on that site then a DEP permit is required.” 

Nearby Northfield City Council and Margate City Commission have officially come out in opposition to the sign.

LINWOOD – Prom time for high school girls is pretty exciting by itself. With all the preparations, the glamorous makeup and fancy dresses, it is an experience destined for memories.

A handful of senior girls from Mainland Regional High School are about to have those precious moments filmed for a national television program.

Standing from left are Somers Point Police Lt. Anthony DiSciascio, Ptl. Samuel Clerico, Mayor Jack Glasser, Ptl. Rick Heiler, Chief Michael Boyd, Councilwoman Maureen Kern, McDonald’s owner Karen Traa of Linwood, City Council President Sean T. McGuigan and McDonald’s general manager John Swartz of Egg Harbor Township. Kneeling is Ptl. Mark McElwee with his K-9 partner Sonny.
SOMERS POINT – With a cup of coffee in one hand, police officers reached out to the community Saturday morning at McDonald’s.

Partnering with McDonald’s owner Karen Traa of Linwood, the Somers Point Police Department hosted Coffee with a Cop May 12 to discuss safety with members of the community over a free McCafé coffee.

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By DONNA CLEMENTONI

EDITOR’S NOTE: Donna Clementoni of Egg Harbor Township, committee director of employer outreach for the New Jersey Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, wrote this publicity piece last week about her friend, April Kauffman. She finished writing it the morning of May 10, not yet knowing that Kauffman was dead.

April Kauffman is part princess and part pit bull. She embraces both sides of her vibrant and vocal personality.

For veterans in South Jersey whose causes she champions, April is a living legend who rallied local and federal politicians in a bipartisan effort to allow South Jersey veterans to have their dialysis treatment and emergency care covered by the VA locally.