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Former casino owner files lawsuit claiming he still owns the Miss America pageant
A Florida entrepreneur who failed to revive a shuttered Atlantic City casino is fighting for his stake in Miss America, suing the organization’s top executive, alleging she diverted company money for her family’s financial gain. Glenn Straub is suing Robin Fleming, chief executive officer of Miss America and...
Margate planners set special meeting to hear Sunrise Tequila Bar and ‘Whispering Woods’ cases
MARGATE – The Planning Board will hold a special meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15 to hear two cases that were previously before the board. Residents concerned about the Sunrise Wine and Tequela bar located at 9700 Ventnor Ave., which received approval to erect a second-story open-air lounge above two ground-floor businesses, will be before the board seeking variances for parking, front and side-yard setbacks, lot coverage and potentially other variances to construct the bar with an upstairs open-air lounge.
Margate swears-in members of city’s Lifeguard Pension Board, sets beach opening days
MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, May 2 swore-in four members of the city’s Lifeguard Pension Board. The board reappointed Richard Patterson, Brian Hiltner, Charles Collins and Greg Smallwood as members of the board, which oversees the lifeguards’ pension plan. The board established the four-member Pension...
Tied together through unexpected encounters
I was never fond of the forced small talk that came along with getting my hair done, so when I began working as a hair wrapper on the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk in June 2021, I dreaded the exchanges I’d have with customers as I tended to their locks.
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