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Margate City, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

Cheers Margate City! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How to plan your next visit inside Margate’s six-story elephant
  • Margate firefighters join four-department battle at Longport condo fire

Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 44.
  • Monday: Shifting clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This New Jersey Building Is A Six-Story Elephant You Can Walk Inside (newsbreak.com) — Lucy the Elephant in Margate City is open for tours, offering panoramic views over the beach, town, and Atlantic Ocean from the observation deck on her back. The article explains her quirky history, community-led preservation, current hours, exact Margate address, and even her annual birthday toenail-painting tradition, plus plans for a new on-site visitor center.
   

• Fire Erupts on Upper-Floor Decks at Longport Condominium Building (shorenewsnetwork.com) — Margate City firefighters helped battle a deck fire Tuesday evening at the Cypress Place Condominiums on Atlantic Avenue in neighboring Longport, stretching hose lines to upper floors alongside three other departments. Crews quickly contained the blaze, with Margate units remaining on scene about 90 minutes, while investigators continue to determine the cause and assess damage and any injuries.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Sam's Club posted a job opening for Cafe Associate in Pleasantville. Apply here.
  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for team member in Pleasantville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Margate City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ventnor City

  • Friendsgiving at Pickle Juice Ventnor (downbeachbuzz.com)
  • What time does trick-or-treating start in NJ? See town hours (app.com)

Longport

  • Longport Remembers Superstorm Sandy (downbeachbuzz.com)
  • Salt Air, Tight Budgets and Long Waits: Why Shore Departments Are Taking a Fresh Look at Used Fire Trucks (downbeach.com)

Pleasantville

Ok Margate City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped?" — You have a foreign ax-sent (accent) (Thank you Carrie E. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Margate City

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Margate City

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.