The north end of Surf City, specifically the stretch between 17th St and 19th streets, were eroded severely on Tue, March 14th by winter storm Stella. Please use caution when attempting to gain access to the beach in this area. The winter storm had hurricane force winds with a long duration, large wave heights, and a strong full moon lunar cycle.
Come on out to the Surf City Firehouse on April 7th and dance.
Also of interest is the reopening of The Surflight Theater this upcoming summer. Click HERE for a link to the SandPaper article.
Some vintage images of Surf City-
First phase of the yacht club . Surf City Yacht Club was finished in 1953.
The yacht club and original cylindrical water tower both visible in this vintage postcard-
Tumble Town painting by Cathleen Engelsen
Original town hall structure coning down.
Playground- Summer 1974
Click here for an important SandPaper update on the traffic pattern and status of the causeway construction.
Here are some pictures of the Surf City beaches towards the north end. It looks like there is some moderate erosion and the lunar cycle high tide combined with a fairly strong swell on 2/15 showed a limited beach available.
We hope everyone has stayed safe throughout this powerful storm. Surf City had moderate flooding through several high tide cycles but it looks like the worse areas were the typical problematic spots.
Some news for you here on the STPA website. Click the links below for details about the new hotel proposal in Ship Bottom and two whales that have washed ashore dead here on LBI and Island Beach.
Also of interest is a 25-ton baby humpback whale that washed onto a southern LBI sandbar.
Click HERE for the details on Philly.com
We hope everyone had a great new year. 2017 has started out with a bang here in Surf City Unfortunately there was already a fire in Surf City at a residence and a major snowstorm. Luckily no one was hurt.
And click HERE for photos of the January 7th snowstorm.
If you were absent for the annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade this season catch it broadcast on The Southern News Network (Channel 21).
Jan. 8 at 3 a.m., 6 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Click HERE on The SandPaper website for more details.
We here at SurfCityTaxpayer hope everyone had a joyous and Merry Christmas. Santa was spotted Christmas eve riding around in the firetruck again this year!
Have a safe and Merry Christmas, please.
Sadly the SCTA is passing along the news that former Mayor Len Connors passed away Sunday evening. Mayor Connors served as Mayor for nearly fifty years as well as serving in various state positions during his political career. The Surf City Taxpayers Association passes along our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
News of his passing can be found on the links below.
