Welcome to the City of Somers Point, New Jersey Web site. Somers Point is located approximately ten miles south-west of Atlantic City on Greate Egg Harbor Bay, where we have the charm of a quaint Bay Village reminiscent of the days of great fishing and shipbuilding which were the mainstay of old South Jersey.
With our many fine restaurants and marinas and a fabulous view of the bay from Kennedy Park (once known as "High Banks Park") this little town is one of the great attractions to the Jersey Shore. I invite everyone to explore this site in order to learn more about us, and then take the time to visit and enjoy what Somers point has to offer.
Sincerely,
Mayor Jack Glasser
Sustainable Landscaping event offered by the Atlantic Cape May Hub June 7 at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center from 6-8:30 pm
The Atlantic Cape May Sustainable Jersey Hub invites local Green Teams and others to learn how to adopt landscaping practices that save time and resources while creating environmental benefits regardless of where you live at a free event on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center, 5045 English Creek Avenue, from 6 to 8:30 pm. The event is open to everyone. To register: https://bit.ly/A-CMHub07Jun2023
Lawns are an American obsession. A lot of effort and resources go into creating and maintaining green carpets of turf, but unfortunately, lawns offer little for nature.
Maintenance can produce more greenhouse gases than lawns absorb, and they do little to support important insect populations. Residential lawns require more irrigation than any agricultural crop grown in the country. Moving away from a turfgrass monoculture can not only boost biodiversity but can cut water and gas consumption and reduce the use of lawn chemicals.
“There are a lot of opportunities for people to adopt more beneficial practices in their home landscapes that will not only offer an environmental boost but can also save money, water and other resources,” Hub co-chair Amy Menzel notes. “You don’t need to make drastic changes to start to bring benefits. Adding trees and native plants, composting food scraps to create soil building humus, capturing rainwater for irrigation or reducing lawn size are all steps to take toward a more sustainable landscape at home.”
The Atlantic Cape May Sustainable Jersey Hub has invited over a dozen local resource providers, including environmental organizations and local businesses that can offer guidance to attendees. The event will feature Sustainable Princeton’s Christine Symington who will share what their community has done to work with local landscapers to help them to understand the value of offering these services to customers. Jesse Connor, co-chair of the local chapter of the NJ Native Plant Society will share information on the many benefits of incorporating native plants into the home garden.
Resource providers will have a chance to introduce themselves and attendees will have the opportunity to visit tables to lean more from the resources of the greatest interest to them.
“While we’ve got a lot of excellent local resources we are eager to introduce people to, when we were planning for this event we had trouble identifying landscaping professionals who advertise an expertise in sustainable practices. We hope that they too will participate; there’s an opportunity for them to provide services to a growing customer base,” noted Ralph Cooper, Hub co-chair. “Sustainable Landscaping is not just for homeowners, either. Municipalities and schools often manage large tracts of land and can also benefit from small (or large) changes to their landscaping practices,” Cooper added.
Some of the resource providers who will be tabling at the event include: Atlantic Cape Conservation District, Surfrider, the Greater Hammonton Permaculture Club, The NJ Native Plant Society, Arborist Mickey Riggin, the NJ Shade Tree Federation, Egg Harbor City Green Team, Earth First Native Plant Nursery, Atlantic County Master Composter Program, and others.
The meeting is open to the public. You don’t need to belong to a Green Team to attend, everyone is welcome and there is no cost. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is requested: https://bit.ly/A-CMHub07Jun2023
Special thanks go out to the Egg Harbor Township Green Team for their assistance with planning the event.
Watch the A-CM Regional Hub website for additional information: https://AtlanticCapeMayRegionalHub.wordpress.com
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2023 CONCERTS ON THE BEACH IN SOMERS POINT
30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS ON THE BEACH IN SOMERS POINT.USA TODAY BEST OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES IN THE USA.
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2023 LDD Control Program
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Somers Point Beach Concerts Acclaimed Nationally As The Best!
As of this moment you are able to vote for the Somers Point Beach Concerts nominated by the prestigious USA Today newspaper as one of THE BEST Outdoor Concert Series in the United States!
We need your vote!
Please use the attached link to vote early and vote often as you may vote once every day from now until the deadline of April 17, 2023.
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-outdoor-concert-series-2023/
On the 30th Anniversary of our Beach Concerts, this is a wild and amazing gift and we will celebrate the entire season!
Look at our 2023 schedule and see how and why we made this happen over 30 years!
We open June 16 with one of the greatest, multi award winning soul blues artists alive, “The Man Who Taught the Blues to the Blues Brothers”, Curtis Salgado, the artist after whom Cab Calloway’s character “Curtis” is named in the “Blues Brothers”!
On June 23 the Tony Mart Allstars, and three of the greatest guitarists in New Jersey, Billy Walton, Danny Eyer and Brian “Coconutz” Varhelyi, will pay tribute to some of the all time greatest classic rock ‘n’ roll guitarists, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Duane Allman and Dickie Betts, John Fogerty, Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Joe Walsh, Stevie Ray Vaughn and even Johnny Cash in a two and a half hour rock ‘n’ roll tribute dedicated to the memory of our beloved “Ernie T“ Trionfo
On June 30 lead guitarist and cofounder of Jethro Tull, Martin Barre brings his “History of Jethro Tull Tour” to an intimate evening with an international rockstar on the Beach. Starting the party that night will be Somers Point’s own SSP’s.
See the fireworks from our Beach on Tuesday, July 4, as our own Jersey Shore Rock and Soul Guitar Hero, Billy Walton performs with the only real rock star in “Eddie and the Cruisers”, Michael “Tunes“ Antunes, the legendary East Coast saxophone star as special guest from The Beaver Brown Band..
One of the best for lovers of the Beatles, the Weeklings appear on July 14 led by Glen Burtnik, who played the original Paul McCartney in Beatlemania on Broadway before going on to perform with Styx and the Electric Light Orchestra! Another Rockstar!
On July 21 one of the greatest party dance bands in the Northeastern United States, our own Dane Anthony Band, performs everyone’s favorites from classic rock ‘n’ roll to Motown, Disco, Contemporary Dance music, Funk and Rhythm and Blues. This is a special night for everyone’s requests of their favorite popular songs.
A true living legend of classic rock ‘n’ roll, Gary US Bonds, brings his fabulous “Road House Rockers” to the Beach to perform his songs, “Quarter to Three” and “New Orleans”, that go all the way back to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and right up to multi million selling hit “This Little Girl” written, produced and performed with him by no less than Bruce Springsteen!
Internationally acclaimed everywhere, including Downbeat Magazine, as one of the greatest guitar virtuosos in the world, Stanley Jordan, will perform his amazing tribute to Jimi Hendrix, entitled “Stanley plays Jimi” on August 4. The show is complemented by a performance by Jersey’s own young guitar phenom, Brandon Ireland, and his band featuring Tony Mart Allstar “Big Bob” Ernano
One of the greatest world music performers of them all, two time Grammy Winner, Terrance Simien, brings his “Zydeco Experience“ with Classic Rock, Caribbean and Americana Music on Friday, August 11.
The “BB King Entertainer of the Year”, Tommy Castro, one of the hottest and most famous blues rock groups touring the world today, brings his many awards to the Beach for the first time in many years on August 18
At no small town Beach Concert Series will you see world class producers and entertainers like Tom Hambridge, who has produced recordings and performed with Buddy Guy, BB King, Mick Jagger, Susan Tedeschi, ZZ Top, George Thoroughgood and many more international stars on his way to two Grammy Awards and too many nominations and other awards to mention. On August 25th Tom will entertain and delight us with the music he wrote and performed with these stars and his Nashville good time sounds.
The party gets started that night with one of the Delaware Valley’s premier tributes to “The Boss“ Bruce Springsteen, “The E Street Shuffle” featuring Ryan Loughlin.
On September 1 everyone can experience one of the hottest new bands on the South Jersey scene today, “Red“ performing the “New Wave“ and classic rock of the 80s along with vintage psychedelic sounds with Patty Balbo‘s searing renditions of Chrissy Hyde and the Pretenders, Pat Benatar, Heart and Janis Joplin whipping up the sands..
But wait there’s more to be announced!
Here’s how you vote for the most magical, unique, greatest small town Concert Series in the world on the international USA Today website!
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-outdoor-concert-series-2023/
Show your love for Somers Point Beach Concerts!
What a Summer it will be!
Let the Good Times Roll!
2023 Residential Sanitation and Recycling Schedule
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2023 City Council Meeting Dates
All Meeting Dates are deemed reliable but may be subject to change.
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Somers Point City Council Committee Assignments 2023
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Mercantile / Business Registration License Instructions
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Atlantic County Noise Control Program
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