Margate

Ashton Funk stole a Gatorade and a breakfast sandwich from a Wawa and was forced to give up his jobs with the fire department and the beach patrol.

Over the years, the number of small turtles killed on a yearly basis along the Margate Causeway has been cut by about 50 percent.

An underground pipe system is expected to fix flooding problems caused by an earlier dune project.

A former waitress at a Margate restaurant said the owner made repeated sexual comments towards her and touched her during her employment.

A wealthy New Jersey shore enclave's attempt to opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy was turned down by a judge Wednesday, while a decision to allow a similar project to proceed in another part of the state was upheld by a federal appeals court.

Residents had concerns that the dune project would cause flooding in the town but steps will be taken to address those issues.

The ponds of standing water were exactly what Margate residents had warned of in previous, unsuccessful litigation against the government's plan to build the protective sand dunes there.

Officials in Margate will decide whether to seek a court injunction to halt half-finished dune work that has caused huge ponds of standing water on the beach.

"Everybody was okay until this water started ponding up. Now it's like World War III down there."