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    The Longport Board of Commissioners is looking to see what it can do about the alleged "rat problem" residents complained about at a recent meeting. Some Bay Haven Drive residents say the rats are coming from the borough's Fire Department and Beach Patrol boathouse on Atlantic Avenue.

    A public hearing and final vote on a bond ordinance appropriating $3.7 million is set for the Monday meeting of the Upper Township Committee, including $1.35 million for public works equipment.

    Atlantic City Housing Authority Executive Director Tom Sahlin testified last month in Superior Court that the authority was moving to install a new heating system in Stanley Holmes Village by Oct. 1, as repeatedly ordered by the court over the past year. But documents sent to the attorney for about 130 residents of Stanley Holmes suing over unsafe and unhealthy conditions there show the authority has done no such thing.

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    Ocean City’s new Fire Chief Bernard Walker took his oath of office at the City Council meeting Thursday. The governing body also honored former Fire Chief James Smith, retiring after a 30-year career.

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