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Longport is a Borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Absecon Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,054.
Longport was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1898, from portions of Egg Harbor Township.
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Longport Education
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For Kindergarten through eighth grade, students attend the Margate City Schools in Margate City. Schools in the district (with 2004-05 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Union Avenue Elementary School with 187 students in grades K - 2, William H. Ross III Intermediate with 206 students in grades 3 - 5 and Eugene A. Tighe Middle School with 199 students in grades 6 - 8.
Public school students in grades 9-12, along with those from Brigantine, Margate City and Ventnor City, attend Atlantic City High School in neighboring Atlantic City, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Atlantic City School District.
Private school options in the area include Holy Spirit High School in Absecon.
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Longport History
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All of what is known today as Atlantic County was once called Egg Harbor Township, the eastern half of the original County of Gloucester. Named as an official district as early as 1693, when the area was known as the province of West Jersey, it was bounded on the north by the Little Egg Harbor River (now known as the Mullica River), and on the south by the Great Egg Harbor River and its southern branch the Tuckahoe River. Its eastern boundary was the Atlantic Ocean, but the western boundary in the South Jersey interior was not fixed until 1761.
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Longport News
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Search for "Longport NJ" - The Fishing Line - Cape May County Herald
| Matt Giosa, Voorhees, caught this 29 inch, 10.3-pound striper and 23 inch, 4 A1 2-pound flounder using bait swimmer. |
- The Jersey Shore - CourierPostOnline
| Don't sweat summer. After all, the Atlantic Ocean is within an hour's reach of most points in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties. |
- Why is the ocean so cold?!? - 6 ABC
| July 10, 2008 -- If you've spent any time at the Jersey shore, there's no doubt you've noticed the ocean water is downright frigid. |
- Eugene Barbera, 74, businessman and lover of cars - Philly.com
| WORK HARD! Play hard! And keep 'em laughing! That was the philosophy of Eugene C. Barbera, a Northeast Philadelphia retiree who passed on his passion for cars, jokes and a strong work ethic to his four ... |
- Planning board advances one-way street plan - Press of Atlantic City
| The city made its first official endorsement in a revived plan to convert the resort's two busiest avenues into one-way streets Wednesday with the Planning Board's approval of a new master plan that details the ... |
- Costs up for gas, NJ beaches this July 4th - PhillyBurbs.com
| Revelers this July 4th will have to cope with $4 a gallon gasoline, costlier beaches, and iffy weather , all of which could put a damper on celebrations. |
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Longport Recreation
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Longport offers surfing and other water sports recreation on the beaches at 32nd Avenue and Pelham Avenue.
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