Downtown Developer Threatens City with Lawsuit
In a hostile move against City of Margate taxpayers, counsel for downtown developer New Urban Communities, Mike Moskowitz, threatened...
Margate Plans Return of 5-day City Work Week
In his last hour as an elected official in 2013, retiring Margate City Commissioner, Joe Varsallone, called to bring back the 5-day work...
Is the City of Margate Strategic Plan Smarter than a 5th Grader? (Editorial)
In a City with nearly 40 top employees earning more than $100,000 a year in wages, coupled a slew of Masters Degrees and a day-long...
Will Sam May Be the Next City Manager? Elected Officials Decide This Week
‘To Sam May’ or ‘not to Sam May?’ that is the question city commissioners will answer at the Wednesday city meeting. A Margate employee...
City Welcomes New Title Company
“Margate is an up and coming city and we wanted a central location in Broward County,” said the owner of Castle Title at the company's...
Elected Officials Enact Leadership Change for CRA
With no job descriptions, no agreements and no plan, elected officials sitting as the board of the Margate Community Redevelopment Agency...
Strategic Planning Meeting Reveals Rifts in Communication
In attempts to shore up plans for Margate’s future in terms of factors vital to municipal sustainability, gaps in communication among...
Margate Struggles With “Hometown Feel”
An eight-hour strategic planning meeting involving Margate elected officials, city department heads and executive city staff resulted in...