VENTNOR The city is celebrating its 119th birthday on Wednesday, March 17 with a special gathering at City Hall, 6201 Atlantic Ave.
Join city officials beginning 10 a.m. for a birthday cake of sorts. The city will be distributing cupcakes on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Ventnor was incorporated as a city on March 17, 1903 after separating from Egg Harbor Township. It got its name from the widow of S. Bartram Richards who suggested the name after visiting the English seaside resort on the Isle of Wight. The first governing meeting was held a month later at the Carisbrooke Inn, near City Hall, which also took its name from a place on the Isle of Wight.
Learn more about the history of the city in this document published in 1963 by Sarah Thompson Smith:
