LONGPORT — A disappearing smile, the victim of a water tower project left incomplete following a contract dispute, has been the talk of this sleepy resort town for more than two years.

Longport officials have little to smile about these days. Ever since the familiar smiley face disappeared from the borough's water tower during a repainting project last year, residents and ...

Workers have finished painting a smiley face on the landmark 125-foot tower in Longport, nearly two years after it vanished in a contract dispute. “Funny thing is, for children it’s a ...

LONGPORT, N.J. (AP) – A Jersey shore town’s water tower is smiling again. Workers have finished painting a smiley face on the landmark 125-foot tower in Longport, nearly two years after it ...

There are countless water towers peppering the coastline ... of the famous pachyderm painted along its east face. And over in Longport, there’s the unmistakable mega smiley face on the giant ...