Cape May County

Two freeholder meetings are having changes in time or date.  The meeting to be held on October 23rd will start one hour earlier, at 3:30pm; the meeting advertised to be held on November 13th will be held on November 8th instead.  The meetings will be held at the County’s administration …

The County will be holding an event on Sunday to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Crest Haven Nursing Home.  County officials will be at the facility on Sunday that will include tours of the facility and a few guest speakers.

It’s debate night at Stockton University.  Democrat Jeff Van Drew and republican Seth Grossman will be debating in a congressional debate this evening at the university.  Most pre-election polls give Van Drew a double-digit lead over Grossman in the race.

New Jersey is continuing its fight against offshore drilling.  Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has sued the United States Department of Interior over the State’s unanswered request on why Florida was carved out of an offshore drilling plan, but New Jersey was left in.  Local tourism and businesses leaders are sharply …

New Jersey State Police say a 42 year old Buena man has been arrested and charged for stealing cash from ATM’s in a four-county area, including here in Cape May County.  Basilo Lazu was stealing the money as he was employed as a service technician.  There were 54 alleged separate …

United States Senate candidate Bob Hugin was in Cape May County Tuesday and promised to work on the extension of Route 55 into Cape May County, if elected.  Hugin held a press conference in Woodbine to announce that he wants to extend the highway and will make it a priority.  …

Cape May County is now offering free transportation from Ocean City to the County Health Department for families who need assistance from Family Planning Services.  County Health Officer Kevin Thomas says there may be additional transportation services offered from other parts of the County in the near future.

Tuition-free college education may be offered next year at Atlantic Cape Community College and a dozen other colleges next year.  Governor Murphy put ACCC on the list of colleges where tuition-free education may be offered to some students.  The State has $25 million in the budget for free education.

New information was released on Tuesday by the Department of Law and Public Safety and NJCARES, showing the number of drug overdose deaths in New Jersey on the rise, despite a dramatic drop in the number of filled opioid prescriptions. In 2017, Cape May County saw the most opioid prescriptions …

It is not your imagination, there are many more mosquitoes around this time of year than before.  The Cape May County Health Department announced it’s battling a surge in the so-called Eastern Saltmarsh Mosquito, which may have thrived recently in the northern confines of Cape May County.  Additional spraying by …