Cape May County

Cape May County has awarded a contract worth $2.3 million to demolish the former Everlon building at the Cape May Airport in Lower Township.  County officials say the work will begin in April and should result in future economic development at the airport.  Above ground storage silos will be eliminated …

New Jersey State Police are looking for two women who may have used counterfeit money at local businesses in our region.  Police announced on their social media page that the suspects may have used the bogus money at three separate locations on January 30th.  Small purchases were made, with real …

Cape May County experienced 74 reported cases of the flu during the past week.  State health officials say flu is spiking across the Garden State and locally, 251 flu cases have been reported in Cape May County, with 768 cases in Atlantic County.  3,600 new cases were reported statewide over …

Cape May County is under a Flood Watch from Saturday evening through Sunday evening.  The National Weather Service says there could be street flooding in poor drainage areas due to a large amount of rain that is likely to fall from Saturday evening through Sunday evening.  Two to three inches …

Cape May County freeholders are expected to approve the purchase of the Code Red emergency alert telephone system.  The Board will meet Tuesday evening and is expected to purchase the system which will cost just under $100,000.  It will allow the County to issue emergency telephone bulletins during storms and …

Cape May County Freeholder Marie Hayes is now the second Vice President of the New Jersey Association of Counties.  Hayes was sworn in to the post on January 26th and becomes the first freeholder from this county to hold a position on the executive board.

You will be paying less for the power you use later this year.  The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved various rate reductions for energy suppliers during a meeting last week.  Atlantic City Electric customers will enjoy a 4.65 percent reduction in their bills, which will save the average …

School bus drivers on our region showed up to work on time and kept busses on schedule Monday.  The Sheppard Bus Company had backup plans in place in the event a large number of drivers celebrated the Eagles’ Super Bowl win too hard Sunday night.  No problems materialized, and all …

A bus company that serves many school districts in Cape May and Atlantic counties will bring in extra staff Monday in the event some drivers have a Super Bowl hangover.  NJ.com reports that Sheppard has over 500 busses serving the local districts, and at least one district announced that there …

Atlantic City Electric is bragging up its lowest number of electrical outages and highest reservation times in company history.  The number of outages have decreased by 17 percent from the previous record set three years ago.  Outages were restored seven minutes faster.