Cape May

Cape May could be on the verge of hiring a new city manager.  Council will hold a special meeting early Tuesday afternoon in closed session that will discuss the vacant position.  Neil Young has vacated the position, but remains the city’s chief financial officer.

The Cape May City council is holding a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss lawsuits, and positions in government.  Council is expected to meet in closed session to discuss filling the positions of city manager and court administrator, and to discuss litigation, including one involving the Sewell Tract.  The meeting …

Three people are reportedly seriously injured following a boating accident near Cape May Tuesday night.  WPVI-TV reports that the accident occurred around 6:30pm near the Cape May Inlet adjacent to the United States Coast Guard Base.  Three people were rushed to area hospitals; the cause of the accident is under …

Teachers at the Cape May Elementary School have a new contract.  The Cape May Star and Wave reports that the school board approved a new contract a week ago that will replace the former agreement, which expired more than a year ago.  Teachers salaries have been retroactively approved.

Cape May’s Beach Safety Committee is expected to review a report by a local engineering firm on the evaluation of surf zone conditions in the city.  Mott MacDonald conducted a feasibility study to examine the potential of altering the beach slope to change plunging waves that can cause injury.

Cape May will charge $30 for a seasonal beach tag next summer.  Council met last week and also approved a new $50 commercial beach tag for businesses who want to have one tag exchanged between their guests for the summer season.

Cape May city officials met this week and approved spending money to turn the Franklin Street School into a branch of the county library system.  Cape May has to pony up $2 million for its share of the work, with other money coming from the County and the County Library …

A final vote could come Monday on a $2 million bond ordinance in Cape May that would finance the conversion of the Franklin Street School into a branch of the County library.  The County will also be putting money into the project.  Council meets Monday at 6:00pm.

The owner of the local Icona properties is the new owner of the Beach Theater in Cape May.  Eustace Mita bought the theater property at auction for $6.5 million and plans to build a hotel there.  The first floor of the proposed hotel is expected to remain retail businesses.

The Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders have decided to fund the redevelopment of the Franklin Street School in Cape May.  The County will invest up to $2.3 million via a shared services agreement with the city and the county’s library commission.  The school will become a library.