Local News

A 52 year old Middle Township man has pleaded guilty to a count of aggravated manslaughter following the stabbing of another man at a Rio Grande Motel in 2017.  Herbert Tozer will receive a prison sentence of between ten and 30 years for the crime.  The stabbing took place at …

Ocean City and Sea Isle City have extended their agreement for a shared business administrator.  George Savastano will hold down the job in both communities through the end of June, 2022.  Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian says Savastano has been very effective with budget control and capital project management.

The reward fund continues to grow as authorities search for two men who ambushed and shot two officers in Camden during National Night Out last week.  The reward has been upped to $60,000 for information that leads to the arrests of the two suspects.  The two officers were released from …

Another serious accident involving a school bus on a major New Jersey highway.  This time it happened Saturday afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike as a school bus flipped onto a guardrail.  42 people were on the bus and taken to hospitals; none of the injuries appeared to be life …

The manhunt continued over the weekend for the suspect accused of fatally shooting a volunteer football coach near a school in Millville last week.  Authorities over the weekend released a photo of the alleged getaway car that left the shooting the claimed the life of 37 year old Joseph L. …

Two people were injured during a helicopter accident in Ocean City Friday morning.  Authorities say the chopper had an instructor pilot and a student on board.  It was practicing take offs and landings on the west side of the Ocean City Municipal Airport when it crashed; no word on what …

One man was gunned down and killed at a parking lot adjacent to an elementary school in Millville Thursday night.  The shooting occurred at the Lakeside Middle School shortly after 8pm.  The suspect remains at large; police continue to investigate.

A new state panel has come out with a recommendation to eliminate half of the school districts in the state, and some are in Cape May County.  The plan is part of a study to help streamline government and save money.  No action has been taken, but some of the …

A medical marijuana company is looking for governmental support to locate a facility at the Cape May Airport, in Lower Township.  The Cape May Star and Wave reports that the request was made by Emmett Vandergriff, of Dennis Township.  He told the Lower Township Council that his company would create …

A local physician was among five in the state to officially have their medical licenses revoked for prescriptions related to opioids and other drugs.  74 year old William McClay of Cape May Court House is among the five who had a license revoked.  The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office says …