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Atlantic City Electric was able to cut the number of power outages in its service area in half on Wednesday.  As of early Wednesday evening, there were 35,516 customers without power.  Locally, outages remain in virtually every community with most of them in the Wildwoods and in Upper Township.

There are five new resident cases of coronavirus in Cape May County.  County officials say two cases are in Lower Township, and one each in Middle Township, Upper Township, and Wildwood.  The number of non resident active cases has dropped significantly to just 37.

State Senator Mike Testa was among those Wednesday who supported republican opposition to Governor Murphy’s plan to borrow $10 billion to pull the state through the Covid-19 pandemic.  Republicans argued before the state’s highest court that the Governor does not have a blank check to pay for various expenses.  The …

Upper Township has begun the process of cleaning up trees and branches that fell Tuesday during Tropical Storm Isaias.  The Township announced on its social media page that the collection has begun, and the Township itself will announce when the final round of collection will occur. Photo courtesy of Upper …

Dennis Township will be providing some emergency storm debris cleanup services.  Township officials announced that the cleanup of tree limbs and debris will occur Monday, August 10th.  Other leaf and brush collections will take place later in the fall.

Middle Township is providing a priority list to the County for power restoration in the community.  Township officials announced on their social media page that they are providing a list of locations where trees are impacting power lines.  Additional utility trucks have showed up in the Township today for power …

New Jersey is reporting eight additional deaths from coronavirus.  The latest numbers released Wednesday put the state 11 deaths shy of 14,000 for the pandemic.  The rate of transmission also dropped, which is a good sign for the Garden State.

Over 70,000 customers of Atlantic City Electric are without power as of 9:30am Wednesday.  Major outages are spread across the region that was devastated by Tropical Storm Isaias.  There are thousands of outages still in Cape May County from Cape May Point north to Upper Township.

New Jersey’s only tornado from Tropical Storm Isaias came ashore in Upper Township.  The National Weather Service’s Mt. Holly office confirmed Wednesday morning six tornadoes produced by the storm, and the only one in New Jersey was in Marmora.  A final assessment of the strength of this tornado is forthcoming.

$10 billion in borrowed money is at stake today in the New Jersey Supreme Court.  The Court is expected to hear arguments from republicans in New Jersey today who oppose Governor Phil Murphy’s plan to borrow a large amount of money to help plug budget gaps caused by the coronavirus …