Upper Township

Two vehicles collided in Upper Township Tuesday afternoon resulting in two people being ejected from one of the vehicles. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. at Church Road and Route 9 in Marmora. The report stated that two crash victims were medivaced from the …

“Finders Keepers” should never apply to a lost memory card containing precious photos. Tammy Tozer of Ocean View recently found a SIM card on the ground during a visit to New York City, containing nearly 2,000 pictures, including wedding photos. Tozer is trying to find the owner of the memory …

An Atlantic County man has been fined for running over seagulls with his car in Upper Township.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that Warren Colwell Jr. will have to pay about $1500 in fines for striking the seagulls with his car last month in a parking lot.  The New …

The bridge that connects Upper Township to Ocean City will be closed Wednesday night, into early Thursday morning.  The Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge will be closed for about seven hours so crews can install concrete barriers on the bridge.  South State Construction was awarded a $6.4 million construction contract to perform …

A  Upper Township woman was indicted a second time in a July 2014 death-by-auto case, for allegedly texting-while-driving. Mihaela Reilly is accused of striking and killing 76 year-old David Loder on a clear day along Route 9 while he was taking his evening walk. Last year the first indictment against …

Upper Township Committeeman Jeff Pierson will be joining the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders.  Republicans met Wednesday evening and selected Pierson  to replace Kristine Gabor, who resigned from the Board on September 16th.  Pierson outpolled fellow republicans Barbara Tomalino, Ed Beck, and Gary Playford for the nomination.  Pierson …

Members of the Cape May County GOP are expected to make a freeholder selection on Wednesday night. Four candidates are seeking the nomination:  Upper Township Committeeman Jeff Pierson, Barbara Tomalino, Ed Beck, and Gary Playford.  The selected candidate will fill the unexpired term of Kristine Gabor, who resigned the board …

Don’t be alarmed on Friday when you see police and emergency vehicles surrounding the Upper Township Elementary School. Emergency management officials in Upper Township are conducting a full-scale, active shooter drill that includes sirens and a change in traffic patterns at the school and the surrounding neighborhood. The 3 1/2 …

A municipal boat ramp in the Strathmere section of Upper Township is scheduled to close sometime after September 25th.  Township officials are asking boaters to remove their boats out of the water if they want to before the ramp closes for repairs.  The Township is spending over $336,000 to make …

The Upper Township Committee has to decide which roads it needs to fix, as they prepare to undertake a repaving project. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the Committee approved $1.6 million of capital bonds to repave 6.2 miles of local roads. However, several roads were found to need reconstruction, which …