Upper Township

Four people were rescued from the surf near Strathmere Wednesday evening after being swept to sea on their boogie boards.  The air station in Atlantic City dispatched a helicopter and provided life jackets to those who were at sea and made the rescues.  All four were transported to Corson’s Inlet …

The future of the B.L. England Generating Station in Upper Township is currently under the scrutiny of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. Two permits for the facility are under a 45-day review for   any comments or concerns regarding the plants renewal for coal and oil boiler operation, and pre-construction …

New Jersey State Police have identified the body found in the Tuckahoe River over the weekend as 20 year old Timothy Tolbert of Egg Harbor Township.  Tolbert’s body was found on Saturday, two days after he jumped into the river from a railroad bridge and never surfaced.  A friend tried …

The Upper Township 11-12 Little League baseball team beat Randolph West 9-3 in an elimination game Sunday in the New Jersey state tournament. On Monday night Upper Township will play Freehold Township and will need to beat them twice to win the tournament.

One detour has been lifted on a  major bridge project in Upper Township.  The southbound detour at the Tuckahoe River Bridge has been lifted for Sundays, for the remainder of the summer.  The New Jersey Department of Transportation is reconstructing the bridge and detours had been in place to allow …

A body was recovered in the Tuckahoe River on Saturday.   State Police were searching for a missing person in the river and found the body on the shore of the river on Saturday afternoon.  Police say the body will not be identified until after the weekend.  A search began …

The new bridge on the Garden State Parkway will ensure the roadway is safer, but also could help people get out of town if Cape May County has to evacuate. Upper Township Mayor Richard Palumbo told Coastal Broadcasting that the southbound bridge, which is three lanes, would go reverse lane …

About six miles of road will be repaved in Upper Township this winter. Upper Township committee is planning to go out to bid on the work soon. The project is expected to improve various roads in the township. There is also plans to do additional work in future years as …

Some residents of Strathmere have told the Upper Township Committee that they are sick of jitneys running on many streets in their community.  The Upper Township Gazette reports that residents told the Committee that restaurants started offering jitney service several years ago, and now jitneys are running on side streets …

Major work is coming to the Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge in Ocean City.  The project will replace decking on the bridge which will be reduced to one lane of traffic during the next two off seasons.  The work is expected to begin after Columbus Day weekend in 2016 and wrap up …