Former Lower Cape May Regional baseball star Josh Pennington has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Pennington was shipped by the Red Sox to the Brewers in a four player deal this week. Pennington is a 2014 graduate of Lower Cape May Regional High School and…
More bad news for the New Jersey housing market. New numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that 65,520 homes have mortgages that are late in payments. The state is the leader in the country for foreclosure rate. Five closed casinos in Atlantic City are a big reason for both regional and state foreclosures.
This year will mark the 40th year of Lower Township’s Kids Christmas. What started out in 1976 as one phone call from an upset mother, whose children’s presents were taken, has grown into a community-wide effort to help Lower Township children and families in need at Christmas time. Dottie Crawford and Jim Dietterich, both retired…
Many communities are mourning the loss of a State Trooper who was killed in the line of duty on Monday night. An accident took place on Route 55 that claimed the life of Frankie Williams. North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello ordered flags at half staff in the city to honor Williams. “I am deeply saddened…
Some changes could be coming to abortion laws in the Garden State. Some republican lawmakers say they will push for a change in the law that would ban most abortions on any fetus who is older than 20 weeks. Two lawmakers held a press conference in Trenton Monday to discuss the changes, saying President-elect Donald…
73 percent of New Jersey’s registered voters disapprove of the job performance by Governor Christie. A new Farleigh Dickinson University Public Mind poll gives Christie the second-lowest approval rating in State history, trailing one poll conducted on former governor Jim Florio. 89 percent of democrats in the State believe Christie is doing a poor job…
Nearly an inch of rain should fall on Cape May County today. The National Weather Service reports that a steady rain should develop by this afternoon and continue into the evening hours. Temperatures will approach 50 today and tomorrow before a sharp turn to colder weather both Friday and Saturday.
A two-car accident on Route 55 has claimed two lives, including a New Jersey State Trooper. The accident occurred shortly before 7pm when a man driving a Toyota southbound crossed the grass median, entered the northbound lanes, and collided with the trooper’s vehicle. State Police have identified the trooper as 31 year old Frankie Williams…