Volunteer students are helping maintain the Pondgerlodge site. Lower Township Manager Mike Voll says that special needs students from the Cape May County Schools for Special Services have been collecting trash and recyclables twice a week at the Villas Wildlife Reserve. Voll says that the township has still been waiting to hear from the state…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man after he collapsed aboard a recreational boat following a dive 15 nautical miles east of here Sunday. The Coast Guard received a call at 10:52 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the Old Salty, homeported in Shark River, N.J., reporting the man collapsed after completing a dive and CPR and…
Three casino groups have filed to put a boutique casino in Atlantic City, which means they will have less hotel rooms than the standard casino/hotels that are there currently. Hard Rock International, Gurwicz Enterprises, and Pinnacle Entertainment have all filled with the state. There are scheduled to be only two that open, so there will…
A plan to change the education system could be significantly changed. The Star-Ledger reports that Senate President Steve Sweeney will not advance legislation that Gov. Chris Christie wants to see posted that would change the tenure systen and create merit pay. Sweeney told the paper that he has reservations on many aspects of the overhaul,…
A Galloway Township man was sentenced to five years in prison for second-degree aggravated assault for seriously injuring a Mays Landing woman in 2010, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. Barry Bethea, 37, must serve 85 percent of the prison term, or four years and three months, before becoming eligible for parole, in accordance with a May 24…
A man who used to spray paint art and sell it on the Ocean City boardwalk is suing the city for an alleged violation of his First Amendment rights. The Associated Press reports that Mark Chase used to perform daily on the boardwalk by spray painting art and then selling it. However, the Ocean City…
A big promotion for a former baseball and football star at Lower Cape May Regional High School. Matt Szczur has been promoted by the Chicago Cubs to a high single A level team in Daytona of the Florida State League. While Szczur played for Peoria, he batted .314 with five home runs. Szczur starred in…
Even though the price for gasoline has increased nationwide, the price has dropped again in New Jersey. Mid Atlantic AAA reports that the average price for a gallon of gasoline in New Jersey is now $3.56 a gallon, down a penny from last week. The national average is three cents per gallon higher than the…
A 79 year old man from Somers Point has been charged with a sex crime after he visited a lemonade stand in the community. Police say Alan Easterbygy rubbed his breast and groin after he approached a lemonade stand in the community last week; the stand was run by three girls, all under the age…
Two adults have been arrested after suspected heroin was recovered from a home located at the Delsea Woods Mobile Home Park in the Dias Creek section of the community. Police announced that charges have been filed against 27 year old Thomas J. Furey and 23 year old Michael C. Riley. Police conducted a search warrant…