Gasoline prices in Cape May County have gone up by 17 cents in just one week. A new gas price survey released over the weekend by Mid Atlantic AAA shows that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in Cape May County is now $3.27. That’s a full 17 cents higher than…
It will be a big night for local republicans, come Wednesday. Republican committee members will descend on the Wildwoods Convention Center for the 2011 convention where members will select candidates for county freeholder, New Jersey senate, and New Jersey assembly. A strong turnout is expected for the selection meeting. Two freeholder seats, two assembly seats,…
Coastal Broadcasting System’s two radio stations will present South Jersey championship basketball games in girls and boys basketball. On Monday at 6:00pm, Ocean City travels to Moorestown for the South Jersey Group III girls basketball championship. Tom Williams and Prime Events will present that game. On Fun 106.7, WFNE the Middle Township boys team hosts…
Anyone who wants to run for a seat on a local school board has until Tuesday afternoon to file their paperwork. The state’s deadline for the school board elections arrives Tuesday at 4:00pm. Many local school districts will have contested school board elections later this spring. Many of the terms on local school boards last…
The Lower Township Council will get its first look at the new 2011 municipal budget on Monday night. Township Manager Mike Voll released some details of the budget before the weekend. The new spending plan in Lower Township is expected to call for a tax increase of slightly less than two cents on the local…
New Jersey State Police say a woman from central New Jersey lost her life during a one vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway early Sunday morning Police say 39 year old Penelope Kreise of Forked river was killed when she went into the center median of the Parkway and struck several trees. The accident…
The state of New Jersey lost over $350,000 in toll revenue last year due largely to mistakes made by toll collectors. A report on NorthJersey.com says that the losses amount to less than one tenth of one percent of the entire toll revenue generated by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority last year. The authority operates…
More than an inch of rain will fall by the time the weekend ends. The National Weather Service posted an Area Flood Advisory that included western Cape May County Sunday as more than an inch of rain was falling in the region. Strong bands of rain moved into the area late Sunday afternoon, and all…
Two local boys basketball teams had mixed results Friday night. Middle Township boys pounded Haddonfield, 70-47, to advance to the South Jersey Group II championship game. That game will be played Monday evening, and will be broadcast live on WCZT 98.7FM with Brian Cunniff and Buddy Tarbotton. Meanwhile, the Wildwood Catholic boys team dropped their…
Former Upper Township mayor Andrew McCrosson admitted today that he embezzled nearly a half million dollars from the campaign coffers belonging to Congressman Frank LoBiondo. The website for the Press of Atlantic City reports that McCrosson wrote unauthorized checks to himself beginning in 1995, and continued to do so through 2010, when he was replaced…