This year on Thanksgiving about 350 U.S. Coast Guard recruits enjoyed a tasty Thanksgiving dinner in the homes of local residents in Cape May County. The “Operation Fireside” program has been matching host families with recruits from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May for 35 years. Approximately 100 families picked up the recruits from the base…
Sea Isle City will be keeping free parking after Labor Day. Council discussed the possibility this week of extending the parking meters in the future but opted against it this year. Many shore towns like Wildwood and Cape May keep the parking meters on past the Labor Day holiday. It could bring in more money…
The Anchor Bowl was very one sided in this year’s edition. MIddle Township beat Lower Cape May 33 to 6. The Panthers won the final matchup the two teams will ever have in the Cape Atlantic League. The two teams will continue their rivalry in future years as apart of the West Jersey Football league.…
The shopping and family activities will be a plenty down 96th St. in Stone Harbor this weekend. This year’s Thanksgiving weekend theme in Stone Harbor is “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Among the highlights for the weekend with be the pet parade, holiday display lighting, annual Christmas parade, and of course the visit from Santa Claus.…
Thanksgiving weekend will be a busy one in Avalon. Festive Friday returns this year at 11 a.m. with the return of the popular iceless ice-skating rink on 21st and Dune Drive, plus a long list of activities throughout the day featuring children’s characters, face painters, bounce houses, crafts and so much more. Local businesses are…
The Cape-Atlantic Football League will be only a memory after this Thanksgiving’s games are completed. The league that started in 1949 in southernmost New Jersey has been absorbed by the West Jersey Football League. Starting with the 2016 high school football season, the 17 teams from the old C.A.L. will be divided into three divisions,…
Good news for the real estate market in South Jersey; existing home sales for the month of October beat the national average increase over the prior year. According to the New Jersey Association of Realtors, single-family home sales in Ocean County exceeded October 2014 numbers by 19.6 percent. Cape May County home sales were up…
The biggest shopping weekend of the year is almost here. While some malls start the shopping on Thanksgiving night, most businesses will open on Black Friday and see tons of people out all the way through Cyber Monday. Small Business Saturday has especially given some traction to local businesses. Tracey DuFault, who is the Executive…
A drug bust in Wildwood was credited in part to an active community. Police there say information that was obtained came from several concerned citizens. A total of six people were arrested including, Jose Ruiz, of Millville, Michelle Douglass, of Wildwood, Philip Martin, of North Wildwood, Robin Devine, of Rio Grande, Dimitrois Angelis, of Wildwood,…
If you have been watching promos for the new ABC show “The Great Holiday Baking Show,” you may have noticed a familiar face. Tim Samson, who works as the marketing director for Morey’s Piers, made the cut to appear on the short run contest. The show is based on a series out of the UK.…