The midseason tourism report card is positive on the whole by the Cape May County Tourism Department. Traffic to the shore is up about 5 percent overall and the occupancy tax is up for the entire year about 9 percent. The biggest negative has been a declining Canadian population traveling to the shore. The exchange…
Shore News Today reports that a woman and three children were injured on Route 47 when their car was struck from behind at about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Gilmarie Crespo, 23, of the Villas, was stopped in traffic, waiting to turn left into the Delsea Woods Community in her Toyota Corolla, when it was rear-ended by…
Lower Township Police reported that a fire damaged an unoccupied home on Beachhurst Drive in North Cape May Thursday morning. A two-story home was engulfed by flames when firefighters responded to the blaze at 2 a.m. The fire was brought under control after 45 minutes according to police. The Cape May County Fire Marshall’s Office…
Two vehicles collided in Wildwood Crest when a driver failed to stop at a stop sign. Matthew Champion, of Connecticut, was the driver who missed the stop sign. The accident left the driver of the other vehicle, Daniel Debernardo, of Pennsylvania, trapped. Responding police officers were able to free Debernardo. No injuries were reported at…
An arrest was made for receiving stolen property in Wildwood Crest. Police there say they took Brandon Mathis into custody for theft of items including bicycles and surf boards. Mathis was lodged in the Cape May County Correctional Facility in lieu of $7,500 bail.
Traffic has been reduced to one lane southbound on the Garden State Parkway near the Somers Point toll plaza. The cause for the delay is a giant concrete beam, that tipped over and fell on it’s side along the west side of the parkway at the base of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge. The beam…
An ugly looking accident resulted in no major injuries in Wildwood Crest. The accident took place Tuesday evening at the intersection of Aster Rd. and Pacific Ave. Two out of state vehicles collided as reports from the scene said one of the vehicles ran a stop sign. At this point, there is no official police…
A new partial ban on dogs being on the beach in Lower Township passed along party lines on Monday night. The proposal supported by the Republicans will put a ban in place between Memorial Day and Labor Day daily from 11 am to 4 pm. There have been laws on the books regarding dogs being…
The newest branch of the Cape May County Library System is almost ready to open. The Wildwood Crest government announced on its Facebook page that the county notified Wildwood Crest that the library would be open by Monday. The new location will be placed at Atlantic Avenue and Wisteria Road. Beginning on Wednesday, the current…
A lot of local communities had their National Night Out celebrations to big crowds. Middle Township, Wildwood, Sea Isle City, Lower Township and more were among the communities that held celebrations. Local law enforcement were in the community showing off police cars and equipment. Most events featured food and fun for the kids.