It will be a chance to remember the victims and heroes of 9/11 on Thursday. As many local communities will do, the Cape May County Freeholder Board will honor those who lost their lives back in 2001. The Patriot Day Ceremony takes place at 5 p.m. out front of the county administration building, at 4…
A new recreation site will begin to be built on Friday. Middle Township will host a ground breaking on its new Robert “Ockie” Wisting Recreation Complex. It is the site of the former Fort Apache Campground site. Recreational opportunities at the Ockie Wisting Complex will feature a wildlife observation deck, boardwalk and fishing pier at the pond area,…
A line of thunderstorms rolled through parts of the region on Saturday night bringing some power outages and very wet motorcycles. A large cell covering the northern two thirds of the county arrived around 8pm with plenty of cloud to ground lightning and torrential rainfall. Motorcycles were seen stranded under overpasses as they tried to…
A hit-and-run suspect now faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in a death. Kristen Schwakoff (25) of North Wildwood was arrested in an Aug. 24 incident previously. Both Ryan Burton (25) of Whitesboro and Samuel Caraballo (22) of Woodbine were struck by the vehicle on Route 47 in Green Creek around…
An investigation is on-going into an armed robbery. Middle Township Police say the Family Dollar in Rio Grande was robbed Friday night just prior to 9 p.m. It was reported, an individual described as either a Hispanic or light skinned black male, approximately 5’6″ tall weighing approximately155 pounds wearing all dark clothing with a do-rag…
Morey’s Piers is ending the dog days of summer with a splash…or better yet a “doggie paddle.” On Sunday, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Morey’s Piers’ Raging Waters Water Park will open its gates to more than 160 dogs with 100% of proceeds from admission benefiting the New Jersey SPCA and the Wildwood Dog Beach. That…
Some strong storms may rock Cape May County Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service is tracking a line of storms that will be moving across our region after 8:00pm. These storms could impact the northern portion of Cape May County from Avalon to the north. The storms could produce lightning and brief heavy downpours. Temperatures…
In summer, 2014, the Cape May County Zoo has been lauded by the popular travel site, TripAdvisor, twice. Most recently, the Zoo was ranked number 15 in the category: Best Zoo in the United States In June, TripAdvisor (promoted as the world’s largest travel site) awarded the Zoo a “Certificate of Excellence” for best zoos.…
The Cape May County Zoo is one of the four best zoos for families. This is from Travel Blue Book, which named the local zoo along with Philadelphia, St. Louis, and San Diego. The write up includes comments on it being free with donations accepted, the over 500 animals at the zoo, and the county…
A local man who requested Open Public Record Act requests on “Bridgegate” was denied wrongly, according to a judge. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey won its lawsuit against the state for denying Harry Scheeler the records he sought. The state was given until Aug. 15 to hand over the documents to Scheeler…