A Villas woman stabbed herself on Sunday after being ordered by police to put the knife down. Lower Township Police say that Roni Hamann was allegedly trying to stab a dog along Bayshore Rd. in the Villas on Sunday when police were called around 1:30 p.m. Police told the woman to put the weapon away but…
A driver was reported to be unconscious Sunday in Lower Township. Police were called to the intersection of St. John’s Ave. and Bayshore Rd. Police provided the man a dose of narcan to revive the driver after speaking with the woman who was in the vehicle with the man. The drug helps revive those who…
A grand opening will take place on Sunday for the Fishing Creek School in Lower Township. The Friends of the Fishing Creek School have been primarily responsible for the rebuild of the school after it fell into disrepair with the state ownership. A press release estimates that $20,000 was raised by the group to help…
The Lower Township Council needed four votes to move the police building…they only got three. Councilmen Tom Conrad and Erik Simonsen both voted against the move. Currently, the police are located at the Cape May Airport. The attempt was to build a new police station back in the Villas near the township hall. Because of…
Lower Township Police are seeking help finding a suspect in a commercial burglary. Police say the American Deli was burglarized at just before midnight on Monday night. A subject wearing dark colored clothes entered the establishment through a rear window. About $500 in cash was taken. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
Lower Township officials may decide Monday night if they should build a new public safety complex in the Villas. The Lower Township Council is scheduled to meet and vote on a measure that would result in the Township building a new police building in the Villas. Currently the police and court activities are held at…
For the first time in two seasons, the Lower Cape May football team can call themselves winners. The Caper Tigers beat Pleasantville 14-13. Pleasantville held the lead early into the fourth quarter (13-7), but a late touchdown and extra point gave them the one point advantage. Other local finals include New Egypt defeating Wildwood 51-18,…
A Lower Township man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Frederick Marr was found guilty on Tuesday of murder in 2010. Ronald Denny Sr. was shot and killed outside of a Middle Township home in 2010. Denny was the nephew of Marr. Official sentencing won’t take place till mid-November. The 75-year-old…
A remote controlled drone was shot down on Friday. Lower Township Police say the incident took place on 1000 block of Seashore Road. Police say the owner of the drone said he was taking aerial photographs of his friend’s home which is under construction. While doing so he heard several gunshots as he simultaneously lost…
The former executive director of the Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority will be avoiding jail time in connection with a incident with the authority. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Ecker was in court Monday and admitted that he was guilty of witness tampering but under a plea bargain agreement he gets no jail…