Wildwood is moving forward with a plan to cap a landfill site and develop the back bay portion of the city. The City Commission met last week and approved a deal with Back Bay, LLC to create infrastructure at the site. Commissioner Pete Byron voted against the proposal, suggesting the project should have gone out…
Vineland Police have arrested six adults after two separate drug raids last week. City police say they conducted separate raids at homes located on North Seventh Street and on East Pear Street and rounded up the adults; they found drugs and weapons during the arrests. All were sent to the Cumberland County Jail.
A teenage girl was killed over the weekend when she fell from an overpass on the Garden State Parkway and was struck by traffic. State Police say it’s unclear why the 15 year old girl was on the overpass before she fell onto the Parkway in Nutley. The incident occurred at milepost 151.1; she was…
A proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour is dead until at least 2018. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto says democrats have given up on their fight to get the wage increased; they will try again when a new governor takes office in 2018. Business groups oppose the wage hike saying the…
Democrats in Trenton are starting to line up to wage a war against a controversial bill endorsed by Governor Christie that would allow towns to pull legal notices from newspapers and put them on their websites. Some democrats say the bill is pure vindictiveness taken by the Governor against the newspapers. Many town officials say…
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Cape May County for some light snow overnight into Saturday morning. A system will bring precipitation to our region overnight into Saturday and it should begin with some light snow well after the evening commute. Sleet and freezing rain is possible overnight into tomorrow…
Arcing wires is the apparent cause of a condo fire in North Wildwood Thursday morning. Fire crews responded to a call shortly after 8am Thursday in the 700 block of Ocean Avenue. The exterior of a condo was on fire along with the electrical service. Minor damage was caused to the condo inside the building.…
Cape May County will be electing a new sheriff next year. The Gazette Leader reports that Sheriff Gary Shaffer will not seek re-election in 2017 after a 45 year career in law enforcement. Schaffer is 66 years old and has had some recent health issues. Undersheriff Bob Nolan plans to run for the post. Schaffer…
Stone Harbor will have a vacancy on Borough Council in a couple of weeks. Councilwoman Judy Davies Dunhour will be sworn in as mayor, and will vacate her council seat on January 3rd. The Stone Harbor Republican Committee Organization is seeking a replacement for the vacancy that will be created. Interested candidates have until December…
A branch of TD Bank in Ocean City was robbed Thursday afternoon. Authorities say a man walked into the bank and demanded an unknown amount of money; the note indicated the man had a gun, but no weapon was spotted. The bank is located on 9th Street in the city, there were no injuries.