A longtime Ocean City restaurant located inside a public building will close, and the building will be knocked down for more parking. Spadafora’s Restaurant and Clam bar will not open for the season. The public building is located at the 9th Street and Atlantic Avenue parking lot. Mayor Jay Gillian says the building will be…
Wildwood Crest Police have charged two individuals with forging documents that resulted in a deed change on a house located on Seaview Avenue in the community. Police have charged 52 year old Annemarie Rizzi and 53 year old Jose Bernardino on various charges for filing the fraudulent deed. The home is valued at over a…
It’s Wildwood Catholic vs. Mainland for the Cape Atlantic League girls basketball championship on Saturday. Wildwood Catholic defeated Absegami 36-31 to advance to the title game. That game will be played at Absegami High School Saturday at 2pm.
The North Wildwood Fire Department responded to a house fire on 25th Avenue Wednesday night. Fire officials were getting reports of an explosion and found the rear exterior of a dwelling on fire. The fire was quickly knocked down and damage was kept to the exterior of the structure; there were no injuries reported. Photo…
The Cape May County Zoo has temporarily closed its “World of Birds” aviary. County officials announced Thursday that there is a new emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and the closure is meant to protect the Zoo’s bird population. There are no cases at the Zoo of the illness.
Four Atlantic County men have been charged by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office in connection with major drug and gun offenses. Authorities say the four men trafficked illegal guns and narcotics in to the Atlantic County region. The suspects are from Egg Harbor Township, Egg Harbor City, Galloway, and Mays Landing.
The Avalon Borough Council introduced a municipal budget Wednesday night that calls for a reduction in the local tax rate. Avalon’s rate is anticipated to be 19.7 cents, the lowest in Cape May County and among the lowest of any community in New Jersey. For the second year in a row, Avalon has eliminated all…
Schools will be able to establish their own mask rules as of March 7th, but the state has issued some guidelines in advance of that move. Students and staff who return to school from a Covid isolation period are being encouraged to mask up, and anytime a student feels sick in school, he or she…
Governor Murphy says legal sales of cannabis for recreational purposes could occur within weeks. NJ.com reports that Murphy announced last night that the sales may come from medical pot stores. Murphy says that recreational pot stores should be opening soon as well.
Governor Murphy is done with regularly scheduled Covid-19 briefings. On the two year anniversary of his first briefing, Murphy announced Wednesday that there is no need for future briefings due to a sharp decline in the number of cases. There are just over 100 cases in the County, a far cry from several weeks ago…