A candlelight vigil will be held on Friday, November 25th to mark the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Mark Himebaugh. Himebaugh disappeared at the age of 11; he was last week walking towards the playground in the County Park. The vigil will be held at 4pm at the Cape May County Park South on…
Avalon’s Borough Council will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss some issues including a joint dispatch agreement between Avalon and Stone Harbor. Stone Harbor pays Avalon to handle non-emergency police dispatch in both communities, and the agreement is set to expire at the end of December. Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl will also provide an update…
Margate residents have filed a suit in federal court in an attempt to stop a dune project from being constructed in their community. A federal court will hear a complaint by some residents who allege that the dune will allow water to pond and damage their properties. The hearing will be held on November 30th…
One of the best high school athletes in Cape May County has chosen LaSalle University to continue her academic and athletic careers. Bridget Ruskey of Middle Township signed a National Letter of Intent to play lacrosse at the Division I school. Ruskey has earned a dozen varsity letters at Middle Township.
Friday was detonation day for the old Beesley’s Point Bridge. The last remaining sections of the bridge were blown to pieces on Friday that was heard for miles. The former privately owned bridge has been removed as the New Jersey Turnpike Authority builds a new Parkway bridge that links southbound lanes in Cape May and…
Offshore drilling will not be happening off the coast of New Jersey for the next five years. The United States Department of Interior announced that it has excluded the Atlantic Coast from areas open to oil and gas drilling through the year 2021. President-elect Donald Trump has already called for the expanded production of fossil…
Drug overdoses continues to be a concern and the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office says there has been an ever-increasing trend of designer drugs being detected in street heroin samples in Cape May County. Since Oct., there has been 20 overdoses reported to law enforcement with three being fatal. A recent sample found a mixture…
State Police and emergency vehicles have responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a big truck on the Garden State Parkway. The accident was reported early this afternoon at milepost 11.4 of the Parkway in the southbound lanes. Another passenger vehicle may have been involved in the accident and the Middle Township Ambulance Squad responded.…
A motor vehicle stop led to the discovery of 600 bags of heroin by Atlantic City Police. The stop was made on the 900 block of Caspian Ave on Thursday afternoon. Curtis Nichols of Bridgeton was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession with the intent to distribute. Nichols was placed in…
An 18-year-old man from Atlantic City was shot on Thursday night. Police there say they found Azaiah Grisom on the 400 block of Madison Ave. The victim was taken to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center for an non-life threatening injury. The incident remains under investigation. No other information is available at this time.