The Middle Township Police Department will be hosting their community relations program “Cops and Coffee” at the Victory Bakery located in Cape May Court House on Friday, July 29th. The event will take place between 8:00a.m-10:00a.m. and is designed to give members of the public a chance to speak with Middle Township officers in…
The Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control will be treating areas of Cape May County Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to control adult mosquitoes. Spraying by truck will take place between 7 p.m. and midnight for the next two nights, weather permitting. Portions of the following municipalities can expect mosquito spraying: Swainton, Cape May Court House,…
After a three year legal battle, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled to keep a 23 year-old Linwood man in a pretrial intervention program. David Connor Castellani was indicted on charges he threatened and used force against police officers in an incident outside the Tropicana Casino in 2013. Castellani pleaded not guilty to the charges…
On Monday the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced that the state’s 12 casinos posted record revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30th. Revenue from slot machines and table games totaled over $3.2 billion, up by $112 million over the previous fiscal year. Tax revenue from gambling in Pennsylvania was $1.4 billion, for the second…
A spokesman for Gov. Christie says he “misspoke” on Monday when he gave credit to Donald Trump for a donation to a Hurricane Sandy relief charity. Christie was speaking to a Michigan delegation at the Republican National Convention on Monday when he said Trump made a hefty contribution to a charity for Sandy victims that…
A 21 year-old Pakistani woman was rescued Monday evening near a jetty off the Atlantic City beach. Fire rescue teams reached the unidentified woman who was reported drowning at the Rhode Island Avenue beach just after 6 p.m. Monday. The unconscious woman received CPR at the scene, and was transported to the hospital where she…
More than 1,000 properties lost electricity during a storm event on Monday evening. Power outages were scattered throughout Cape May, Atlantic, and Cumberland counties as a result of the storm. Locally, hundreds of customers lost power in Lower Township.
Full service from the Cape May Lewes Ferry may resume as early as Wednesday. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the MV Delaware has underwent repairs and may be seaworthy as of Wednesday. A crankshaft failed on one of the engines and the repair bill was over $3 million. The United States Coast Guard…
No injuries resulted from a house fire in Wildwood Crest on Sunday evening. It happened in the 200 block of West Lavender Road shortly after 7:00pm. The fire was contained to the first floor of the dwelling with smoke damage throughout the building. The fire was contained in 15 minutes and remains under investigation.
Striking workers at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City no longer have a health insurance package to think about, it’s now off the table. Carl Ichan withdrew his offer to provide some health insurance coverage for workers and the strike continues at the casino. About 1,000 union members are on strike; most of them…