The Lower Township Police Department announced that Beach Drive in North Cape May will be closed to vehicular and bicycle traffic on Sunday, July 3rd for the Annual Fireworks Festival. Beach Drive will be closed from 3:00 pm until the conclusion of the event, from Townbank Road to Sandman Boulevard in North Cape May.…
If you’ve ever wanted to serve on your local school board and have a say on how local children are educated, now’s the time for action. Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti and her staff are accepting Board of Education candidate nominating petitions for school districts throughout Cape May County. The deadline for filing…
The New Jersey Assembly proposal to raise the gasoline tax and cut the sales tax must be reviewed by the Senate, before going to the governor for his signature. NJ.com reports that the idea to include the sales tax cut along with the 23 cents per gallon hike in the gas tax was Gov. Christie’s…
A 60 year-old Mays Landing man was killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday morning on the Black Horse Pike. Hamilton Township Police report that Bruce Kienzle lost control of his 2010 Toyota Tundra while traveling west on Rt 322 at Malaga Road, crossed over the grass median, entered the woods and struck a…
A report issued Tuesday by Monarch Housing says the number of homeless people in New Jersey has dropped by 12.4 percent this year, compared to 2015. The count indicated a total of 8,941 homeless men, women and children throughout the state, with more than one-fifth of that total who were asked to leave a residence…
The Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City will be open for visitors on a daily schedule beginning this Friday. The lighthouse is the tallest in New Jersey, and third largest in the nation, with 228 steps to the top. Admission is free to the museum connected to the 159 year-old lighthouse , but there is a…
Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian hosted a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss the city’s progress on a debt-recovery plan. The Mayor used a slideshow presentation to reveal the number crunching so far, and told the audience that the city needs to cut $60 million in debt by 2018 to avoid a state takeover. The…
Atlantic City Electric reported that a power outage affected over 7,800 customers in Cape May County at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Most of the outages were in Lower Township, where a sub-station failure occurred. The majority of customers had their power restored by midnight and everyone was back online Wednesday morning.
Nobody won the Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Tuesday night, so the total continues to soar above $400 million. The estimated jackpot for Friday night’s drawing will be $415 million. The jackpot has been rolling over since March 8th, but a one million dollar ticket was sold in NewJersey for last night’s drawing. The winning numbers for…
Preparation work continues in Wildwood this week for the arrival of country music superstar Tim McGraw, who will perform live on the beach on Monday. Crews are bring various stage elements to the city’s beachfront, and the big stage will be erected on Thursday. The big event will take place between the Lincoln and Spicer…