Cape May County Commissioners approved a new budget earlier this week that slightly reduces the anticipated one penny hike in the County tax. Three tenths of a cent was taken off the proposed tax increase. Operational expenses were held to 2020 spending levels.
There will be no cannabis stores in Avalon. The Avalon Borough Council reaffirmed a position taken three years ago that prohibits recreational or medical pot stores from being in the community. Council also approved an anti smoking ordinance that will keep all smoking products, including cannabis, out of public spaces that include the beach, boardwalk,…
66 year old John Andrew of Ocean City lost his life during a two vehicle motor vehicle accident at 9th Street and Bay Avenue Tuesday night. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Andrew was a passenger in a car that collided with another vehicle at the intersection. The full circumstances of the crash…
Yes, you are paying more for gasoline this week. Mid Atlantic AAA issued its latest gas price survey this morning and it shows Cape May County drivers paying an average of $3.10 per gallon. That’s up by two cents over one week ago, and a full dollar higher than prices were at this time last…
The Wildwood City Commission meets this afternoon and will vote on an ordinance that would prohibit any cannabis businesses in the city. This will be the second reading and final adoption of this ordinance. The Commission will also introduce a bond ordinance that will result in $4.5 million being spent on repairs to the city’s…
Avalon Police have charged a Jenkintown, PA man with burglary and criminal mischief charges after be broke into a local restaurant to steal money and cause damage. Police say 22 year old Kevin Vandegrift broke into the Beach Burger restaurant after hours to steal money and cause damage inside the business. Vandegrift saw himself on…
Wildwood Police have charged a 22 year old man with carjacking after he took his ex-girlfriend’s car early Tuesday morning. Police say Fiberto Urena Jr. assaulted the woman before he took the car that she exited so she could visit a local business. Urena stole the car with the couple’s three year old child inside. …
Middle Township officials approved a new budget Monday evening that results in a tax increase of less than a penny on the tax rate. Middle Township announced that it will revise the minimum hourly wage for part time workers to $15 an hour to help with the labor shortage. Starting full time salaries will be…
Wildwood Police announced the arrests of two men following a call on West Taylor Avenue in the city on Monday. Police say 30 year old Ronald Brinkley of Wildwood was armed with a gun, while 38 year old Stanley Warner of the Villas armed himself with a hammer. Brinkley was lodged in the County Jail,…
Sea Isle City is in on the pickleball craze. City officials on Tuesday dedicated their new seven pickleball courts that were installed along 42nd Place in the Marina District. All nine of the city’s pickleball courts are open and ready for use. Photo courtesy of Sea Isle City social media page.