The North American River Otter habitat at the Cape May County Zoo is getting renovated with the help of local art teachers and students from Lower Cape May Regional, Middle Township and Ocean City High Schools. Part of the renovation of the habitat will include a mural painted by the teachers and students that will…
Wildwood has a brand new event this year. The Gotta B Wildwood Festival will take place on Saturday. The Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce is putting on the event at Fox Park to fill the weekend that was left open with Memorial Day being early this year. There will be food and craft vendors, live…
The Coast Guard Station Atlantic City saw ground broke on a new boat maintenance facility at their base. Mortensen Construction plans to build at Station Atlantic City a boat maintenance facility that can withstand a 500-year flood event. The two-story boat maintenance facility a maintenance bay that will allow the station’s crew to perform boat…
A proposed casino at the Meadowlands in North Jersey will be made public next week when plans are shown off. Hard Rock International and Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment will unveil their plans that they say will bring $400 million in revenue into state. The governor has said he is open to talking about putting a…
Gov. Chris Christie wants to change the educational standards for students in the state. The governor called for an end to the Common Core on Thursday and ordered the Education Commissioner David Hespe to get a group together of parents and educators to come up with standards for education in the state. Christie isn’t backing…
On Thursday Ocean City Council approved the spending of $116,416 for body and car cameras for their police department. The resolution authorized the funding for 15 in-car cameras and 19 body cameras that are expected to be installed by August. The resolution passed unanimously and without comment, as Ocean City joins other shore communities who are…
The value of real estate has dropped by ten percent over the past year in Cape May County. A new report issued by New Jersey Realtors shows that median sales prices of single family homes in Cape May County dropped by ten percent over the past twelve months while the trend in the rest of…
Local authorities are putting out a serious warning about heroin use in Cape May County. County Prosecutor Robert Taylor and Lower Township Police Chief William Mastriana issued a statement saying there were several drug related overdoses in our region over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and one of them was fatal. Since the beginning of…
Friday is championship day for the Wildwood High baseball team. The Warriors travel Friday afternoon to Haddon Heights to play for the South Jersey Group I baseball championship. Haddon Heights advanced to the championship game by drubbing Pennsville, who was ranked second in South Jersey. First pitch at 4pm.
Some experts believe that the casino closures that have impacted Atlantic City are not over yet. The East Coast Gaming Conference was held this week and some experts believe more casinos could be shutting their doors in the gaming resort. Edward King from Morgan Stanley predicts more casinos will close especially if there is additional…