The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Weather Advisory for Cape May County through Tuesday morning at 6. Our region is not expected to receive accumulating snow from a storm that will cripple New England. However, freezing rain and sleet are a possibility towards the evening and overnight hours Monday night into early Tuesday. …
A few Radio Shack stores are closing in our region. Radio Shack announced on Monday the closure of more than 1,000 stores nationwide including dozens in New Jersey. Among the stores scheduled to close are the location inside the Shore Mall in Atlantic County, and the location at the Maintree Shopping Center in Vineland. Stores…
About 300 people gathered at Congress Hall in Cape May on Friday night to raise money for a refurbishment project of the city’s Rotary Park. Ticket sales for the event, called the inaugural Ice Ball, raised about $175,000 towards the major improvements, plus a $35,000 pledge for a new flagpole. Cape May Mayor Ed Mahaney…
On Saturday the Lower Cape May Girls basketball team defeated Colts Neck 61-40 at Mainland’s War vs. The Shore showcase event. The victory was the 100th carer win for head coach Scott Douglass, whose overall record is 100-76. The win was the fifth straight for the Lady Tigers who are 17-1 on the season. Lower’s next…
The city of Wildwood, its mayor, city commission, and others are now subject to a RICO civil lawsuit. The Wildwood Leader reports that Point Break Group Management LLC has filed the RICO suit against the city over alleged breach of contracts. RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations umbrella designed to fight organized crime.…
Ocean City is out to bid for a back bay dredging project. Mayor Jay Gillian announced during the weekend that the city wants to remove materials from a spoils site near the 34th Street bridge. This removal will allow for new materials to be placed on the site. Gillian also says a boardwalk reconstruction project…
The marquee high school basketball game over the weekend featured two of the areas best boys teams, Atlantic City and Middle Township. The Vikings held off the panthers at the Shoot Down Cancer Classic, 54-46 on Saturday afternoon. Atlantic City improved its record to 12-4 on the season, Middle Township drops to 12-6.
Stone Harbor officials will likely construct a new police building next to the firehouse. A consultant made a presentation to Borough Council last week outlining various options relating to the new building. Currently Stone Harbor has an agreement with Avalon where Avalon provides joint dispatching services for both communities.
Fire crews were called to the scene of a two story home in Tuckahoe on Saturday afternoon. Authorities say three local fire departments responded to a blaze at the home located in the 2300 block of Route 50 shortly after 1pm. The house was vacant, and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire…
The Urban Enterprise Zone remains dead under the leadership of Governor Chris Christie. Christie vetoed a bill that would have diverted 30 percent of the sales tax collected by businesses in select communities to put be put into their Urban Enterprise Zone assistance funds. The Senate and Assembly approved it, Christie vetoed it.