The City of Wildwood will welcome more than 60 volunteers from the American Baptist Church Thursday, August 15 and Friday, August 16. The cadre of volunteers will participate in helping to remove remnants of Hurricane Sandy beneath the city’s world-famous Boardwalk and along the beach. Bringing the group to Wildwood was the work of local…
The Cape May County Office of Emergency Management has a new website designed to disseminate information during storm events and other county-wide emergencies. The url for the new website is capemaycountyemergency.net. The county’s new emergency management website will be managed 24 hours a day by the Office of Emergency Management. It will provide essential weather…
Legislation sponsored by Senator Jeff Van Drew to protect police K-9s and other animals used by law enforcement was signed into law Wednesday. The bill is named in honor of former Atlantic City Police K-9 ‘Vader,’ one of the most decorated police dogs in the state who has suffered severe physical assaults in the apprehension…
Roughly $2.5 million is coming into the 2nd Congressional district. Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced grants to Woodbine, Buena, and Waterford Township. $15,000 is coming to Woodbine to establish a community food bank. Meanwhile, nearly $41,000 is available to Buena for renovations to their municipal building. The money comes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s…
The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce will have an important speaker at its Thursday meeting. Congressman Frank LoBiondo is scheduled to deliver remarks to the business group. Some of the topics are expected to be about post-Sandy economic recovery, Obamacare, and immigration. The luncheon will take place at the Reeds in Stone Harbor.
Two suspects were arrested on Tuesday for an armed robbery at the Bridgeton Deli on July 29th. Police used surveillance video to help them identify 19 year-old Darquan Lee and 39 year-old Dwayne Starks, who are also suspected in several commercial robberies and a stolen car. Starks was also charged with possesion of heroin in…
The Borough of Avalon is looking to address problems with large houses used for special events in residential areas. Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Thursday to discuss a draft ordinance that would classify such houses, with up to 10 bedrooms on over-sized lots, as a “resort house”, banning them from…
A shooter is still at large after a 26 year-old Pleasantville man was shot multiple times on Monday night. Jimmy Blake remains hospitalized in serious condition after he was shot around 10 p.m. Monday near the Marina Del Rey Apartment Complex on Atlantic Avenue. Police are continuing their investigation and seeking clues from the public…
Atlantic City’s Purchasing Board announced on Tuesday that ten bids have been submitted to upgrade technology for the city’s police department. The Casino Reinvestment Authority awarded a grant of $3.5 million two years ago for security improvements in the city. The bidders are vying to become the project manager for upgrades to the police department,…
Voter turnout was expected to be low for Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary in New Jersey and that’s exactly what happened. Only 13 per cent of registered voters went to the polls in Cape May County, with even lower totals in Atlantic and Cumberland Counties. Factors affecting the lack of voter support were summer vacations, lack…