On Monday the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter “Dependable” is scheduled to return to it’s home port at the Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, following a 62-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The crew was deployed in support of Operation Martillo, an inter-agency, international operation designed to deter criminal organizations from using transnational routes by…
Refugees from Hurricane Sandy were granted a two-week extension from FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance program on Friday, just before benefits were set to expire. However, it’s estimated that about 100 people didn’t get the word from FEMA and checked out of their hotel rooms early on Saturday. The state Department of Community Affairs stepped-in to…
On Sunday Atlantic County Republicans announced their candidates for New Jersey’s 2nd Legislative District. Incumbent Assemblymen John Amodeo and Chris Brown made their official announcement at the VFW hall in Somers Point. Last week Amodeo announced that he would not seek a position with the South Jersey Transportation Authority. As of now only one Democrat…
Fire officials from Lower Township recently acquired a custom built, lighter fire truck that can access the Middle Thorofare Bridge to fight fires in Diamond Beach. The Cape May County Herald reports that the bridge linking Ocean Drive with Diamond Beach cannot accommodate a standard fire truck loaded with water. Lower Township decided to purchase…
Who will be the newest member of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders? We will find out this week. County republicans are scheduled to meet on Wednesday evening to choose someone to fill the unexpired term of Susan Sheppard, who now serves the county as its surrogate. It’s widely believed that the choice…
Two South Jersey women were injured during an early morning fire inside their mobile home on Sunday. Police say a mobile home located on Cedarwood Drive in Pittsgrove, Salem County, went up in smoke and flames on Sunday. One woman suffered burns to her hands, while another woman suffered smoke inhalation. A heater may have…
Imagine your neighborhood without a Wawa convenience store. Some shore communities faced that reality following Hurricane Sandy. The Wawa corporation announced over the weekend that several shore communities who have been without Wawa since the storm will see their stores reopen soon. Locally, the Wawa in Ocean City on West Avenue will open at the…
The Avalon Police Department has joined the social media craze. The police department announced that it created its first-ever Facebook page that will be filled with crime tips, an email reporting tip line, and other community information. The page compliments a new website the police department unveiled a few months ago, www.avalonpolice.org.
A house fire displaced a family in Lower Township over the weekend. A fire broke out in a small home located on Carolina Avenue in the Villas Saturday afternoon. Fire companies from Lower Township and Middle Township responded to the blaze. There were no injuries; the American Red Cross helped find lodging for the family.
$780 million, and counting. That’s how much disaster relief ad has been doled out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in New Jersey following super storm Sandy. FEMA says more than $300 million has been spent on housing assistance for 52,000 people who were displaced by the storm. Sandy victims have until March 1st to…