Could we be heading towards another record Powerball Lottery? Saturday night’s drawing netted no winners and the new jackpot is at $260 million. Powerball did hand out just under $27 million in non-jackpot winnings from the drawing on Saturday night. Your not interested in annual payments and want to take a lump sum? The cash…
The bars were full and lots of people were out for the Erin Express on Saturday night in the Wildwoods. St. Patrick’s Day weekend featured the annual parade in North Wildwood during the day on Saturday, and as is tradition, the Erin Express takes place the night of the parade. A portion of the proceeds…
The former Superfresh store in Middle Township will have a new tenant. A Big Lots store is coming to Cape May Court House soon. Potential employees of the new store arrived on Friday to fill out job applications. Superfresh closed two years ago, and dozens of jobs were lost. Big Lots is looking for stockers…
An Avalon resident was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Friday that resulted in her car flipping on Route 9. The Cape May County Herald reports that a vehicle driven by 54 year old Pam Garafalo of Avalon left Route 9 near Birch Lane on Friday afternoon, hit a tree, and rolled over. The…
Two people have been busted in Middle Township, charged with possessing a large amount of drugs and a firearm. Authorities nabbed 37 year old Anwar Roundtree and 36 year old Shannon McMichael who were both charged with possession of heroin and cocaine. Roundtree was also in possession of a firearm. Roundtree was taken to the…
Another significant drop in the year-’round population for Cape May County. New figures shows that the population dropped again by 0.3 percent from 2011 to 2012. The county has lost about six percent of its total population over the past 12 years. High unemployment during the winter months is partly to blame for the decline…
All of the layoff notices that were sent to employees of the Trump Plaza were pulled back right before the weekend. State officials say they were asked to take down the layoff notices given to nearly 1,500 Trump Plaza employees. The notices were just a formality since the property has been sold for the low…
Hundreds of unwelcome passengers on a Greyhound bus that left Atlantic City on Friday. The bus pulled out of Atlantic City headed for New York when a swarm of roaches started to flood out of the vents inside the bus. The bus had to pull over and let passengers off when the bugs started to…
The Cape May County Tourism Conference is pulling in a major speaker. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will be the headline speaker of the conference that is scheduled for April 25. Cape May County Tourism Director Diane Wieland told 987 The Coast that the conference was moved to the afternoon that day to accommodate Guadagno’s schedule.…
Residents of Upper Township won’t be paying any additional money in local property taxes. Committee there introduced a budget with a flat tax increase. Mayor Richard Palumbo told 987 The Coast that the committee began working on the budget last year and the hard work paid off. It was only a couple of years ago…