Christopher Cerf has finally been confirmed by the New Jersey Senate as the new education commissioner for the state. The Senate voted 28-0 today to finally confirm Cerf to the job; he’s been acting as education commissioner for the past year and a half. His residency came into question during confirmation hearings. Cerf had worked…
The body of a 52 year old man who was caught in a rip current in North Wildwood just before the weekend washed up on a local beach Monday morning. The body of Brad Smith of Horsham, Pennsylvania was recovered on North Wildwood’s 21st Street beach Monday shortly after 1:00am. Police were called to the…
A posthumous honor was given to a former Whitesboro resident on Friday. Reeves Street was renamed Robert M. Greene Way, in honor of Robert “Booboo” Greene on what would have been his 51st birthday. Greene, a commercial fisherman, was killed in January of 2011 in a head-on collision. Greene’s sister told the Cape May County Herald that…
A dolphin was found Sunday morning dead on the 86th Street beach in Sea Isle City. Officials from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center recovered the bottlenose dolphin, which was reportedly struck by an 18-foot outboard motorboat on Saturday. The dolphin suffered a severe injury to it’s dorsal fin, and was taken to the University of…
No injuries resulted from a house fire in North Wildwood Saturday night that was caused by lightning. The fire started at a home on 25th Street in the city Saturday around 10:30pm. Lightning hit a three story house and caused a fire on the roof. Fire crews from Stone Harbor and Wildwood also responded to…
Even more power outages in southern New Jersey over the weekend thanks to a line of thunderstorms that rolled through the region Saturday evening. Atlantic City Electric was still reporting scattered outages throughout Atlantic County on Sunday morning after the storms brought lightning, high winds, and heavy downpours. Monmouth and Ocean counties were also hard…
Middle Township is not a place you want to have a few drinks and get behind the wheel of a car. Middle Township Police announced that they will participate in a new “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign for more than two weeks, starting August 17th. Local and state police will be conducting random…
The man who was in charge of the Wildwoods Urban Enterprise Zone has been canned, and now he’s filing a $2 million lawsuit. The Wildwood Leader reports that Lou Ferrara was fired as director of the UEZ, and now he’s filing a lawsuit alleging that Wildwood City Commissioner Pete Byran altered feasibility studies relating to…
Vineland Police are looking for a man who shot another man in the foot Friday night. Police will only say they are looking for a Puerto Rican male who is considered to be armed and dangerous. An 18 year old man was an innocent bystander and he was shot on the front porch of his…
More commissioners, but they would get paid less than the current commissioners. That’s the intent of a new petition that was handed in just before the weekend to Borough officials in West Cape May. A group received more than 100 signatures on a new petition that attempts to increase the size of the governing body…