A 24 year old Middle Township man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the disappearance of Samuel Schmucker. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that Paul Olexa has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter after he was charged in connection with Schmucker’s disappearance in January, 2011. Schmucker was last seen walking…
It’s a weekend of mourning in North Wildwood. City Councilman Rick Ogen passed away Friday afternoon. Ogen had served on the North Wildwood City Council since 2008 when he was appointed to a term; Ogen was elected by voters to another term in 2009. Ogen was known in the community for working at Avalon Real…
Members of the Cape May Shade Tree Commission planted a special tree on Thursday. An Eastern white pine tree that grew from an experimental seed aboard the space shuttle Columbia 1997, was planted next to the Colonial House, the oldest structure in Cape May. The Borough of Folsom in Atlantic County planted a similar tree last year,…
On Thursday the public was introduced to the new “Do AC!” advertising campaign launched by the Atlantic City Alliance. Starting on Monday, print ads and commercials on TV and radio will begin throughout the Northeast Corridor, depicting non-gambling attractions to promote Atlantic City as more than just a casino town. The alliance is targeting the…
It will cost twice as much to park in downtown Ocean City this summer, if City Council passes an ordinance introduced at Thursday night’s meeting. The new ordinance would increase the rate on parking meters from 25 cents per hour to 50 cents per hour. The maximum charge for parking lot fees would also increase…
Jazz pianist and arranger George Mesterhazy died suddenly at his Cape May home on Thursday. The 58 year-old jazz artist had performed throughout the world and could often be found playing the piano for patrons of The Merion Inn in Cape May. Mesterhazy was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 and was planning to…
We don’t know where the mold came from. That’s the opinion of Middle Township School Superintendent Michael Kopakowski, who told the Middle Township Gazette that the cleanup of mold from Middle Township Elementary School No. 2 continues during spring recess. The school district hopes that a Pennsylvania company can remove all of the mold before…
If you are looking for a beach bar in North Wildwood you will not find it as long as Bill Henfey is the mayor. Henfey told the Wildwood Leader that he is not in support of any idea to bring a beach bar to the North Wildwood beachfront; his neighbor to the south, Wildwood, is…
What has New Jersey Governor Chris Christie asked you to pay for 64 times since last June? He’s taken rides on a State Police helicopter. A new report by Bloomberg News shows the state’s chief executive taking more than five dozen flights on a state helicopter in the past ten month. The good news: Christie…
There’s been yet another accident involving a school bus from a South Jersey school district. This time it happened Thursday afternoon in Deerfield Township. State Police say a school bus collided with a box truck on Irving Avenue Thursday. On the bus were one student and an aid. The student was taken to a Vineland…