A huge fundraiser shattered goals. Students at the Teitleman School helped raised close to $25,000 for cancer research on St. Baldrick’s Day. The event was held on Friday and had people shave their heads in a fundraising effort. The program was started a couple of years ago at Lower Cape May Regional High School, and…
Cape May residents can share their views on a proposed budget this week. A public hearing and final budget vote could come on Tuesday, when council will consider the spending plan. It calls for a 1.1 cent tax increase. The city is within the two percent cap and will include a new feature, a tourism…
Gas prices continue to soar at the Jersey Shore on the cusp of the tourism season. Mid Atlantic AAA reports that gas prices are now officially at the highest point ever to begin the spring season, and four dollar per gallon gasoline is going to be here shortly. Prices have climbed by 31 cents per…
The massive reconstruction of New Jersey Avenue in underway. County officials say the project totals nearly $2 million and the contract was awarded to South State, Inc. to reconstruct New Jersey Avenue from Cresse Avenue to Youngs Avenue in the city. The removal and replacement of sections of concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveway aprons…
The Middle Township School District is looking for a new business administrator. The Middle Township Gazette reports that Cherie Ludy has resigned; her last day will be May 15th. Ludy served as the administrator in the school district for three years. She has accepted a position in the Vineland School District. Superintendent Michael Kopakowski says…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is sending his troops to our region to personally inspect the controversial fencing that was installed on a Parkway bridge near Great Egg Harbor Bay. Christie has ordered his chief counsel and the former director of the state office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to look at the fence to…
A rocket warhead was found on a local beach over the weekend. The Press of Atlantic City reports that a nearly three inch rocket warhead was found on the Atlantic City beachfront during a beach replenishment effort. The city’s bomb squad went to the beach and recovered the warhead so it could be destroyed. After…
One of the convicts at the center of a salacious political scandal in Atlantic City has died at the age of 55. Ronald Callaway died over the weekend at a hospital in Trenton. Callaway was serving a prison sentence for his role in the videotaping of a a former councilman who was spending time with…
It’s official: That huge meat and potato pie that was part of the Wildwood St. Patrick’s Day Block Party is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. Nearly a ton of meat, potatoes, and other foods were put into the pie and cooked by several chefs for hours before the Guinness people took a…
A corrections officer went from one side of the jail bars to another. Nazair Bey was arrested by the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office for bring controlled dangerous substances into the Bayside State Prison. Authorities say he was distributing the drugs to the inmates. The 36-year-old was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, official…