According to an online report on www.pressofatlanticcity.com, a standoff between Lower Township Police and a Villas man ended after 10 hours on Sunday morning. Police told The Press that they took 34 year old Marlon M. McBean into custody after McBean conducted a standoff with police at his home on the 100 block of Poplarwood…
No way. That was the answer the Lower Township MUA gave the township’s council, who asked for $163,000 in surplus money. The vote came down 4-1, with Pete Biting being the only one who voted in favor. Council is legally allowed to ask for up to five percent of the MUA’s surplus. The amount council…
The annual Ocean Drive marathon will take place on Sunday. The marathon will begin in Cape May and make its way up into Sea Isle City. Lower Township Police remind residents that there will be traffic delays on Route 109 and on Ocean Drive on Sunday morning. Motorists who take Ocean Drive are advised to…
Concerns from Japan is translating to New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie has created a task force to look at the state’s four nuclear generating facilities. The task force comes out of the Department of Environmental Protection. The Task Force will begin their analysis immediately. The Task Force will explore emergency response protocols, technical reviews of…
Oil prices have been fluctuating, but gas prices remained mostly flat. The new AAA-Mid Atlantic gas survey said that the average price in Cape May County dropped one cent in the past week. The new average is $3.36. Just one year ago, the average was $2.63. Locally, the county remains much better than the national…
The man responsible for some of the car burglaries in Lower Township has been arrested. Lower Township Police say that Jason Wagner, of the Villas, was picked up by Officer William McPherson, when Wagner was noticed exiting a motor vehicle on Walnut Ave on Sept. 19. He was found in possession of a pocketbook and…
What would you do with $319 million? That is what one person who bought a Mega Millions ticket in New York will have to ask his or herself. The top prize is going to a person who bought a ticket in Albany, N.Y. This is the fifth biggest jackpot in Mega Millions history. The winning…
The Cape May County Advisory Commission on the Status of Women will host the 10th Annual Women’s Conference and Breakfast on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The public is invited to attend the conference which will take place from 9 a.m. until Noon at the Wildwood Golf and Country Club located at 1170 Golf Club Road…
How would you like to see a new first legislative district that includes all of Cape May County and coastal Atlantic County..but not Cumberland County? That is part of a new legislative redistricting map presented by Bayshore Tea Party, a political group that operates out of New Jersey. The group outlined its own plans for…
Six projects benefiting Cape May County are scheduled to advance with a total of $74.9 million in funding under the proposed $3.5 billion FY 12 Transportation Capital Program, the Christie Administration announced today. The program represents the first year of a five-year Transportation Capital Plan that Governor Chris Christie announced in January to put New…