New Jersey set new single-month records for installed solar capacity and number of installations in June, according to a new state press release. This brings the State’s installed solar capacity to more than 380 MW generated from over 10,000 solar arrays statewide, a new milestone. New Jersey is second in the nation in both installed…
The public will have their chance to get information on a major construction project. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will hold a public information session on the traffic signal elimination project on the Garden State Parkway on Thursday, August 18, 2011. The public meeting will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. at the County…
State Police have released the identity of the woman found off of Townsend’s Inlet on Friday. Coastal Broadcasting was the first to report a woman was found on Friday, just three nautical miles off of Avalon. Police say that Christina Tsiotsias, of Baltimore, was found there by a boater. According to police, she was reported missing…
The Delaware River and Bay Authority is looking at renewable energy. The bi-state agency is seeking information from qualified firms in the renewable industry on providing opportunities and strategies to implement cost effective renewable energy projects at DRBA facilities in New Jersey and Delaware. While the Authority is primarily interested in on-site renewable projects that…
The severe thunderstorms that hit parts of Cape May County on Sunday were strong enough to blow part of a roof off a local motel. Philadelphia television outlets report today that parts of the roof from the Sun Aqua Hotel on 14th Street in Ocean City were blown off by strong gusty winds Sunday and…
The major heat wave is over, and for the next 18 hours we’ll be dealing with the potential of heavy thunderstorms. Partly sunny skies are expected Monday afternoon which should fuel some storms in some locations in Cape May County. The National Weather Service says the storms could again produce gusty winds and heavy rains.…
Firefighters in Bridgeton were called to the scene of a major fire at a lumber yard on Sunday. A fire started at the H. H. Hankins & Brothers lumber yard on Broad Street that resulted in many roadways near the yard being shut down to vehicular traffic. The fire went to three alarms on Sunday…
There was a major fire reported at a local campground Sunday evening. The Cape May County Herald reports that there was a structure fire at the Big Timber Lake Campground on Goshen-Swainton Road shortly after 9:00pm Sunday. Police reports suggest that several propane gas tanks exploded during the fire, and there were a large amount…
The next Powerball drawing is going to be for $111 million. There were no winners from Saturday night and the carry-over will be drawn on Wednesday. The winning numbers were 1, 7, 27, 38, 48, and a Powerball of 30. The last time a winning ticket was sold in the Powerball was on June 29.
Some afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday caused power outages and flooded streets in local shore communities. Nearly 4,000 customers of Atlantic City Electric lost power in central Cape May County. Outages were reported in Middle Township, Avalon, Dennis Township, and Upper Township. Nearly 8,000 customers of the utility lost power during the peak of the storms.…