COASTAL WATER MONITORING PROGRAM UNDERWAY

The 2010 Coastal Water Monitoring Program is underway in Cape May County. The Health Department works in the monitoring.  There are a few changes in the monitoring program for the summer of 2010.   The indicator organism is enterococcus which complies with US Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements intended to provide one standard for water quality for…

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE SCHEDULED

The Cape May County Department of Health will host an American Red Cross blood drive open to the public on Friday, June 11, 2010.  The blood drive will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Crest Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located at 12 Moore Road in the Crest Haven Complex, exit 11…

LARE: CHRISTIE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION

Local leaders are having the chance to respond to a 33-bill package that Gov. Chris Christie presented earlier this week. It would cap tax increases to 2.5 percent for municipalities, but would also provide a “tool kit” for municipal leaders to get their expenses under control, like the option of leaving the state’s civil service…