Wildwood moved its city commission meeting this week due to technical difficulties. The city issued a notice on its website saying the meeting is moved to Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00pm. Many communities have moved their meetings to teleconference platforms during the COVID-19 outbreak.
North Wildwood is moving its next Council meeting to an online platform. City officials have posted a notice on their municipal website stating that the next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 7th, at 5:00pm via the online platform Zoom. The city’s municipal budget adoption is expected.
The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority has a new policy in effect as of Monday, March 30th. The MUA transfer station convenience center will temporarily suspend the acceptance of non-commercial private customer generated solid waste and recyclables for the time being. This suspension includes materials like batteries, white goods, single stream recyclables, bulky waste,…
There is a small upside to the latest data released by the State this week on coronavirus cases in the Garden State. There have been over 10,400 negative test results in New Jersey, which outweighs the positive results by more than a two to one margin. New Jersey reports 62 deaths from coronavirus so far,…
The coronavirus case from Ocean City is a retired nurse identified as Cindy Washko-Margraf. Washko-Margrat told WPVI-TV that she believes she contracted the virus by attending the Big East basketball tournament in New York City. It started with a sore throat, then moved in to fever and chills.
The Camden Diocese has extended the closure of Catholic schools in southern New Jersey until at least April 20th. Governor Phil Murphy has closed all schools in the State until further notice. The new closure by the Diocese extends the closure through Easter break.
There are now 62 deaths attributable to coronavirus in New Jersey. The State Department of Health also confirmed that there are now 4,402 cases of the virus in the Garden State. 736 new cases were announced on Wednesday, three of them in Cape May County.
Ocean City has closed its beaches. Mayor Jay Gillian issued a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying the beaches and boardwalks in his community are closed due to the coronavirus threat. Ocean City is the only community in our area to close its beaches to the public.
Governor Phil Murphy says gun stores are not essential businesses and will not remain open during the coronavirus crisis. During his daily briefing, Murphy said Wednesday that he is comfortable of where the State has landed on the decision to keep gun stores closed, like other non-essential retail outlets.
There are now nine coronavirus cases confirmed in Cape May County. The Cape May County Department of Health has also released the towns where coronavirus has been confirmed. There have been three cases in Middle Township, and one each in Avalon, Cape May, Lower Township, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, and Upper Township. The three…