The Ocean City Board of Education met last night and decided not to re-hire girls’ basketball coach Mike Cappelletti. The Ocean City Sentinel reports that students gathered outside of the school in protest of the board’s move Thursday morning. Cappelletti was the subject of complaints raised by players in the program; parents went to meetings…
Cape May County is poised to have an all time record tourism summer this year. That was the message Wednesday from the Cape May County Tourism Conference attended by local and state officials. County numbers should be bolstered by a new “Reconnect Canada” campaign, now that the borders between both countries is open following the…
Morey’s Piers is going solar in a parking lot. Pier officials will hold a press event next week to celebrate a solar-powered parking lot located on Juniper Avenue in Wildwood. Energy from the parking lot solar panels will help power an amusement pier.
Clancy’s by the Bay in Somers Point is closing its doors for good on Sunday. The bar announced on its website that Sunday is last call as the property will be under new ownership with no announcement as to what will arrive at the location.
Cape May County is again above 600 cases of coronavirus, although a vast majority of cases involve relatively minor symptoms. New figures released by the County show 635 cases, with more than half of them being in the mainland communities of Lower, Middle, and Upper townships. 67 new cases were reported over the past 24…
The Acting New Jersey Attorney General has directed all 21 county prosecutors in the State to increase police presence at local schools following a shooting in Texas that left 21 dead.. State Police will increase its presence at schools where troopers act as the law enforcement agency. Governor Murphy says there are no credible threats.
Avalon will be the first seashore community to respond to the solid waste crisis by putting its services out to bid. The Borough Council will consider putting a five year agreement out to bid during Wednesday’s meeting. Several shore communities had to react when a private company under contract alleged it could not pick up…
An 18 year old man from Old Bridge was arrested by Wildwood Police after he was in possession of a knife at a motel located on Spicer Avenue. City police announced Lamar Davis was arrested for allegedly threatening the motel manager with a knife; a six inch knife was recovered. Davis was in town for…
A person was shot at the Dollar General store on New Road in Absecon Tuesday. NJ.com reports that the person was shot, but there’s no gender nor identity of the individual. A social media video of the incident suggests multiple shots were fired during the incident.
Wildwood Crest Commissioner Joseph Franco has been named to serve on the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ committee of land use and community development. Franco is the first representative from the Crest to serve on the committee in about four decades. The committee consists of mayors, deputy mayors and other state administrators.