A new state panel has come out with a recommendation to eliminate half of the school districts in the state, and some are in Cape May County. The plan is part of a study to help streamline government and save money. No action has been taken, but some of the districts on the elimination list…
A medical marijuana company is looking for governmental support to locate a facility at the Cape May Airport, in Lower Township. The Cape May Star and Wave reports that the request was made by Emmett Vandergriff, of Dennis Township. He told the Lower Township Council that his company would create 160 full time jobs.
A local physician was among five in the state to officially have their medical licenses revoked for prescriptions related to opioids and other drugs. 74 year old William McClay of Cape May Court House is among the five who had a license revoked. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office says McClay engaged in indiscriminate prescribing…
Middle Township Police are searching for a man who grabbed a juvenile by the shirt and neck while he was walking on Second Street in Rio Grande Wednesday evening. Police say the juvenile was able to fight off the man, who got in his car and drove off. Anyone who has information about this incident…
Democrats in Trenton began to advance some sweeping new reforms to the way New Jersey conducts its governmental business. Senate President Steve Sweneey announced that some of the changes will be the forced mergers of smaller school districts, and the creation of more toll roads in the Garden State.
The two men seeking to replace Frank LoBiondo in Congress will square off in a debate at Stockton University on October 10th. Democrat Jeff Van Drew will debate republican Seth Grossman; LoBiondo has decided not to seek re-election. The congressional election is in November.
The Ventnor woman accused of killing her mother and grandmother in a Ventnor condo earlier this summer will continue to be held in jail. Heather Barbera has been charged with two counts of murder and accused of using a night stick to kill both relatives. She appeared in court Thursday morning.
A truck that was carrying cinder block smashed into an overpass on the Atlantic City Expressway Thursday morning, causing a temporarily shut down of the highway. Eastbound lanes of the Expressway in Egg Harbor Township were closed as officials checked the structural integrity of the overpass that was struck.
Lower Township Police arrested a Villas man who boarded a New Jersey Transit bus with a loaded handgun Wednesday morning. Police apprehended 50 year old Decarlo Fleming who was removed from the bus and fled on foot when police questioned him about the weapon. Fleming was transported to the Cape May County Jail where authorities…
Avalon is moving towards making 100 percent of its beaches smoke free. Avalon Council discussed a proposal that would reject a 15 percent carveout permitted in state law to make all of its beaches, beach paths, and boardwalk smoke free. Council is expected to further discuss this plan in two weeks.