A municipal boat ramp in the Strathmere section of Upper Township is scheduled to close sometime after September 25th. Township officials are asking boaters to remove their boats out of the water if they want to before the ramp closes for repairs. The Township is spending over $336,000 to make various repairs to the ramp…
The Upper Township Committee has to decide which roads it needs to fix, as they prepare to undertake a repaving project. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the Committee approved $1.6 million of capital bonds to repave 6.2 miles of local roads. However, several roads were found to need reconstruction, which would increase the costs of…
Local fire companies were called to the scene of a blaze on the former Beesley’s Point Bridge Tuesday night. A small fire started on the old bridge which is being taken down by the State. The fire caused some black smoke to billow into the sky; local fire companies sent trucks and a fire boat…
A major construction project in Strathmere will begin again on September 12th after a summer long shutdown. Work along Commonwealth Avenue will begin within two weeks and will result in improved drainage, curbs, and concrete work. Motorists should expect traffic delays through Strathmere this fall as a result of the multi-million dollar project.
The Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control announced they will be treating areas of Cape May County as an effort to control adult mosquitoes. Spraying by truck will take place, weather permitting, on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, between 7 p.m. and midnight. Affected areas could include Ocean City, Beesleys Point, Marmora, Palermo &…
An Upper Township man has received a 24 year prison term for using a firearm while committing drug offenses. 50 year old Angelo Cuculino pleaded guilty to three counts in court on Monday. He owned several Ocean City businesses including the Happy Days Cafe and the Ocean City Aquarium; both were closed after separate…
Four people were rescued from the surf near Strathmere Wednesday evening after being swept to sea on their boogie boards. The air station in Atlantic City dispatched a helicopter and provided life jackets to those who were at sea and made the rescues. All four were transported to Corson’s Inlet State Park where they were…
The future of the B.L. England Generating Station in Upper Township is currently under the scrutiny of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. Two permits for the facility are under a 45-day review for any comments or concerns regarding the plants renewal for coal and oil boiler operation, and pre-construction for the new natural gas…
New Jersey State Police have identified the body found in the Tuckahoe River over the weekend as 20 year old Timothy Tolbert of Egg Harbor Township. Tolbert’s body was found on Saturday, two days after he jumped into the river from a railroad bridge and never surfaced. A friend tried to pull Tolbert out of…
The Upper Township 11-12 Little League baseball team beat Randolph West 9-3 in an elimination game Sunday in the New Jersey state tournament. On Monday night Upper Township will play Freehold Township and will need to beat them twice to win the tournament.