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Whether cooking or courting, he did it right

By JOHN MARTINS Staff Writer, 856-794-5114

Published: Nov 22, 2008

An occasional series about southern New Jersey residents who recently died, leaving lasting marks on their community, their neighborhood, their friends or families.

NORTH CAPE MAY - If Michael Mueller decided to try his hand at something, it was a sure bet he would do it right and do it well.

When he started growing vegetables in his backyard garden, Mueller would nurture the plants so that his tomatoes were the biggest on the block. More

Nov 22, 2008

• Warning: winter ahead

Some pumpkins along Hand Avenue in Cape May Court House are covered by the light dusting of snow that fell early Friday, giving the region a preview of winter. Below, a Carolina wren sits in some bare branches at Cape May Point State Park, where a white-tailed deer breaks off nibbling some foliage to cast a cautious glance at his surroundings.

Nov 22, 2008

• Prosecution to call ex-wife in cold-case murder trial

Nov 22, 2008

• Toll on Cape bridges likely to increase

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The county Bridge Commission is likely to raise tolls on its five bridges in 2009, an official said.

Nov 22, 2008

• Teen gets 5 years for Ocean City robbery

By MICHAEL MILLER

Nov 22, 2008

• Cape May County zoo reopens today

From Press staff reports

Nov 22, 2008

• Hunter injured in fall in Dennis Twp.

From Press staff reports

Nov 21, 2008

• Flag from Iraq brings lesson to Lower Township

Nov 21, 2008

• Strathmere's bid to leave Upper Township draws objections at final hearing

Nov 21, 2008

• Middle Twp. OKs $6M. sewer project

From Press staff reports

Nov 20, 2008

• Slowdown in realty fees puts severe pinch on Cape May County budget

5:58 p.m. Update - As a once-skyrocketing housing market cooled, Cape May County saw a drastic reduction in revenues from the county Clerk’s Office, which collects money from realty transfer fees when properties change hands.

Nov 20, 2008

• 24-hour beaches not DEP's call, court says

AVALON - The state Department of Environmental Protection had no authority to order shore towns to allow 24-hour beach access or to tell them where to put beachfront bathrooms, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Nov 20, 2008

• Returning soldier's family loses Ocean City home to fire

Nov 20, 2008

• Ocean City considers downtown redevelopment zone

Nov 20, 2008

• Lower Township may make water connections mandatory

Nov 20, 2008

• The Cape Buzz

A look at the lighter, quirky and colorful side of the news.

Nov 20, 2008

• Three charged with Ocean City burglary, theft

From Press staff reports

Nov 20, 2008

• Two charged in Dennis break-in

From Press staff reports

Nov 20, 2008

• North Wildwood rocks on

NORTH WILDWOOD - The reconstruction of the city's once-aging seawall is moving toward completion.

Nov 19, 2008

• Lower Township may change windmill law

Nov 19, 2008

• Middle Township police investigate several burglaries

From Press staff reports

Nov 19, 2008

• Dentist indicted on charges of dumping medical waste

A state grand jury on Tuesday indicted dentist Thomas W. McFarland Jr. on charges of dumping a bag of needles and medical waste off Avalon's coastline this summer.

Nov 19, 2008

• Ex-cop convicted of sexual assaults gets payout from Middle Township

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - The township is writing a check to admitted child molester Walter Krych for $12,273 for vacation, sick and compensation time he accumulated as a Middle Township police officer.

Nov 19, 2008

• Cape May names longtime city worker new financial officer

Nov 19, 2008

• North Wildwood hires firm to draft affordable-housing plan

NORTH WILDWOOD - City Council voted Tuesday to hire the engineering firm of Remington, Vernick & Walberg to prepare the city's affordable-housing plans.

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