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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Salutatorian Connor Francis Kelly joked that he always seems to come in second place, but his send-off Tuesday evening to the graduating class of Cape May County Technical High School was top-notch.
Cape May County is more dependent on tourism than any other county in New Jersey, as its year-round population shrinks and seasonal population swells.
Cape May County is more dependent on tourism than any other county in New Jersey, as its year-round population shrinks and seasonal population swells.
When Ryan Krill was just another seasonal visitor, he said, he never had much of an impulse to leave his family's home in Avalon and head to the mainland for any reason.
The classic rock band Foreigner’s power ballad “I Want to Know What Love Is” was the most popular song in the country about a decade before today’s high school seniors were born.
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Ocean City Councilman Scott Ping pleaded guilty Friday morning to one count of drunken driving, three months after he crashed his car in the marsh off Ocean Drive.
ATLANTIC CITY — Amber D’Abundo was not a fan of corn muffin No. 2. “Do we have to swallow it?” the eighth-grader from Cape May Court House asked as she chewed on a morsel that made her cringe.
MAYS LANDING - When Michelle Irizarry arrived at the fatal crash site, the EMT saw Antonio Vargas hanging out the passenger side of his car, his left foot stuck under the crushed dashboard between the two seats.
MAYS LANDING -- The defense in the Antonio Vargas trial opened Wednesday with three witnesses questioned in regard to whether Vargas was the driver or passenger in 2011's fatal Somers Point accident.
Ocean City has often led the state with its number of residential demolitions each year, but this year’s increase in teardowns is driven by necessity, not choice.
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A drug raid early Tuesday morning on Johnstown Lane caught five suspects, including a confirmed gang member with an active warrant for attempted murder, police said.
SEA ISLE CITY -- Engineers proposed building a $13.2 million new city hall in a presentation Tuesday morning.
A pit bull in Middle Township attacked a child and then a police officer this week, resulting in charges against the dog’s owner, police said.
Atlantic City may host the country’s largest Ferris wheel, at least for a little while.
ATLANTIC CITY — A billboard in Atlantic City encouraging students to find a “sugar daddy” instead of a summer job came down Monday after a flurry of complaints.
ATLANTIC CITY - A billboard in Atlantic City encouraging students to find a "sugar daddy" instead of a summer job came down Monday after a flurry of complaints.
Imogene Coldwell will tell you much has changed over the years in historic downtown Cape May Court House.
Imogene Coldwell will tell you much has changed over the years in historic downtown Cape May Court House.
Vacation home sales rose 10 percent nationwide last year from 2011, and local Realtors said that upward trend is continuing so far this year despite the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Ocean City Councilman Scott Ping's attorney may consider a motion to suppress the blood sample taken from him the night he crashed his car in an alleged drunken driving accident.
OCEAN CITY — City Council was mute Thursday night on a proposal that would have limited people from playing music on the Boardwalk, ensuring that the performers can play on for now.
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Randy Anthony has carefully followed the plans to build overpasses on the Garden State Parkway in the township, but he couldn’t visualize the impact until he saw it from his front step.
OCEAN CITY — Paul and Erica Kaser echoed what a lot the city’s visitors were probably thinking on the busy, cloudless Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
AVALON - The green-and-white jitneys that run throughout Atlantic City started operating on Seven Mile Island this weekend, the third barrier island where the small buses will be making regular routes.
OCEAN CITY — City Council is considering an ordinance requiring musicians to get permits before soliciting money on the Boardwalk, a measure police said is necessary but others think will hurt the community’s character.
Nearly 30 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are being investigated for allegedly charging patrons for top-shelf liquor but pouring them cheaper varieties, the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control said Wednesday.
VINELAND - New Jersey's loyalties are split between a number of sports teams, but local and state officials are continuing to rally residents to support the colors of red, green, yellow and blue.
OCEAN CITY - There is no shortage of gorgeous homes here, but the property with gray siding and blue shutters on Route 52 may be one of the most beautiful - both inside and out.
A 22-mile pipeline South Jersey Gas is installing to supply the B.L. England power plant with natural gas also will reinforce the fuel supply to about 60,000 customers in Cape May County, all currently served by a single pipe.
Identifying suspects who commit crimes on Cape May County’s boardwalks this summer will be easier after dozens of public security cameras recently were installed in Ocean City and Wildwood.
Like everything else in Cape May County, the amount of materials recycled every day increases dramatically during the summer, from 50 tons in the off-season to 200 tons of paper, plastic, glass and metal daily.
OCEAN CITY — Beachgoers should be wary of debris left over from Hurricane Sandy that will steadily appear from underneath sand and wash up in the surf this summer, city officials say.
OCEAN CITY — City Council adopted its 2013 municipal budget at Thursday night’s regular meeting, increasing the tax rate and raising the average residential tax bill for local purposes by about $12.
The 22-mile pipeline South Jersey Gas is installing to supply the B.L. England power plant with natural gas will also reinforce the fuel supply to about 60,000 customers in Cape May County, all of whom are currently served by a single pipe.
OCEAN CITY — Projection rooms at the new Moorlyn Family Theatre looked empty except for the few remaining — and almost obsolete — film projectors. Soon, they too would be scrapped and exchanged for digital projectors as part of the theater’s revival.
Both Avalon and Sea Isle City held nonpartisan, unopposed municipal elections Tuesday, and voters in each community returned two incumbents to office along with a newcomer.
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Debbie Hess held a colorful children’s book in her hands and quizzed her preschool students about the lesson it had inside.
Sea Isle City had its share of sad sights in the days after Hurricane Sandy.
Micki McGlade's locally famous, eponymous restaurant on a pier by the beach was one of Cape May's few businesses damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Holly Kisby sees the two faces of post-Sandy Ocean City every day.
The Wildwoods' location - far from where Hurricane Sandy made landfall - and the island's famously enormous beaches helped it endure the storm with relatively little damage.
Missing Port Norris fisherman Joshua Catlett’s body was found Thursday on the beach in southern Delaware and identified Friday, New Jersey State Police said.
OCEAN CITY - The water tower on 11th Street between Haven and West avenues has been a part of the island's skyline for almost 90 years, but it will take only one day for it to disappear.
Federal inspectors have assessed at least 26 companies with a total of $110,000 in fines for unsafe workplaces in New Jersey shore towns while cleaning up and repairing damage from Hurricane Sandy, an analysis of U.S. Department of Labor records shows.
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities approved an agreement Monday for South Jersey Gas to provide natural gas to the B.L. England power plant, a significant step in converting the facility from coal and oil power.
OCEAN CITY - Family and friends of David C. McAuliffe wiped tears from their eyes to look through binoculars as part of the boat he captained floated to the surface of the ocean Sunday afternoon.
Someone asked Eleanor Hagan if she enjoyed the view atop the Route 52 bridge into Ocean City during a 13-mile bike ride held Sunday as part of the inaugural Move For The Cure event she organized.
Visitors to the southern New Jersey shore this summer will find several new places to stay after a mix of hotel and motel construction and renovation this off-season.
Visitors to the southern New Jersey shore this summer will find several new places to stay after a mix of hotel and motel construction and renovation this off-season.
WILDWOOD — The only differences visitors will see in the Wildwoods this summer following Hurricane Sandy will be a variety of new attractions, business leaders said during a tour of the island Friday.
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