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Lower Township allotted more water to serve new areas
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:01 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP - New Jersey has agreed to increase the township's water allocation, allowing thousands of homes tapping polluted groundwater or threatened by saltwater intrusion from the Delaware Bay to hook up to public lines.
Local fishermen gain victory regarding Beesleys Point Bridge
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:05 am
Anglers won a big victory Monday as state Sen. Jeff Van Drew announced a plan that will allow them to continue to fish the Great Egg Harbor Bay waters around Drag Island.
South Jersey inlets, altered by Sandy, pose hazards to boaters
Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:28 am
Captain Frank Camarda has piloted his 80-foot party boat, Miss Beach Haven, to the tip of Holgate on the southern end of Long Beach Island.
Two twists on wine: Hammonton, Atlantic City host wine events
Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:30 am
ATLANTIC CITY — On a world-famous boardwalk with the Atlantic Ocean as the backdrop, wine enthusiasts on Saturday plopped down as much as $85 to sample 150 different wines from the around the world as they knoshed on tuna tartar with wasabi and green apple caviar.
Towns rush to apply for Cape May County recreation funding from open-space tax
Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:01 am
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Cape May County's recent expansion of its open space and farmland preservation tax to include recreational projects has drawn six applications for its first round of funding.
Black sea bass season cut by 30 days
Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:02 pm
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - The black sea bass season has been cut by 30 days and anglers will also get a reduction in the bag limit from 25 to 20 fish per day under regulations approved Thursday by the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council.
Home health care aide charged with stealing $45,000 from Lower Township family
Monday, April 29, 2013 2:16 pm
LOWER TOWNSHIP_A North Cape May woman faces charges of burglary and theft at a home where she was previously employed as a home health care aide.
Lower Township police work to deter teen parties in local woods
Monday, April 29, 2013 12:27 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP —Teen parties in the woods are a reality in this township, with its large teenage population and 32 square miles of rural and wooded land.
Experience, gear couldn't save captain
Sunday, April 28, 2013 12:05 am
Many factors that can mean life or death at sea were working in Capt. David C. McAuliffe’s favor Tuesday morning as he left Atlantic City’s Farley State Marina.
Seniors, students learning new tricks together
Friday, April 26, 2013 11:45 pm
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Peg Lipsett went to class at Lower Cape May Regional High School on Wednesday morning to learn all about computers.
Local center marks 25 years of running Cape May Lighthouse
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:01 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP — An organization known for Victorian preservation projects in Cape May made a bold move 25 years ago when it decided to go into the lighthouse business.
Ocean City baseball bat maker lends a hand to Boston cause
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:02 am
Custom baseball bats normally take at least a week to make. But when Boston Red Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes called with a special order, Ocean City bat maker Gregg Balin was ready to drop anything to help out.
Underground oil tanks a problem in South Jersey
Monday, April 22, 2013 11:32 pm
CAPE MAY POINT — An undetected fuel-oil leak, a high water table and sandy soil were all factors in a Lighthouse Avenue woman’s all-too-common experience with home heating-oil tanks.
Hurricane Sandy highlights an ongoing problem with fuel oil tanks
Sunday, April 21, 2013 12:00 pm
CAPE MAY POINT - An undetected fuel oil leak, a high water table, and sandy soil were all factors in a Lighthouse Avenue woman’s all-too-common experience with home heating oil tanks.
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Black sea bass cut less than expected
Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:10 am
New Jersey anglers will be able to land fewer black sea bass this year - but still more than they had expected.
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New Jersey flounder season extended to Sept. 27
Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:08 am
Hurricane Sandy was a factor Wednesday as other East Coast states agreed to give some of their summer flounder quota to help New Jersey and New York.
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Property value declines spark Lower Township reassessment
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:11 pm
LOWER TOWNSHIP - Council has approved an in-house reassessment of properties to reduce inequities created by declining values.
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Property value declines spark Lower Township reassessment
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:13 pm
LOWER TOWNSHIP - Council has approved an in-house reassessment of properties to reduce inequities created by declining values.
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Lower Township plans concrete promenade into Delaware Bay
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:08 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Just about every town on the New Jersey shore has one, but nobody has constructed a large promenade on the Delaware Bay coast yet.
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New Jersey has chance to use other states' unused flounder quotas
Monday, April 15, 2013 10:30 pm
New Jersey’s summer flounder season is set to end Sept. 16 this year, but the state still has a chance to get unused quota from states not using their full share and thus extend the season.
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State has chance to use unused flounder quotas
Monday, April 15, 2013 8:57 pm
New Jersey's summer flounder season is set to end Sept. 16 this year, but the state still has a chance to get unused quota from states not using their full share and thus extend the season.
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Wildwood school district cuts 5 jobs, including 4 teachers
Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:09 am
WILDWOOD — The school district is eliminating five jobs, including four teachers, and moving several full-time employees to part-time status in order to pare its budget.
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Cape May man admits using alcohol, drugs before fatal crash
Friday, April 12, 2013 12:45 am
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A local man accepted a plea arrangement Friday that will send him to state prison for three years for the drunken driving death last summer of one of his friends.
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Cape May plans pay-by-phone parking
Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:45 pm
CAPE MAY — Paying for parking in town could be soon as easy as making a phone call.
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New Cape May Point administrator takes on many jobs
Monday, April 8, 2013 9:24 pm
CAPE MAY POINT — The borough has found an administrator, municipal clerk, registrar, insurance fund commissioner, water & sewer utility clerk, election officer, public trust administrator, affordable housing officer and several other job titles.
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Cape May-Lewes ferry offers travelers earlier sailings, nicer seats
Sunday, April 7, 2013 1:30 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP — The Jersey Shore says its open for business. The Cape May-Lewes Ferry wants to help the effort by getting people here earlier.
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Northfield's Birch Grove Park tournament marks start of trout season
Sunday, April 7, 2013 12:45 am
NORTHFIELD — Addison Bard made it very clear he caught a prize-winning trout here on Golden Pond at Birch Grove Park all by himself Saturday morning.
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Investigators say boat sank off Cape May after dredge became snagged; boater still missing
Saturday, April 6, 2013 2:30 am
Investigators looking into the sinking of a Port Norris-based commercial fishing boat Thursday morning off Cape May Point believe the dredge got caught on an underwater snag that caused the boat to roll over.
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Students at ACCC’s Cape campus get taste of culinary class
Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:00 am
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The reason there is no typical student at the local Culinary Arts Training Program could be because people from all walks and stages of life can suddenly discover their passion for food.
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Cape May City introduces ordinance to pay $2 million for park acquistion
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:06 pm
CAPE MAY — City Council has introduced an ordinance that would allow the purchase of the former Vance’s Bar property on Lafayette Street for almost $2 million.
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Cape May adds new flood elevations into city ordinance
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:30 pm
CAPE MAY — City Council on Tuesday amended its flood damage prevention ordinance to incorporate new federal recommendations that boost the elevation of construction in flood-prone areas.
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Cape May considers flood-prevention ordinance
Monday, April 1, 2013 8:26 pm
CAPE MAY — City Council will consider amendments today to its flood damage-prevention ordinance that would force some new construction and major restorations to adopt higher elevations.
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Stations of the Cross procession held on Ocean City Boardwalk
Saturday, March 30, 2013 1:45 am
OCEAN CITY — Starting out just with parishioners from St. John Lutheran Church, the Stations of the Cross procession grew as it worked its way up the Boardwalk on Friday afternoon.
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Detours begin Monday for parkway work in Middle Township
Friday, March 29, 2013 7:19 pm
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Garden State Parkway motorists should expect lane closings and detours beginning Monday night in the Cape May Court House area as utility work begins for the $125 million project to eliminate traffic signals at Shell Bay Avenue, Stone Harbor Boulevard and Crest Haven Road.
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18-year-old from North Cape May says she is wrongly accused in connection with alleged Lower Township assault
Friday, March 29, 2013 3:00 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP — A North Cape May woman arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl said she tried to help and is being wrongly accused.
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Cape May County residents will no longer have to sort recycling: Single stream debuts Monday
Friday, March 29, 2013 2:15 am
WOODBINE — Starting Monday, Cape May County residents can put all their recyclables in a single container.
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Cape May freeholder represents region in Obama's Hurricane Sandy rebuilding task force
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:30 pm
Cape May County Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton was selected to represent the region on President Barack Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force Advisory Group.
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Municipal taxes down slightly in Cape May Point
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:00 am
CAPE MAY POINT — Lower labor costs are helping deliver a $1.7 million municipal budget that will reduce the tax rate in this tiny resort town by less than one percent.
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No students to support in Cape May Point school budget
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:00 am
CAPE MAY POINT — Already miniscule school taxes here will go even lower this year because there are no students.
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Extra state aid for choice students helps with West Cape May school budget
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:00 am
WEST CAPE MAY — Skyrocketing enrollment is helping boost the amount of taxes needed to pay for the local school by slightly more than two percent but the state is actually picking up most of the added costs.
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Cape May school taxes up slightly due to loss of federal aid for U.S. Coast Guard students
Monday, March 25, 2013 5:55 pm
CAPE MAY — Sequestration will increase school taxes by 1.3 percent this year — about $4 for the typical taxpayer — as the district is seeing a reduction in federal impact aid for U.S. Coast Guard students.
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Lower Township school budget to raise tax rate 2%
Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:12 am
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Higher health insurance costs, two new school buses, a new social studies curriculum and teacher raises are contributing to a tax increase this year for the elementary school district.
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Lower Cape May Regional school tax rate dropping in two districts
Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:28 pm
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Increases in health insurance costs and salaries are pushing an increase in tax collections to support Lower Cape May Regional School District’s proposed $31 million budget.
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Push to build higher along shore could create problems for Cape May's historic homes
Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:45 am
CAPE MAY — The federal government wants higher construction on the coast to reduce flood damage, but that creates unique problems for a seaside resort built centuries ago at ground level.
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Cape May to seek reimbursement for extra flood insurance costs at new Convention Hall
Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:00 am
CAPE MAY — The city plans to seek “full reimbursement” for extra flood insurance costs incurred because part of the new Cape May Convention Hall was built below base flood elevation.
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Saturday construction work approved in Cape May
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:17 pm
CAPE MAY — Contractors will be allowed to work on Saturdays under an ordinance City Council adopted Tuesday night.
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Cape Republicans endorse slate for 1st District Assembly, Senate
Monday, March 18, 2013 10:04 pm
CAPE MAY — Cape May County Republicans on Monday night selected Susan Adelizzi-Schmidt to take on incumbent Democrat Jeff Van Drew in the 1st District state Senate race in November.
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DEP makes settlement offer in decades-old land case in East Cape May
Monday, March 18, 2013 12:00 am
CAPE MAY — New Jersey has made a settlement offer in a decades-old case that promises to block much of a proposed 366-unit development and preserve open space on the east side of town.
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State has plans to improve parkway exits in Cape May County
Friday, March 15, 2013 1:00 am
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Work is finally under way to eliminate three Garden State Parkway traffic signals, and the agency that operates the highway said longstanding problems at several other interchanges could be addressed soon.
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Convention Hall height error costs Cape May in flood insurance
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:03 pm
CAPE MAY — Flood-insurance costs may be so high for the new $10.5 million Convention Hall because the building is too low.
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