• Bill Arena of Cape May Court House runs along the bike path Wednesday morning.

    MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The township’s recreational path for runners, walkers and others is being expanded again.

    Officials recently announced that a $300,000 state grant will help pay for phase IV of the bike path.

  • MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Some people are upset with an increase in their sewer bills and have called on township officials for a change.

    In January, township employees discovered sewer billing errors after the sewer department moved to the tax collection office. They found that some people have never been billed, and others that were supposed to be hooked up to the sewer never were.

  • Voters to decide June 4 who will face Melanie Collins in the fall

    MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The race is on for the Democrats in Middle Township.

    This year, Salvatore “Sal” DeSimone and Michael Clark are running as Democrats and one of them will face Republican Melanie Collins in the fall election. The Middle Democratic party is backing Clark.

  • Heroin a growing concern in county

    CAPE MAY COUNTY – A generation ago, heroin was all but unheard of in Cape May County.

    Veteran officers say there were other illicit drugs sold throughout the Jersey Cape, but heroin, considered a scourge of urban areas, was rarely seen. During the 1970s, according to several sources, the heroin bought at the street level was usually less than 5 percent pure, the rest made up of anything the dealer had handy, from powder to brick dust. Starting in the 1990s, the highly addictive narcotic began…

  • MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — School board member Dennis Roberts said he is concerned that an HVAC project at the middle school and high school would be disrupted by the ongoing installation of wireless Internet.

    On Thursday, the Board of Education approved a $1.77 million contract with a company to handle heating, ventilation and air conditioning work for the school district.

  • STONE HARBOR — The beach nourishment project will now involve the entire beachfront, officials announced this week.

    The borough has negotiated a new agreement that will result in a restored beach along the entire community at no cost to the municipality.

Middle Township Gazette

Board, teachers close to contract

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Written by Alex Davis Thursday, May 23, 2013 01:45 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Middle Township Board of Education was expected to approve a new contract with teachers, custodians and others on Wednesday night.

The district employees have been without a contract since June 30, 2012.

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Festival for the birds

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Written by Jen Marra Thursday, May 23, 2013 01:42 pm

Kirby Hoffman an aquarist environmental educator with the Wetlands Institute talks about horseshoe crabs and other sea species during an aquarium feeding which was part of the Spring Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Festival Saturday, May 18. 
  Kirby Hoffman an aquarist environmental educator with the Wetlands Institute talks about horseshoe crabs and other sea species during an aquarium feeding which was part of the Spring Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Festival Saturday, May 18.

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Waterways next for Clean Community focus

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:15 pm Written by Alex Davis Thursday, May 23, 2013 04:00 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — For more than 14 years, workers have picked up bottles, wrappers and other trash from streets, bus stops and recreational and pedestrian areas in Middle Township.

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Beach ready for visitors

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Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:11 pm

SEVEN MILE ISLAND — Stone Harbor and Avalon will take part in "Stronger Than the Storm" ribbon cutting events Friday.

Both ceremonies start at 8:30 a.m. May 24 and are to show that the beaches are back open after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Jersey Shore in October.

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Fresh expansion set for bike path

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:13 pm Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 03:43 pm

Bill Arena of Cape May Court House runs along the bike path Wednesday morning. Bill Arena of Cape May Court House runs along the bike path Wednesday morning.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The township’s recreational path for runners, walkers and others is being expanded again.

Officials recently announced that a $300,000 state grant will help pay for phase IV of the bike path.

Read more: Fresh expansion set for bike path

 

Planning Board meeting canceled

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Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:40 pm

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Middle Township Planning Board will not meet tomorrow, May 23, as scheduled. Meetings take place at Township Hall, 33 Mechanic St. in Cape May Court House.

   

Some see a hike in sewer bills

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Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:57 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Some people are upset with an increase in their sewer bills and have called on township officials for a change.

In January, township employees discovered sewer billing errors after the sewer department moved to the tax collection office. They found that some people have never been billed, and others that were supposed to be hooked up to the sewer never were.

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Democrats have a race for committee in the primary

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Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 am

Voters to decide June 4 who will face Melanie Collins in the fall

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The race is on for the Democrats in Middle Township.

This year, Salvatore “Sal” DeSimone and Michael Clark are running as Democrats and one of them will face Republican Melanie Collins in the fall election. The Middle Democratic party is backing Clark.

Read more: Democrats have a race for committee in the primary

   

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