CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – The county hosted its annual Emergency Preparedness Conference on Tuesday, May 21 at the Cape May County Technical High School. 

The conference was moved up from September this year to focus on hurricane preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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…

RIO GRANDE – Two men face charges after someone allegedly saw them dealing drugs out of a Lexus in the Wawa parking lot at about 10 p.m. May 16 and called the police.

Police say they found 50 bags of heroin, drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana in the car.

Wednesday, May 22

Avalon Garden Club Fashion Show and Luncheon 11:30 a.m. at the Windrift Hotel, Level 2. Show begins at 1:30 p.m. Fashions by Bellanova, Stone Harbor. Tickets $30. Open to the public. Call Betty at 609-368-3753. 

Thursday, May 23

10th annual Card Party Luncheon 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Grand Hotel, Cape May. Sponsored by the Cape Regional Medical Center Auxiliary. Tickets are $27. A cash bar will be available.  For reservations call Sue at 609 884-9155.

Birth Made Simple class 6-8 p.m. at Cape Regional Medical Center. Pre-registration is necessary. Call 609-463-4043.

Pulmonary Support Group 11:30 a.m. in…

Officials say there were several drug overdoses in Cape May County over the weekend, including two fatalities.

From May 17 until May 19, police in Wildwood and Lower Township investigated several overdoses, according to an announcement from Cape May County Prosecutor Robert L. Taylor, Wildwood Police Chief Steven Long and Lower Township Chief Brian Marker.

A Wildwood teen and a 54-year-old woman from Rio Grande are dead, and officials believe drugs may be to blame.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Night work to repair six miles of Route 47 should be completed next week, a spokesman from the state Department of Transportation said.