• Cape May County conference focuses on lessons learned from Sandy

    Emergency Preparedness Conference

    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.

  • Cheap, pure, and deadly

    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…

  • Police: 50 bags of heroin found in Lexus

    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.

  • Cape May County Calendar > May 2013

    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…

  • Police: two dead from overdoses over the weekend

    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.

  • Route 47 work to be finished next week

    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.

Middle Township Gazette

Jump Start Program applications set next year

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Last Updated on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:04 am Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, December 12, 2012 01:00 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – High school seniors who want to attend Atlantic Cape Community College next school year should hand in an application and other information to the Middle Township High School’s by counseling office Jan. 31.

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Search continues for missing teen

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Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:52 pm

The Middle Township Police Department continues to search for a 17-year-old girl who walked away from the OASIS Youth Services Program in Cape May Court House Nov. 26.

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Officials to investigate death at county jail

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, December 10, 2012 02:28 pm

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at the Cape May County Jail over the weekend.

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Township works on energy savings

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Last Updated on Friday, December 07, 2012 04:55 pm Written by Alex Davis Monday, December 10, 2012 05:00 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – Residents could see a combined savings of more than $900,000 in energy costs with the township planning to go after lower rates, officials say.

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Repairs planned to firehouse roof

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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 04:22 pm Written by Alex Davis Sunday, December 09, 2012 01:00 am

RIO GRANDE – Fire company officials plan to use fundraising money to repay a $150,000 loan for fire house repairs.

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Holiday help keeps Matt’s memory alive

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Last Updated on Friday, December 07, 2012 04:46 pm Written by Alex Davis Saturday, December 08, 2012 07:00 am

Matt Lassor

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – April Lassor hasn’t forgotten when her son, Matt, donated more than $100 in birthday money so the Nazarene church bell choir could get more sheet music.

The compassion Matt shared so many years ago lives on as part of an annual gift drive for less fortunate children – one that bears his name.

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Older pets up for adoption

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, December 06, 2012 01:00 am

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Two animal-related organizations have teamed up pair older pets with senior citizens.

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Fashion Bug to close in 2013

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, December 06, 2012 01:00 am

RIO GRANDE – Seven people will be out of work when Fashion Bug in Rio Grande closes next year, the manager said this week.

The women’s clothing store at the Walmart plaza is the latest across the country that will be shut down. Earlier this year, Ascena Retail Group Inc., based in New York, acquired Charming Shoppes Inc. in an approximate $890 million cash transaction. The sale included Fashion Bug, Lane Bryant and Catherines Plus Sizes.

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