• 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

Realtors join Long & Foster’s

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Last Updated on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 01:10 pm Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 06, 2013 12:00 am

 AVALON – Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. has announced the affiliation of Marian King-Smith and David Read as a sales associates in its Avalon office.

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Mavromates named manager of Long & Foster Avalon office

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 06, 2013 12:00 am

Michael T. Mavromates Michael T. Mavromates

 AVALON – Michael T. Mavromates has been named manager of Long & Foster Real Estate’s Avalon office.

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Executive chef named at The Reeds at Shelter Haven

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 06, 2013 12:00 am

David O. Utley David O. Utley

STONE HARBOR – The Reeds at Shelter Haven, preparing for its grand opening this summer in Stone Harbor, has named David O. Utley as their executive chef.

Utley will oversee all culinary operations for the many dining and catering options at The Reeds at Shelter Haven. He will develop the menus for each of these venues, craft the recipes for each menu item, and procure all product needed for those recipes.

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Middle Police shoot two animals suspected to have rabies

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Written by Alex Davis Friday, May 03, 2013 04:39 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP -- Middle Township Police officers this week shot a skunk and a raccoon in separate incidents. The animals were believed to have rabies.

Cape May County last week finished a baiting program aimed to reduce the spread of rabies.

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Students honored at Law Fair

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Last Updated on Friday, May 03, 2013 01:22 pm Written by Alex Davis Friday, May 03, 2013 01:02 pm

Middle Township Mock Trial Team member Ashley Smutnik holds the trophy. Middle Township Mock Trial Team member Ashley Smutnik holds the trophy.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP -- The Middle Township High School Mock Trial Team members were back in the courtroom Friday morning, but they weren’t trying a case.

Team members were honored at Law Day on Friday at the Cape May County Court House for wining the Cape May County mock trial team title earlier this year.

They received a trophy inscribed with their names.

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Exchange team welcomed to Middle Township

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:54 pm Written by Alex Davis Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:29 pm

Group Study Exchange Program team members, from left, are Giulia Centonze, Daniele Castelli, Giacomo Mainetti and Elisabetta Colombo. The team leader is Maria Letizia Baldini. Group Study Exchange Program team members, from left, are Giulia Centonze, Daniele Castelli, Giacomo Mainetti and Elisabetta Colombo. The team leader is Maria Letizia Baldini.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Giacomo Mainetti of Italy says his approximate month-long stay in the United States had been better than past visits.

On this trip, he said he first took note of how friendly people were.

He firsHe Mainetti saw that on Thursday night when the Mid Jersey Cape Rotary Club hosted a dinner for the Group Study Exchange team at the Wildwood Golf and Country Club in Middle Township.

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Donohue: Consider commission to seek best form of government

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Written by Alex Davis Thursday, May 02, 2013 01:01 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Middle Township Committeeman Tim Donohue says he is in favor of a charter study to explore changing the form of government in the municipality.

Last Saturday’s Middle Township Taxpayers Association meeting focused on moving from the three-member Township Committee to a five member body.

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Students win PSA contest

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:00 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — More than 150 students from seven schools made public service announcements on alcohol and drugs as part of the Cape Assist/Healthy Community Coalition annual Contest.

“We wanted students to think about how drinking and doing drugs not only affects their performance but also affects the performance of their entire team,” said Kim Mounce, Cape Assist’s Community Initiatives Department Head and coordinator of the contest and awards breakfast.

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