• 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 power 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.

  • 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.

  • Relay for Life at Memorial Field

    Students organize second event against cancer

    CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Jen Hicks of Cape May Court House says that she will feel moved when she sees cancer survivors taking a lap around the track at Memorial Field on Friday night.

    They will be joined by caregivers and then everyone else, all in coming together to fight against cancer at the second annual Relay for Life in Cape May Court House

    “I just think that’s very cool to start it,” said Hicks, who is senior at Middle Township High School co-chairing the local event.

  • New staff, new programs at Wetlands

    MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Visitors to The Wetlands Institute can build a solar car, sort shells and compare different kinds of fish.

    Things have become more hands on at the facility along Stone Harbor Boulevard in Middle Township.

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Remembering Boston

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 05:34 pm Written by Alex Davis Monday, April 22, 2013 06:41 pm

About 180 people took part in the Boston Marathon Memorial 2-Mile Run/Walk on Monday, April 22. The event held at Memorial Field in Cape May Court House raised more than $2,000 that will help those impacted by the bombings in Boston on April 15. The Boston Marathon bombings killed three people and injured more than a 100. (photo by Alex Davis)

 

School to replace HVAC units

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Written by Alex Davis Monday, April 22, 2013 12:56 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP —  A $1.77 million project to replace heating and air conditioning units at the high school and middle school is expected to be completed before school starts in September.

The Board of Education on Thursday, April 19, approved Falasca Mechanical Inc. of Cumberland County to do the work. Seven companies submitted bids.

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‘Grow Your Business’ seminar set May 1

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 01:22 pm Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00 am

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Middle Township Economic Development Council will host a “Grow Your Business” seminar Wednesday, May 1.

The event will run from 8-10 a.m. at the Samuel S. DeVico Senior Center at 23 Romney Place in Cape May Court House.

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Stone Harbor beach sweep planned

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 01:22 pm Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00 am

STONE HARBOR — Several borough organizations will participate in Clean Ocean Action’s 28th annual Beach Sweep on the Stone Harbor beaches Saturday, April 27.

Clean Ocean Action organizes the beach sweeps every year to help prepare for summer.

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Fashion show May 22

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Written by Staff Reports Sunday, April 21, 2013 05:50 am

The Avalon Garden Club will be present its annual fashion show and luncheon "Fashions by the Sea" on Wednesday, May 22 at the Windrift Hotel.  Doors open at 11:30 a.m. with the fashion show at 1:30 p.m.  Fashions on display are by Bellanova from Stone Harbor.  Tickets are $30. For more details call 609-368-3753. 

 

Board members support Middle schools

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Last Updated on Sunday, April 21, 2013 03:18 pm Written by Alex Davis Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:05 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — School board member Stephanie Thomas said that students at the school district are being well prepared for college and jobs despite what the state released in a recent report.

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‘Child Find’ being tackled in Middle

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Written by Staff Reports Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:54 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Parents, educators and members of organizations, businesses, and government agencies are taking part in a program to find preschool children who have disabilities.

The community-wide effort, called Child Find, is being organized in the Middle Township School District.

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Three teachers retire

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Written by Alex Davis Friday, April 19, 2013 03:52 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The Board of Education accepted teacher retirements Thursday night, which could mean other teachers expected to be cut next year could keep their jobs.

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