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.