MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – Township officials have had a change of heart in regard to a sound barrier along the Garden State Parkway, near where traffic lights will be removed.

In September, Middle Township officials recommended that sound barriers not be installed as part of a major Garden State Parkway in Middle Township.

At that time, Mayor Dan Lockwood said sounds barrier weren’t “necessarily a positive part of the project.”

Now, township officials are encouraging the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to reduce noise and to have a barrier put south of Mechanic Street going south to Bennett Road.

County museum works on expansion

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The Cape May County Museum is continuing to expand into an 18th century barn along Route 9 in Middle Township.

Military artifacts and uniforms dating back to the Spanish-American War are planned for display. Already in the barn are Native American artifacts, including arrowheads; an 1800s lens from the Cape May Lighthouse; decoys; and whaling objects.

STONE HARBOR — People used to think the Stone Harbor Realty Owners Association was an organization of real estate agents.

That was far from the association’s purpose, so this month members changed the name.

WHITESBORO — As Amelia English and her family posed for a picture along Sumner Street here on Saturday, a worker in a backhoe behind them was clearing brush and trees.

Later this year, the Cape May Court House woman and her three children will move into a Habitat for Humanity home that will be built on that property in Whitesboro.