Fresh expansion set for bike path

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:13 pm Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 03:43 pm

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.

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Some see a hike in sewer bills

Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:57 am

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.

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Democrats have a race for committee in the primary

Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 am

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.

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Police: 50 bags of heroin found in Lexus

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, May 21, 2013 03:01 pm

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.

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School board OKs $1.77M contract for HVAC installation

Written by Alex Davis Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:10 pm

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.

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‘Click it or Ticket’ campaign begins May 20

Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 20, 2013 11:37 am

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Officers from the Middle Township Police Department will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. 

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Board of Education recognizes staff, volunteers

Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 am

The Dennis Township Board of Education celebrated the contributions of the Dennis Township School District staff members and volunteers at its annual staff and volunteer recognition night Tuesday.

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Hope remains for foreign languages at middle school

Last Updated on Friday, May 17, 2013 10:34 am Written by Alex Davis Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:33 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Students still might be able to take French and Spanish at the middle school next school year.

Middle school students told the Board of Education on Thursday to keep the two foreign languages, in spite of $1.3 million in school budget cuts.

A decision has yet not been made, School Board President Calvin Back said.

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One injured in three-car crash

Written by Staff Reports Thursday, May 16, 2013 05:05 pm

At 11:55 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, Middle Township Police responded to a three-car crash at the intersection of Railroad and Teal avenues in Rio Grande. A North Wildwood woman was airlifted to the hospital.

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Township set to negotiate on daycare program

Written by Alex Davis Wednesday, May 15, 2013 05:22 pm

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The opening of a new daycare center at the historic Whitesboro school has been delayed.

Barbarito & Beyers Preschools was set to operate the daycare beginning May 7 at Cape Human Resources on Main Street, but Middle Township has taken issue that a for-profit organization would administer the program, said Cape Human Resources executive director William Harris.

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