Friday, May 24

Alexandre Renoir Receptions 6-10 p.m. at Ocean Galleries, Third Avenue, Stone Harbor. See www.oceangalleries.com .

Bird Sanctuary Tour 10 a.m. at 112th Street and Second Avenue, Stone Harbor. Call 368-7447.

Unlocking of the Ocean Ceremony noon on the Wildwoods' beach next to the Wildwoods Convention Center. Guest speakers and local dignitaries will attend. Call 729-9000 or see www.wildwoodsnj.com .

Unlocking of the Ocean and Business Persons Plunge noon at Moorlyn Terrace Street beach, Ocean City. See www.ocnj.us  or call 609-525-9300.

New Jersey State Gymnastic Competitions 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Wildwoods Convention Center. Competitions…

Lindsay Lare was treated to dinner Tuesday evening by her parents for her 18^th birthday.

The family had a lot more than just a birthday to celebrate, however.

Lare netted the 200^th goal of her career when she scored for the eighth and final time in a 15-8 win over Oakcrest that afternoon.

“I really couldn’t ask for a better birthday,” Lare beamed.

Lare, who is headed to Division II University of New Haven to play lacrosse next scholastic year on a partial scholarship, has been one of the top players in…

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – The county hosted its annual Emergency Preparedness Conference on Tuesday, May 21 at the Cape May County Technical High School. 

The conference was moved up from September this year to focus on hurricane preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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…

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.

LOWER TOWNSHIP – Some 500 Lower Cape May Regional High School students attending the prom this weekend will walk the red carpet, check in at the door, get their pictures taken and submit to breathalyzer exams – all before hitting the dance floor.

LOWER TOWNSHIP – A team from Lower Township’s Revolve Church traveled to Honduras with Living Water International to drill a well that will provide a community there with much needed access to clean drinking water.

TRENTON – New Jersey residents with unresolved non-flood insurance claims related to Hurricane Sandy can have their cases mediated through the American Arbitration Association, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski announced. 

Application forms are now available at www.adr.org, 855-366-9774 or njsandymediation@adr.org.