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 power to brick dust. Starting in the 1990s, the highly addictive narcotic began…

Wednesday, May 22

Avalon Garden Club Fashion Show and Luncheon 11:30 a.m. at the Windrift Hotel, Level 2. Show begins at 1:30 p.m. Fashions by Bellanova, Stone Harbor. Tickets $30. Open to the public. Call Betty at 609-368-3753. 

Thursday, May 23

10th annual Card Party Luncheon 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Grand Hotel, Cape May. Sponsored by the Cape Regional Medical Center Auxiliary. Tickets are $27. A cash bar will be available.  For reservations call Sue at 609 884-9155.

Birth Made Simple class 6-8 p.m. at Cape Regional Medical Center. Pre-registration is necessary. Call 609-463-4043.

Pulmonary Support Group 11:30 a.m. in…

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.