MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The Health Department, in cooperation with the state Department of Environmental Protection, is continuing its cooperative coastal monitoring program. 

Sixty-one ocean and eight back-bay recreational sites have been selected for weekly monitoring. The program is dedicated to monitoring sewage treatment plant discharge to the Atlantic Ocean from outfalls 1 mile off Ocean City, Avalon and Wildwood Crest.

 The deadline for people wanting to run for the Board of Education or as an independent candidate for municipal and county offices in the November election is June 4.

JERSEY SHORE POPS — The season finale is Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010: ‘Winter Wonderland.” Musicians interested in auditioning for the orchestra can send a resume and tape to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mail a CD and resume to Jersey Shore Pops, 88 Route 610, Petersburg,  08270. For  information contact the Middle Township Performing Arts Center Box Office at 463-1924 or see www.JerseyShorePops.org. 

REPUBLICAN CLUB OF MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — For information on joining or to support the Republican Party in Middle Township, e-mail Ed at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 408-7429.

WILDWOOD SALVATION ARMY — The Wildwood Salvation Army will be located at the Cape May County Advisory Commision on the Status of Women, 10 North Main Street, Cape May Court House, every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The phone number is 463-6695. For emergencies call 231-5565. For $30 you can send your child to summer camp at Camp Tecumseh in Pittstown, NJ. Applications for summer camp are available now. For  information call the number above and leave a message.

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS — Every Sunday at 6 p.m. there will be a Jazz Jam Session at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Atlantic and Poplar avenues, Wildwood. Bring your instrument. For details call John at 377-6436.

FREE LIBRARY HOME DELIVERY — The Cape May County Library now offers free delivery of library material to Cape May County residents of any age who are physically unable to visit the library, including the elderly, the disabled and those who are temporarily incapacitated by illness or accident and are unable to get to the library on their own. Home Delivery visits are made once a month on Tuesdays, depending on staff availability. A schedule will be discussed with you during your first visit. This service is free; you will not be charged any fines, although you will be responsible for lost or damaged items. Books in Large Print or regular size print, and Audio Books are available. You may request specific authors and titles or have a librarian choose them according to your interest. Four to eights items at any time will be delivered. To sign-up contact Michael Conley in the Outreach Services Department of the Cape May County Library at 463-6358. Leave a message with your phone number and a mailing address where you can be contacted. All calls will be returned. 

A bald eagle takes a rest on an osprey nest in Ocean City over the winter. The species nearly disappeared in the 1980s

 Not long ago, the chances of seeing an eagle in New Jersey were almost infinitesimal. A little while ago, a reporter saw five in one day in Atlantic County, two flying over a Parkway entrance, one high above a group of circling buzzards, and two more flying off a tree in the parking lot of a trailhead. Those two were immature, but definitely bald eagles.

“Eagles have slowly been recovering from the bad old days of DDT, and this protection has started to pay off,” said Mike Crewe, the program director at the Cape May Bird Observatory. “There’s eagles all over the place now.”

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Cape May County will host its annual emergency preparedness conference Tuesday, May 21, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Cape May County Technical High School.