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Indian-built trucks may reach southern New Jersey next year

Published: 11/18/09

Pickup trucks made in India could be rolling across southern New Jersey and the rest of the United States sometime next…

Ocean City approves cell antennas on 35th St.

Published: 11/18/09

OCEAN CITY - The city's Zoning Board agreed Wednesday to let a communications company erect an antenna array atop the C…

Wildwood man charged with stealing prescription drugs from apartment

Published: 11/18/09

WILDWOOD - A 25-year-old Wildwood man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly stole prescription drugs from an apartmen…

Federal officials begin to assess damage from coastal storm in southern New Jersey

Published: 11/18/09

OCEAN CITY — Local officials here say they expect Gov. Jon S. Corzine to ask for federal disaster assistance in the w…

Happenings

Published: 11/17/09

Arts & music

3 get trespassing summonses after Middle Township search

Published: 11/17/09

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Authorities launched an hourlong search Monday night around the Grassy Sound Bridge …

North Wildwood man drowned accidentally, authorities say

Published: 11/17/09

NORTH WILDWOOD - The Thursday night death of a North Wildwood man appears to be the result of an accid…

Happenings for Nov. 17, 2009

Published: 11/17/09

Arts & music

In Your Town

Published: 11/17/09

Dennis Township

Wildwoods towns clean up, throw out after storm passes

Published: 11/16/09

The Wildwoods were buzzing Monday with insurance adjusters and cleaning-company vans.

Wildwood commissioners spar over hire of assistant for DeMarzo

Published: 11/16/09

WILDWOOD - Two out of three city commissioners voted Monday afternoon to terminate the part-time emplo…

12-year-old boy in Dennis Township plane crash a gifted student, school says

Published: 11/16/09

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A replica of the Civil War ironclad the USS Monitor made of K’Nex toys and duct tape sat on Admin…

Democrats attack LoBiondo for health care vote

Published: 11/16/09

The Democratic National Committee plans to target radio ads against U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo and other House Republican…

Four charged with aggravated assault in Middle Township brawl

Published: 11/16/09

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Four Cape May County men were charged with aggravated assault following a large figh…

N.J. shore towns calculate loss from coastal storm as officials head to region

Published: 11/16/09
with video, photo gallery of cleanup

Last week’s devastating coastal storm left $89 million worth of damage in Ocean City alone and an estimated $31 milli…

Wildwood bicyclist in critical condition after colliding with car

Published: 11/16/09

WILDWOOD - A 46-year-old Wildwood man remained hospitalized Monday after his bicycle collided with a c…

West Cape May blows out the candles

Published: 11/16/09

WEST CAPE MAY - "We are 125 years old, and we don't look it, do we?" Marie Iaconangelo asked with a grin, earning appla…

'My whole family is gone,' says wife of pilot, mother of boy killed in Cape May County crash

Published: 11/15/09

DENNIS TOWNSHIP — On Saturday, Valerie Lazowski and her husband saw blue sky peeking through after t…

South Seaville father, son die as small plane crashes in woods of Cape May County

Published: 11/15/09

After three days of lousy weather, surf's up

Published: 11/15/09
With photo gallery of the surf and beach cleanup

OCEAN CITY — The heavy rainstorm that battered the coastline last week provided surfers a boon over …

Man’s death under investigation

Published: 11/14/09

NORTH WILDWOOD — The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a man found on 18th Street a…

In Your Towns

Published: 11/13/09

Avalon

Happenings

Published: 11/13/09

Arts & music

In Your County

Published: 11/13/09

GED testing scheduled

Southern State corrections officer gets five years for supplying drugs to inmate

Published: 11/13/09

A state corrections officer from Lower Township will spend as long as five years in prison for smuggling narcotics into…

Coast Guard calls off search for missing fishermen

Published: 11/13/09

CAPE MAY - The U.S. Coast Guard called off the search Thursday night for three commercial fishermen lo…

In Your Towns

Published: 11/13/09

Avalon

Happenings

Published: 11/13/09

Arts & music

Retired ad man gives Ocean City craft fairs a huge boost

Published: 11/12/09

OCEAN CITY — As Norman and JoAnne Schaut sat down in their living room after a long day, the phone r…

Barge hits Townsends Island Bridge

Published: 11/12/09

AVALON - A barge repairing parts of the Townsends Inlet Bridge broke loose from its moorings Wednesday…

Cape May County school honors grad killed in war

Published: 11/11/09

LOWER TOWNSHIP — Michael Scusa’s two silver dog tags dangled from his mother’s neck as a 21-gun …

Couple’s stained-glass animals benefit shelters

Published: 11/11/09

WEST CAPE MAY - Fran and Jerry McKeown, of North Wildwood, have turned a hobby into a fundraiser. They…

Wildwood breaks ground for replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall

Published: 11/11/09

WILDWOOD - Veterans and local residents marked Veteran's Day Wednesday afternoon here with a groundbreaking for the hal…

Tree planting ceremony honors Army Sgt. Michael Scusa

Published: 11/11/09

Civic club members at Lower Cape May Regional High School helped plant a tree Wednesday -- with help from the U.S. C…

Wildwood police find alleged robber hiding under bed

Published: 11/11/09

WILDWOOD - A Wildwood man wanted in connection with a Nov. 4 armed robbery here was found hiding under a bed at an east…

Tree planted at Lower Cape May Regional for soldier killed in Afghanistan

Published: 11/11/09

LOWER TOWNSHIP--Family of Michael Scusa, the soldier from the Villas who was killed in Afghanistan on Oct. 3, gathered …

Wildwood man charged with sexual assault of 3-year-old child

Published: 11/11/09

WILDWOOD - A 40-year-old Wildwood man was arrested and charged Sunday with sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl.

Happenings

Published: 11/10/09

Arts & music

Stone Harbor beachfront library hits snag

Published: 11/10/09

STONE HARBOR - The borough has a big vision for a new county library branch that would sit along the beachfront with wi…

In Your County

Published: 11/10/09

H1N1 vaccine clinic on Thursday

In Your Towns

Published: 11/10/09

Cape May

Woodbine campground residents want year-round status

Published: 11/10/09

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The Carol Lynn Resorts Home Owners Association wants a judge to declare that Carol Lynn Resorts,…

Woodbine campground residents suing landlord, borough to live year-round

Published: 11/10/09

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - South Jersey Legal services has filed a lawsuit on behalf of tenants at the Carol Lynn Resorts i…

New Jersey joins Delaware in opposing deepening of Delaware River

Published: 11/10/09

New Jersey has formally filed its support for Delaware's lawsuit seeking to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from deepe…

New traffic patterns take effect next Tuesday for 9th Street in Ocean City

Published: 11/10/09

OCEAN CITY-Traffic patterns will change on Nov. 17 on 9th Street here as part of the Route 52 corridor project, police…

'It's a summer day for us,' locals say ... in November

Published: 11/10/09
With a gallery of people out and about in the warm weather.

We didn't see any high-temperature records Monday, but all that sun and warmth did stir up thoughts of summer for some …

Green techniques produce colorful art in West Cape May

Published: 11/10/09

WEST CAPE MAY - There is a way to shop eco-friendly in West Cape May.

Motel room raid leads to drug arrests in Middle Township

Published: 11/10/09

From Press staff reports

Oystermen on Great Bay get week for harvesting

Published: 11/09/09
With photos from Monday morning's harvest.

Jared O'Neal dropped a pair of hand tongs into Great Bay early Monday morning, clamped down and pulled up dozens of oys…

Ocean City police arrest man in car burglary

Published: 11/09/09

OCEAN CITY--Police arrested a 25-year-old local man today and charged him with burglarizing a car on the 700 block of O…