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OCEAN CITY - The Cape May County Republican Party officially opened its campaign headquarters Wednesday on Asbury Avenue in the city's downtown. Republicans said the choice of Ocean City is no coincidence. The resort figures to be a . Capemay From Press staff reports UPPER TOWNSHIP -Three Cape May County teenagers were arrested Wednesday in connection with five car burglaries in Palermo. State Police in the Woodbine barracks received a report of a suspicious vehicle in . SEA ISLE CITY - The city is interviewing candidates for the city's first permanent business administrator and may hire one later this month. Richard Deaney, the acting administrator, said the city received about 33 applicants for the . Cape May Nj OCEAN CITY - The city plans to fill 'er up with soy. The city is turning to biodiesel this fall to fuel its fleet of heavy trucks, backhoes and equipment. Ocean City guzzles 34000 gallons of diesel fuel every year WILDWOOD CREST - Recreation projects topped Wednesday's agenda as Borough Commission considered the use of its parks and plans for improvements to the area around the beach patrol headquarters at Rambler Road. Commissioner Don Cabrera . Cape May Ferry A look at the lighter, quirky and colorful side of the news. City Hall goes green Visitors to Wildwood's City Hall might easily think they've wandered into a lush tropical garden. Plants used to decorate the staging area for a recent . From Press staff reports OCEAN CITY - A Brazilian author will speak 7 pm Friday about his work as a union activist in the rubber industry. Gomercindo Rodrigues wrote the 2003 nonfiction book Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes, which . Cape May Lewes Ferry From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Three people were injured - two seriously - in a three-car accident on Route 47 in Rio Grande late Tuesday night. Township police charged Jeanine Eliason, of Lower Township, with driving while . LOWER TOWNSHIP - John Kezlaw remembers the boy stood out from other children playing on the streets of the Villas almost four decades ago. There was a brightness there, smarter, he was good kid, well behaved. Everything was 'Yes sir Cape May Zoo MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Navy pilots used the Green Creek Bombing Target Site during World War II to practice dive bombing in the marshes before heading to war. A report by the Army Corps of Engineers, made available this week, addressed the . From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Police closed Wildwood Boulevard late Tuesday to tend to multiple victims of a traffic accident. The accident happened about 10 pm in front of Pier 47 Marina on the causeway leading into . Capemay NORTH WILDWOOD - Sisters Diane and Dottie Sturges could not let the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks pass without some sort of remembrance. The pair came to the Wildwoods for a vacation, but as Sept OCEAN CITY - The Marine Village Harbor zone occupies a sliver of the city's real estate - just 21 of the city's 17300 properties by one estimate. But on Tuesday, the city directed its full attention to this north-end hodgepodge of homes . Cape May Nj WILDWOOD - A second attempt by the city to sell at least two hotel/motel liquor licenses failed Monday afternoon, leaving city officials to adjust their budget plans for the year. Four of the licenses, for use by hotels or motels with a . CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - A former Middle Township High School bus driver was sentenced Friday to four years probation after admitting she gave alcohol to students on her bus last year. Assistant Prosecutor Matthew D. Weintraub said school . Cape May Ferry Syringes and empty prescription bottles washed up this week on beaches across Cape May County. The county's health department received reports of medical waste appearing in small amounts on beaches from Ocean City to Wildwood CAPE MAY - They prayed, sang religious songs, listened to spiritual readings and received Communion. More importantly, they did it together. The Mass on Thursday morning at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church celebrated a Catholic school . Cape May Lewes Ferry WOODBINE - Librarian Mercedes Gaines took a breather Thursday from emptying the cardboard boxes at her feet. Around her sat piles of books as if she were making her own play fort from volumes of Birds of North America and A Field . LOWER TOWNSHIP - Police said the car involved in a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon was stolen and the suspect has a history of problems with the law. Alan R. Miscavage, 43, of Manchester Township in Ocean County, was involved in .

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Cape May Zoo CAPE MAY - City Manager Lou Corea says it's a matter of public safety. Mayor Jerry Inderwies wants to keep his constituents, elderly residents of the Victorian Towers senior-citizen complex, happy. The two viewpoints are leading to a . During World War II, the Avengers and Helldivers that swooned and dropped bombs on the enemy in the Pacific Campaign practiced by dropping bombs along the marshes of western Cape May County. Those practice bombs were smaller than a . Capemay WOODBINE - The state might take two dogs from a destitute borough man with terminal cancer unless he gets them treated by a veterinarian today. Victor Frankie Cruz, 64, appeared in Woodbine Municipal Court on Wednesday to face charges . . charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly slashed his wife with a knife Friday. Michael A. Allen, 50, of Cedardale Avenue, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to the Cape May County jail, where. Cape May Nj WILDWOOD - Sgt. David Romeo has been suspended without pay from the city's Police Department after he allegedly assaulted two men in police custody this summer, police said. Police Chief Steven Long said Tuesday that Romeo was suspended . From Press staff reports LOWER TOWNSHIP - A local man may be a lot richer, but he is waiting to make it official. Blitz's Hole-In-The-Wall market - which sold one of four winning tickets in the $330 million Mega Millions lottery - said . Cape May Ferry WEST CAPE MAY - The borough is increasing mercantile license fees for the first time in eight years but is also putting in a reward system for those who pay on time. The new system, which will go into effect later this month, . AVALON - The borough is waiting for state and federal approvals to dredge two of its back waterways, a project that will fill its existing dredge disposal island to capacity. The dredging, which will affect the Long Reach and Whale . Cape May Lewes Ferry New shellfish harvesting restrictions have been imposed on 334 acres in the Delaware Bay because of degraded water quality that the state Department of Environmental Protection is blaming on stormwater runoff CAPE MAY - It didn't take long for Dan Miller to figure out fishing. It's not just about what you catch. It's also about what others don't catch. It's about attitude on the boat. Miller, 35, a developmentally disabled Ocean City . Cape May Zoo BWT: New Jersey Audubon Society Cape May Bird Observatory Center for 600 Route 47 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Phone:(609) 861-0700 www.njaudubon.org/cre. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are active in numbers at the feeders From Press staff reports LOWER TOWNSHIP - A local police officer shot a German shepherd Tuesday in the Villas after the dog attacked a small Chihuahua and would not release it. Class II Officer Michael Kennedy fired a single round from . Capemay This is from the stripercam view of my favorite CapeMay location. It is the southern most location in NJ. The beach is a lot longer than what they are showing. Around the other side of the lighthouse is Sunset Beach on the Delaware Bay The Nature Center of Cape May is continuing Wednesday night Family Fun Fests and Campfire Circles with Christmas in July at6 pm Wednesday and Myth Busters on Aug. 1. Both evening activities include crafts, games and music for children . Cape May Nj From Press staff reports CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The county Prosecutor's Office said 18 people have been arrested this week on drug charges following an investigation into a southern Cape May County drug ring CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Consider it a Muscle Beach for shelter doggies. An outdoor agility course with hoops and stairs and tubes to provide exercise for animals being kept at the Cape May County Animal Shelter is part of an effort a . Cape May Ferry Registration begins for tech school classes Many new courses are available this fall today through the Technical School District’s Evening and Continuing Education program. Registration starts today and extends into September CAPE MAY POINT — Pete Pietras tracked it as it crossed Delaware, knowing that it could mean nothing or it could mean everything to his job of keeping bathers safe. Pietras, 37, a Cape May Point native and beach patrol captain since . Cape May Lewes Ferry Lower Township Tuskegee airmen at aviation museum Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum will present former members of the Tuskegee Airmen at 7 pm Tuesday at the museum, located at the Cape May County Airport in Erma. Dr. Eugene J CAPE MAY - If it were a movie, the people who attended the City Council meeting Tuesday afternoon would have left shaking their heads, wondering what the ending meant. Actually, that's pretty much what they did

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Cape May Zoo AVALON — The two dozen members of the civic group Save Avalon's Dunes that showed up to 5299 Dune Drive on Saturday morning to protest the construction of a 15000-square-foot mansion received an unexpected glimpse into the lives of . CAPE MAY - Frances Young has lived on a quaint little street in this seaside resort for 53 years. It's so quaint that cars have ended up in her yard. It's so quaint her own car once got damaged when a carriage horse, which had been hit . Capemay . local man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after his vehicle struck a utility pole and overturned on Route 9 in Ocean View, State Police at the Woodbine barracks said. Police said Alexander Colin, of Cape May CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Authorities arrested 31 people on drug charges in the past two days as the investigation into a southern Cape May County drug ring continues. The county Prosecutor's Office on Thursday said the men and women, . Cape May Nj 9/11 memorial set The Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders will hold Cape May County's Sixth Annual Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony at 5 pm Tuesday, Sept. 11 outside the front entrance of the County Administration Building, . CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - All those summer visitors with flip-flops and sunburns have helped Cape May County get more money to fight terrorism and respond to disasters. This year, the state's southernmost county will receive a larger . Cape May Ferry CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE —The screening of potential jurors — a process that falls somewhere between the formality of a job interview and the intimacy of a first date — will continue Monday in the Gerald Daniels murder case Meerwald sails to Cape May The AJ Meerwald, New Jersey’s official Tall Ship, will dock at Utsch’s Marina, 1121 Route 109, in Cape May in from Friday, July 27, through Thursday, Aug. 30. There will be a free open house from 10 am to . Cape May Lewes Ferry CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County jail is defending itself in multiple lawsuits filed this summer by inmates alleging that corrections officers beat or sexually assaulted inmates. The latest lawsuit was filed this month in US . UPPER TOWNSHIP — A state lawmaker is hosting a meeting Friday of state and Cape May County officials over the future of the Beesleys Point Bridge. Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, said he will help mediate . Cape May Zoo Cape May Talent show set for Aug. 27 Hotel and Guest Night, a Cape May tradition that dates back to the 1940s, will be held at 7 pm Monday, Aug. 27, at the Cape May Convention Hall. In the '40s and '50s, hotel staff and guests came . MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Police said a Voorhees woman was killed following a one-car collision Friday afternoon. Joan Cohen, 65, was alone and heading south on Route 47 in Rio Grande. At about 2:45 pm, police said, her vehicle hit a . Capemay Cape May Amateur radio members at lighthouse Members of Cape May County Amateur Radio Club (CMCARC) will operate from the Cape May Lighthouse on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19 for the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend CAPE MAY - Gov. Jon S. Corzine drew cheers from union leaders at The Grand Hotel on Tuesday as he championed labor issues ranging from the right to organize to winning paid family leave. The governor, in a rare visit to Cape May County, . Cape May Nj WILDWOOD CREST — Two Pennsylvania men were arrested Thursday after they were found with hollow-point ammunition during a traffic stop, police said. According to police reports, officers noticed a handgun in the glove box of a car . STONE HARBOR — The New Jersey Audubon Society wants the state to beef up protection for nesting shorebirds at Champagne Island. This shifting sandbar in Hereford Inlet is home to the state's largest colony of rare black skimmers Cape May Ferry MAYS LANDING — To a foodie with an entrepreneurial bent, it was enticing. Andrew Reichel, formerly a special-events photographer who lives in Hammonton, stumbled upon the Simply Fondue restaurant chain on a business trip to Dallas, . CAPE MAY — The Cape May Stage will dedicate its 154-year-old building Saturday to a late Hollywood and Broadway actor from the 1940s and 1950s who vacationed in Cape May. Robert Shackleton, a World War II veteran and dashing actor who . Cape May Lewes Ferry MARGATE — This town has plenty of restaurants where you can bring your own wine. But it only has one giant elephant, and now it has one BYOB restaurant with an elephant view. Most of the seats at I Love Lucy's Beach Grille also have . Cape May MAC receives grant for Physick House The Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders presented the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, MAC, with a $9000 grant from the Arts, History and Cultural Fund to help support the Emlen .

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Cape May Zoo This year, the adults go for revenge. That is the flavor leading into the second annual Cape May County Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship set for Thursday night here at Harpoon Henry’s on Beach Drive. There were 64. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A 29-year-old Middle Township man got help from his father and mother in a drug-distribution ring in southern Cape May County, the Prosecutor’s Office said Monday. Authorities seized cocaine, prescription . Capemay CAPE MAY - City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to increase parking meter rates from 75 cents to $1 per hour but also passed an amendment to delay the change until next year. The increase, which is expected to raise an . CAPE MAY - City Council listened to the public Tuesday night and then soundly rejected zoning changes recommended by the local Planning Board. This ordinance will not ever come up again, said Mayor Jerry Inderwies after the 5-0 vote . Cape May Nj Members of the Cape May County Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Cape May Lighthouse on Saturday and Sunday, for the International Light-house/Lightship Weekend. Weather permitting, they are scheduled to meet at the Lighthouse at . GED testing set The Cape May County Technical School District will have GED testing from 4 to 9 pm Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 4 and 5, and again Sept. 26 and 27 for registered candidates only. People interested in the two-day test . Cape May Ferry By BRIAN IANIERIInside the historic Tuckahoe train station, public officials on Friday afternoon pitched NJ Transit for $27 million in track repairs for an excursion line from Richland to Cape May. More than a dozen elected officials . From Press staff reports The Coast Guard's cutter Dependable, which is based in Cape May, rescued four people from the water Sunday off the coast of Florida after their ship started taking on water. Two adults and two boys who were in . Cape May Lewes Ferry MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - During 31 years of living and birding together, Clay and Pat Sutton have participated in many environmental milestones, including the movements to create the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge and restore the bald eagle . GED testing set The Cape May County Technical School District will have GED testing from 4 to 9 pm Sept. 4 and 5, and again Sept. 26 and 27 for registered candidates only. People interested in the two-day test must attend a mandatory . Cape May Zoo From Press staff reports A US Coast Guard helicopter crew from Egg Harbor Township helped rescue four people after their 26-foot boat broke down in the ocean about 20 miles southeast of Cape May, a spokesman said Saturday CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Signs coming to county playgrounds and parks will designate the facilities pesticide-free zones after a state environmental group pushed for the labeling in its efforts to keep pesticides away from children Capemay From Press staff reportsCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A former Cape May County corrections officer was indicted this week on two counts of official misconduct after he allegedly had sexual contact with two inmates at the county jail in . Music in park The Cape May County Park and Zoo will host “Early Bird Tunes†from 4 to 6:30 pm every Wednesday in August at the zoo, located at 707 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House. There will be free live entertainment, . Cape May Nj MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Authorities are offering as much as $4000 in reward money to locate antique harpoons, nautical instruments and Civil War memorabilia stolen from the Cape May County Museum earlier this year. Middle Township police said . 5:45 pm Update - CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Republicans in the 1st Legislative District called for immigration reform Tuesday in the wake of this month's Newark triple slaying. The execution-style shootings of four college students Aug Cape May Ferry CAPE MAY POINT — “Coming to Cape May and not bird-watching is like going to Arizona and not seeing the Grand Canyon.†Don Freiday stands firmly behind that statement. And if he gets his way, that statement will encourage people to . The United Way of Cape May County kicked off its most popular fundraiser with a splash Sunday. Retired United Way mascot Ducky revisited his old quacking grounds at Raging Waters water park for a quick dip in the pool and to help sell . Cape May Lewes Ferry CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A jury Monday found Gerald Daniels guilty of murdering 81-year-old Wallace Savitz — stabbing him 157 times — in his Wildwood apartment in June 2004. Elizabeth Reilly, Savitz’s stepdaughter, . New York City has offered New Jersey 600 stainless steel subway cars for placement on the offshore artificial reefs, triggering yet another debate about whether they will become fish habitat or ocean trash

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