Harvey Cedars News

Nearly a decade after a first attempt, residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to abandon the commission form of municipal government.

Jack-o'-lantern has been beaten to the punch by Jack Frost. With Halloween still two weeks away, the state's first Nor'easter of the season coated parts of Sussex and Morris counties with snow , while nearly two inches of rain was expected to be dumped on coastal New Jersey.

To help balance the budget in two consecutive years, Gov. Jon Corzine used a total of more than $15 million from the Shore Protection Fund, money the fund's supporters say is essential to attracting federal money for beach renourishment projects.

Despite the desperate efforts of his home health aide who was overcome by smoke, a disabled, 86-year-old man died in a fire that consumed his home at 8 W. 60th St.

Hearing about the 62-year-old woman who passed out, three-quarters up the stairs of the Barnegat Lighthouse the week before last, my first thought was, 'that poor old woman.' My second thought was "wait a minute - she's younger than I am - where did "old" come from? Not only is she younger, she had the chutzpah to tackle that really scary spiral ...

Vickie and Todd Swiontek of Lancaster County returned to Cape May Point yesterday to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary and found the scenes only September can bring.

This week's renewed erosion at the south end of Long Beach Island has residents looking again for government help to widen the beach, a year after a similar early-season gale chewed away at a stretch of beach with a historic tendency to dissolve into new inlets.

Beaches on Long Beach Island are open today, a day after medical waste washed up on the shore, said Tim Hilferty, director of the Long Beach Island Health Department.

OCEAN CITY a ' During the week of Aug. 23-30, Ocean City police made the following arrests: On 8/23/09, Dominic Raynes, age 30, of Gibbstown was arrested for an active warrant and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.

A Blackwood man was arrested Thursday evening on a charge of theft having been caught with more than $3,000 worth of boat equipment, borough police said.

The food-prep and eating areas meld into one, another must for Mary Anne Berry: "Otherwise, you miss out on a lot.

After being approached by Mayor Joseph H. Mancini about hosting an event that would lure water enthusiasts to Bayview Park, Island Surf and Sail conceived the Ladies Paddle Challenge.

A Blackwood man was arrested Thursday evening on a charge of theft having been caught with more than $3,000 worth of boat equipment, borough police said.

The best breakfast on LBI? Try Mustache Bill's in Barnegat Light. Since I gave you some of my favorite shore bars with views last week, it's only fitting to offer some food finds this week.

Author Margaret Buchholz will visit the Cape May County Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22nd for a book reading and signing.

At first impression of The Plantation restaurant in Harvey Cedars, the interior had an old tavern feel, lit dimly, but brightly enough, with a stone tile floor and comfortable wooden chairs.

Jamie Frame of Woodbridge carries beach items as he and daughter Brigid make their way to the beach at Harvey Cedars Sunday.

The House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee has earmarked $600,000 for the ongoing Long Beach Island Beach replenishment project in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Thursday.

A gross display greeted some New Jersey beachgoers Sunday when medical waste began washing up at high tide along an eight-mile stretch of beach from North Surf City to Barnegat Light .

Residents of 80th Street and Bay Terrace are one step closer to realizing relief from the traffic that they say clogs their streets.