Villas News

Villas Firefighters use the Jaws-of-life to extricate accident victims. Herald Photo by: Robert F. NewKirk VILLASa ' At least three people were injured, one seriously, on Bayshore Road and West Florida Avenue on Tuesday, July 7 around 5:25 p.m. The Villas Fire Department was requested to the scene with the Jaws-of-Life for a rescue assignment, ...

The charge stems from an incident of domestic violence, police said. Also served two failure to appear warrants, Matthews was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $11,100 bail.

Samantha Piro, an early childhood education major from Erma, was named to the dean's list at Chestnut Hill College for the spring 2009 semester.

This past weekend, Friday June 26th to Sunday June 28th, the Middle Township Police Department responded to 325 Calls for Service.

COURT HOUSE a ' According to county Prosecutor Robert Taylor and Lower Township Police Chief Ed Donohue, a Villas man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Douglas Jewell used to be the Herald's sports editor. He used to be a PGA caddie.

A Cape May man is in critical condition after his car veered off the Garden State Parkway and landed in a tidal wetlands, New Jersey State Police reported last night in a press release.

Township Planner William Galestok has finished the fourth draft of the Wind Energy Conversion System, also known as windmill, ordinance for Lower Township.

CREST HAVEN a ' Freeholder Gerald Thornton announced that the Cape May County Department of Aging will hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment on its proposed Area Plan Grant on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 1 p.m. The hearing will focus on the plan that covers services the county intends to fund from 2010 through 2012.

ERMA a ' Lower Township Police Department received over 3,152 calls for service during the month of May.

VILLAS a ' A motorist crashed a Chevy Equinox through the front doors of Huffman's Floor Coverings, Weber Avenue and Bayshore Road, Thursday June 18 about 11:45 a.m. There were no injuries.

VILLAS a ' The state is offering a 10-year, a zero interest loan for Lower Township residents to connect to the municipal water system.

All Items in Police Beat are based on official police reports of events. Reports are published by The Daily Journal as soon as they are made available.

The Center for Community Arts will hold summer art camps for kids ages 10 a ' 14.

June displays at Lower Cape library VILLAS-The Lower Cape Branch of the Cape May County Library is will over offer the following displays during June: drawings and paintings by Villas' artist Cheryl Crews that reflect the concept 'Study the Master and Draw from Nature'; United States Coast Guard and Navy memorabilia presented by Tim Kelly; and ...

For the past 17 years, Lower Township has been working with residents to improve their communities by promoting both housing rehabilitation and community pride.

VILLAS a ' Lower Township police on May 28 at approximately 10 p.m. while conducting a drug interdiction operation in the Shawcrest section of Lower Township arrested a subject who was in the process of delivering heroin.

To The Editor: Ia ve decided to try something new in representing Ward 1 of Lower Township.

VILLAS a ' Join the Herald for a flyover of Villas, Ponderlodge, North Cape May and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry from a county Department of Mosquito Control helicopter, hovering at a height of about 400 feet at a speed of 60 miles per hour.

He was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $24,453.74 bail. * Gregory C. Timmons, 54, of Edgewood Avenue, was arrested Thursday on a failure to appear warrant and released after posting the required amount of $2,500 bail.