Cape May County News

This summer marks 15 years since a local corrections officer was killed in the line of duty.

Several dozen law enforcement, emergency management and military organizations took part in the first full-scale active shooter exercise aboard a Coast Guard training center Thursday morning.

According to Cape May County Clerk Rita Fulginiti, school board candidate filing deadline is 4 p.m. next Tuesday, June 5 in the County Clerk's Office, located at 7 North Main Street in Cape May Court House.

Experts finished their investigation of the May 20 fire that destroyed a $2.6 million home on Beach Road and determined that electrical wiring to a ceiling fan in a second-floor living area caused the blaze, acting Fire Chief Charles Bowman said on Wednesday.

Fifty years after the Storm of '62 battered the East Coast for three days, leaving 40 dead, 1,000 injured and 1,259 Cape May County homes destroyed, the Ocean City Historical Museum will unveil a summer exhibit dedicated to the devastating nor'easter. The exhibit opens Friday, June 1, and will run through Sept.

The red knot was spotted today in Reeds Beach by the scientist who banded it nearly two decades ago.

The Friends of The Ocean City Pops awarded prizes to eight students in the secondA annual Esther C. Weil Student Music Competition on May 15 on the Ocean City Music Pier.

This past weekend started the beginning of the 2012 vacation season, especially at the New Jersey shore .

Communities here in South Jersey continued tonight to pay tribute to the men and women who have given their lives in the name of our country's freedom.

Memorial Day is here and it's time to get ready for the best time of the year: beach season! Wondering how much it will cost to buy badges to your favorite beach? Curious on where to park, if your dog is allowed on the boards, if you have to head back to the car for food and drink? All the answers are right here.

Wondering how much beach tags will cost this year? Where to park? If you can bring your dog? A We've got the skinny on your day trips for the rest of the summer right here.

Ten days after it opened to full traffic and a day before Memorial Day Weekend, officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the progress of the Route 52 causeway project.

Two large banners are hung at the entrance to the beach in Wildwood bearing the names of every victim of the Sept.

Experts from the Ocean City Fire Department, Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and Ocean City Police Department are continuing their investigation into what caused the May 20 fire that destroyed a $2.6 million home on Beach Road.

The way education funding is handed out from the state, the Wildwood school district is at a disadvantage, according to Superintendent Dennis Anderson.

Chuck Betson,A one of the region's best-known sports reporters and commentators, brings his radio show to a new frequency this week.

Ryan W. Cluff, 20, of Cape May, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after he lost control of his 2000 Ford F150 and struck a utility pole.

Neither method is recommended, said Kevin Thomas of the Cape May County Department of Health.

After months of controversy, the security fencing along the Garden State Parkway is being removed.

There's nothing like the look of joy in your dog's eyes after a nice afternoon at the dog park.