Ocean City High School girls win county track title
Curtis, Nnewihe triple individual winners in cool, messy conditions OCEAN CITY — Senior Sophia Curtis and junior Naomi Nnewihe were triple individual winners Thursday, leading the Raider girls track team to victory at the 2024 Cape May County Track and Field Championships held at Ocean City High School. Curtis also was part of the winning […]
Ocean City High School boys track are county champions
Forster a triple winner in rain-soaked meet OCEAN CITY — John Paul Forster was a triple winner for the champion Ocean City High School boys track team at the rain-soaked Cape May County Track and Field Championships on Thursday at OCHS. The meet featured athletes from OCHS, Middle Township, Wildwood, Wildwood Catholic and Lower Cape […]
Villas woman charged this week in 2023 death of her child
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – A Villas woman was charged Thursday, May 9, with manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child surrounding the 2023 death of her six-month-old son. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Kevin Lewis of the Lower Township Police Department announced the arrest of Michelle Stanton, 29, of […]
Ocean City Pride Fest June 1 hosted by We Belong Cape May County
OCEAN CITY – We Belong Cape May County is proud to bring back OC Pride Fest for its second year on June 1. Starting at 9 a.m. at Sixth Street and the Boardwalk, join special guest Michael J. Hartman for an opening ceremony and Pride Walk. Hartman currently serves as the chief of staff for […]
Cape May County residents can get paid on-the-job-training
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – The Cape May County Division of Workforce Development On-the-Job (OJT) training program provides county residents the opportunity to be paid while learning a new trade or skill that leads to full-time employment. Eligible residents must be: 18 years of age or older, unemployed, laid-off, or under employed. The OJT program matches […]
Cape May County correction officer guilty of sexual assault of a minor
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – On Friday, April 12, a jury found Jonathan Perez, a correction officer from the Cape May County Correctional Center, guilty on four charges, including sexual assault of a minor. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Sheriff Robert Nolan announced the verdict in a press release Friday afternoon. A […]
Correction officer guilty of sexual assault of a minor
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – On Friday, April 12, a jury found Jonathan Perez, a correction officer from the Cape May County Correctional Center, guilty on four charges, including sexual assault of a minor. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Sheriff Robert Nolan announced the verdict in a press release Friday afternoon. A […]
Ocean Wind 1 legal fight ensues
Ocean City, citizen groups, Cape May County trying to stop first of wind farms proposed off coast of Atlantic, Cape May counties OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City fights to stop Ocean Wind 1 from using its beaches and streets for transmission lines, Cape May County has hired a pair of attorneys to battle wind […]
Cape May County to fight Ørsted, Ocean Wind 1, 2
Commissioners cite impact on marine life, tourism, commercial fishing, loss of home rule, threaten legal action ‘on all fronts’ CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County Board of County Commissioners is formally opposing the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm and the Danish company’s adjacent proposed wind farm, Ocean Wind 2, and threatening […]
County may replace Marshallville Road bridge
Plan is to put up a pedestrian bridge that matches design of historic bridge MARSHALLVILLE — Closed for nearly 20 years, the Marshallville Road bridge may be demolished and replaced with a pedestrian span. The state Historic Preservation Office (HPO) is scheduled to discuss Cape May County’s plan to replace the bridge during a meeting […]