Sea gulls appear to have become increasingly aggressive in Ocean City this summer, despite a $328,000 contract for trained falcons to chase them away. Members of City Council said last week that they have heard an increasing number of complaints recently.
Homeowners facing serious problems with how their manufactured homes were installed at The Oaks of Weymouth got some good news Friday, when U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew visited with a representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-NJ, made his way to Atlantic City for a Democratic rally and to donate $500,000 to Margate for Lucy the Elephant's interior restoration over the weekend.
Representatives of the USDA; U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, and other officials gathered Friday at the Charlesworth Hotel and Restaurant in Downe Township to break ground on a $33 million wastewater treatment facility.
The state Department of Community Affairs is well known here, as its Division of Local Government Services oversees the state takeover of the city. But Commissioner Jacqueline Suarez and some of her staff made it clear Thursday that the department does more than just keep an eye on the resor…
Longport is addressing a rat problem stemming from the borough's Beach Patrol boathouse and Fire Department, officials said.
After almost a full day of negotiations led by a Superior Court judge, there is a settlement agreement among the city, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and the city's casinos in the lawsuit challenging the Atlantic Avenue "road diet."
Middle Township joined other Cape May County towns to approve a resolution calling for the state to move slowly and carefully in adopting new rules related to future development in the face of rising seas and a changing climate. While barrier island communities have been in focus, they heard from a consultant who said mainland townships would also see a significant impact, as proposed.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, will host a hearing on offshore wind Tuesday in Brigantine.
Honors and partings topped the agenda for Middle Township Committee on Monday, with recognition for three retiring police veterans and the addition of a portrait of former Mayor Tim Donohue to the wall of the meeting room.
Upper Township officials recently announced a $925,000 grant from the Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, the only community in Cape May County to receive funding from the program this year.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew led nearly a dozen Hamilton Township and Atlantic County officials on a tour of the Lake Lenape Dam on Monday to get a glimpse of the progress made on the multimillion-dollar reconstruction project.
New Jersey residents will get one in-person chance to speak their minds about new rules related to climate change under consideration by the state Department of Environmental Protection, along with two virtual meetings.
A midsummer ordinance approved by the Township Committee in a unanimous vote will give more authority to parking enforcement.
Atlantic City International Airport and airports in Ocean City, Hammonton, Woodbine and Millville will receive Federal Aviation Administration grants to make improvements to runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit connections and roadway projects.
Indicted Camden County Democratic political boss and insurance executive George E. Norcross III has kept a low public profile in the Atlantic City area, but that doesn't mean his influence here isn't deep and wide. While he has never run for office, or taken an official public role here, Norcross has been at the table when small numbers of people met to shape the future of Atlantic City, the county and the region.
Applications for a first-time homeowner lottery will be up on the city's website Monday, Atlantic City officials have said.
Margate is looking to bond $3 million to turn the former Liberty gas station on Ventnor Avenue into a 30-spot parking lot, despite concerns from a commissioner and some residents.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, introduced a resolution Wednesday to honor correctional officers, particularly those who have died in the line of duty.
Towns in Cape May County and other seaside areas are asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to move slowly and consider the potential economic impact of proposed changes to flood protection rules. The state says the changes will improve protection for a warmer, stormier future.
Atlantic City has had enough of dogs and reptiles loose on its beaches and Boardwalk. The city is proposing tougher rules for both, and would prohibit them during the summer.
Egg Harbor Township has the funds in place to begin making upgrades to a section of Coolidge Avenue. Work was expected to start this week.
New Jersey hasn't elected a Republican senator in over 50 years. Developer Curtis Bashaw hopes to change that. Watch the full interview on "The Point with Marcia Kramer."
At least 200 boats made their way from Ocean City about 32 miles south to Cape May in a parade in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
From its start in the early 20th century, Whitesboro ran its own affairs, functionally independent of the municipality around it, according to a local historian. Now, some people want Whitesboro to separate from Middle Township and incorporate as its own municipality.
At least 200 boats made their way from Ocean City about 32 miles south to Cape May in a parade in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
After a cordial campaign leading to the nonpartisan election, Jody Levchuk and challenger Amie Vaules this week traded barbs after Levchuk asserted that Vaules was not a resident of Ocean City but rather a legal resident of Florida.
The Atlantic City Housing Authority board passed an amended plan for transferring residents out of the troubled Stanley Holmes Village complex Thursday night.
Long delayed work can soon begin along Lafayette Street in Cape May with an agreement between the city and a power company that has been working for years on remediation of a site where coal had been processed a century ago.
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