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4 days ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
WILDWOOD CREST – The borough commissioners have introduced an ordinance designed to clarify efforts to control overcrowding in non-transient rental units and related noise and traffic. The ordinance, introduced April 9, amends the municipal code to set occupancy limitations for such rental units. Mayor Don Cabrera said the new measure clarifies the means for calculating how many people can legally stay in a unit.
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4 days ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
Travelers using Route 49 into Cumberland County should be aware of the status of a wildfire that grew to as large as 1,000 acres by Friday, April 18, but by Saturday morning was reported to be about 50% contained. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection provided several images from the so-named Danny’s wildfire in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland.
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6 days ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
BURLEIGH – Middle Township police, assisted by the county prosecutor’s office and SWAT team, have made a third drug arrest in about a month in the Burleigh section of the township. On Friday, April 11, the Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at the Meadowbrook Motel at 605 N. Wildwood Blvd.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
WILDWOOD – Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. denied a request by former political rival and current Commissioner Krista McConnell to be appointed the Class I member of the Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustments and instead appointed his son Ryan as the mayor’s designee to the board. McConnell, who served as the Class I Planning/Zoning Board member from January 2020 to the end of last year, said she expressed an interest in the Class I position to the mayor.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
NORTH WILDWOOD – A Wednesday afternoon drive in the city ended with a stop at the Cape May County jail for two Salem men after two city police detectives saw them commit multiple traffic violations. The men were subsequently charged with drug possession and other crimes.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
CREST HAVEN – Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the county commissioners April 8 that the traditional funding formula for beach restorations would be used to fund the proposed New Jersey back bays project. A report titled the New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Risk Management Study and released in November 2024 called for elevating 6,421 homes and flood-proofing 279 critical infrastructure facilities.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
COURT HOUSE – Four Burleigh residents, including an individual arrested on March 13, were arrested on Friday, April 11, on drug charges. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Middle Township Police Chief Tracey Super announced that as a result of a search warrant executed that day at their residences, Augustine “Trina” Stesney, 59, Katlyn Williams, 29, and Amanda Conway, 35, were arrested. Also arrested was Jason Popplewell, 40.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
NORTH WILDWOOD – The City Council has approved an extension of the operating hours of the Seaport Pier bar and restaurant during the Barefoot Country Music Fest in Wildwood. SPTWO, which operates the restaurant under a state liquor license, by city code must normally cease all sales and consumption of alcohol by 1 a.m. However, the operator asked to be allowed to continue service until 3 a.m. during the music festival, which runs June 19 to 22.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
WILDWOOD – Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said the $42 million budget’s adoption by the city commissioners April 9 was the earliest he could remember a budget’s being approved. “We’ve never had a budget completed this early,” Troiano said. Under the 2025 budget the municipal tax rate will rise by 2.9 cents, from $1.612 to $1.631 per $100 of assessed value. The owner of a house assessed at $225,000, the city average, would pay an additional $23 in taxes for city purposes.
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1 week ago | 
capemaycountyherald.com | Christopher South
VILLAS – Lower Township pickleballers will be able to bring their game close to home after six new pickleball courts are constructed between the government complex and the senior center on Bayshore Road. Township Manager Mike Laffey said pickleball continues to grow in popularity, and the township recently completed a pickleball court project in Diamond Beach. The township plans to spend about $456,000 for the new courts.
