Following are capsules of news stories reported by the Herald from Aug. 26 through Sept. 1:
Roughly a dozen residents who spoke at an Aug. 28 forum on the school district’s $26.5 million bonding referendum were almost uniformly against the bond issue and the tax increase that would result.
Beacon Animal Rescue reopened this summer after being shut down by the Cape May County Health Department in March due to unsanitary conditions and other violations.
Avalon has opened bids for the Bay Side Marina project, finding the low bid was 18% below the town’s engineering estimate. The $8.6 million bid came from Fred M. Schiavone Construction of Malaga, the firm responsible for the construction of Surfside Park, a popular destination in the borough.
A woman lying on a Wildwood beach suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries when a Police Department pickup truck ran over her on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew and South Jersey Republican state legislators are calling for investigations of electricity rate increases by Atlantic City Electric.
A U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state visited the city Aug. 27 to learn more about how the J-1 visa program is working under one of the region’s largest employers of international student workers.
Joe Salerno, a local businessman and Democrat who is challenging Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew for the 2nd Congressional District seat, says the House of Representatives needs members who are pragmatic.
Two Stone Harbor Borough Council seats and the mayor’s chair are open in the Nov. 5 general election; the council seats are uncontested, but two candidates, Council member Tim Carney and local businessman Robert Ross, are competing for the mayoralty.
Contrary to initial fears that the Middle Thorofare Bridge might be closed for weeks after the drawbridge motor failed Aug. 17, the Cape May County Bridge Commission was able to reopen it within a few days after locating a new motor.
Two experts gave reports on the borough’s finances at a work session of the Stone Harbor Borough Council. Michael Garcia, Stone Harbor’s external auditor, and Rick Richardella, leader of a state team from the Department of Community Affairs, gave the presentations.
After the announcement on Friday, Aug. 9, that the Wonderland Pier in Ocean City would close after this season, disappointed community members responded with a petition drive in an effort to keep it open and prevent the possible construction of a “mega hotel” at the site at 600 Boardwalk.
Four candidates are vying in the Nov. 5 election for a Cape May City Council seat that opened when Michael Yeager decided to step down. Mayor Zach Mullock is running for reelection this year unopposed.
A 90-foot fishing vessel, the F/V Jersey Cape, out of Lund’s Fisheries, lost power Friday evening Aug. 30 and became pinned against the Middle Thorofare Bridge, resulting in the span’s being closed for about 10 hours overnight while the vessel was being freed. The crew was reported as shaken up but uninjured.
