PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY
LGBTQ+ crowd comes out for march CAPE MAY — Equality Cape May welcomed Pride Month on June 7 with its annual Pride March & Party. This year’s theme was “Unapologetically Us,” and the event was […]
Historic architecture, modern conveniences join for terrific home
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May Court House has changed quite a lot in the past 20 years, adjusting the borders, the size and even the definition of what kind of town it is. […]
Cyclist follows in family’s tire tracks
Michigan man matches father’s, cousin’s cross-country trek OCEAN CITY — On Sunday, Tim Adams completed a cross-country bicycle trip that took him 3,400 miles from Los Angeles, Calif., to Ocean City, N.J. It was the […]
NEWS
Voters would have final say on school merger
ERMA — Cape May and West Cape May residents ultimately will have the final say regarding whether their school districts consolidate. The findings of a feasibility study on a potential merger between Cape May City […]
Sisters competing for Miss N.J. title this week in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — Molly and Melody Pugliese, sisters from Egg Harbor Township, are both competing for the title of Miss New Jersey this week in Ocean City. They want people to know the pageant is […]
Cape May Point having issues with Pavilion Circle wells
CAPE MAY POINT — Commissioner Suzanne Yunghans said there have been several unanticipated problems this year at Pavilion Circle. During the June 9 meeting, she said the issues include irrigation, high levels of iron in […]
Villas man faces drug charges
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Lower Township Police Chief Donald Vanaman announced the arrest of Hector L. Melendez, 31, of Villas, on drug-distribution charges. On June 10, […]
Lower Township pool will not open for summer
VILLAS — A renovation project will not be complete and Lower Township will not open its municipal pool for the 2026 season, and residents have just one question: Why? “I know it’s an unpopular decision,” […]
Real Estate
Historic architecture, modern conveniences join for terrific home
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May Court House has changed quite a lot in the past 20 years, adjusting the borders, the size and even the definition of what kind of town it is. […]
Cape May Harbor view sensational from decks, inside of fantastic condo
CAPE MAY — Cape May Harbor has a recorded history stretching back a few centuries, when Dutch whalers hid out from very non-fictional pirates cruising the coastline for easy victims, and whaling camps were the […]
North Cape May single entertainment hotspot close to Delaware Bay
NORTH CAPE MAY — Popular lore has it that the warren of streets given nearly rhyming names in North Cape May carry all the monikers of the developer’s family members. The neighborhood boasts a Suzanne, […]
Home north of canal off the beaten track, close to all the action
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Portsmouth Road is just north of the Cape May Canal in the area commonly referred to as Tranquility, after the oldest housing development to pop up there, just west of the Garden […]
Location in charming borough tops the list of terrific features
CAPE MAY POINT — Few locations on the East Coast can offer what one small neighborhood on the tip of Cape Island holds: the swoop of the lighthouse beacon over the rooftops at night, the […]
Sports
Softball team shows growth with successful season
Lower Cape May Regional wins seven in a row, triples win total from 2025 ERMA — The Caper Tiger softball team got knocked out of the sectional tournament early but posted a solid season, which […]
Caper Tigers medal at county track championship
OCEAN CITY – The Caper Tiger girls and boys track teams each finished third overall at the 2026 Cape May County Track and Field Championships May 5 at Ocean City High School. The host school […]
Caper Tigers race at Cape-Atlantic League Track and Field Championships
BUENA – The Caper Tigers competed at the Cape-Atlantic League Track and Field Championships Saturday at Buena Regional High School. Senior Ella Biersbach finished fourth in the girls long jump finals with her leap of […]
Girls lacrosse team hoping to compete in conference
Caper Tigers scoring goals, even against tough competition, but need defense to step up OCEAN CITY — In the tough American Conference, the Caper Tiger girls lacrosse team has had to face some of the […]
Rivals Lower, Middle baseball teams split series
Caper Tigers win first, battle back to tie second game but Panthers take 8-6 victory ERMA — After weeks of iffy weather, it was a beautiful evening for baseball April 14 when the Middle Township […]
Obituaries
ELIZABETH RITA MILLER, 85
Elizabeth Rita (Verdecchio) Miller, born on Aug. 23, 1940, in Penns Grove, N.J., passed away peacefully on May 10, 2026. Liz was the second of four children to Pietro Verdecchio and Alvera (nee DeClemente) Verdecchio. […]
JAY ROBERT SCHATZ, 85
Jay Robert Schatz, 85, of Cape May, passed away peacefully May 8, 2026, at Cooper Cape Regional Hospital. Jay was born in Peru, Ill., in 1940. Before he graced Cape May with his outsized personality, […]
SISTER KATHRYN McTAGUE, 92
Sister Kathryn McTague SSJ, formerly Sister Edward Angela, lovingly known as Sister Kay, passed peacefully on March 30, 2026, at age 92. Sister Kay began her ministry as an educator in parishes in Philadelphia, Bethlehem […]
