Car fire on Garden State Parkway
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – A car burned for a few minutes on the northbound side of the Garden State Parkway about a mile north of Exit 6 Tuesday evening, April 7, before firefighters from […]
Blessing of the Waters April 11 honors lives lost at sea while fishing
CAPE MAY HARBOR — The annual Blessing of the Waters ceremony is set this year for 11 a.m. April 11 at the Fisherman’s Memorial overlooking Cape May Harbor. Located where Missouri and Baltimore avenues intersect […]
Primary slate includes four for Congress
CAPE MAY — Four Democrats are competing in the primary June 2, hoping to challenge U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew for his seat in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District on Election Day in November. They […]
Bayly Winder running in Democratic primary for Congress
Q&A with the Star and Wave CAPE MAY − Fourth-generation New Jerseyan Bayly Winder is one of four Democrats challenging U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew for his seat in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. Winder […]
Terri Reese running in Democratic primary for Congress
Q&A with the Star and Wave CAPE MAY − Lifelong Northfield resident Terri Reese is one of four Democrats challenging U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew for his seat in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. Reese […]
Zack Mullock running in Democratic primary for Congress
Q&A with the Star and Wave CAPE MAY− Lifelong Cape May resident and two-term mayor Zack Mullock is one of four Democrats challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew for his seat in New Jersey’s […]
Tim Alexander running in Democratic primary for Congress
Q&A with the Star and Wave CAPE MAY−Lifelong New Jersey resident and civil rights lawyer Tim Alexander is one of four Democrats challenging U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew for his seat in New Jersey’s 2nd […]
Michael J. Torpey Jr., 80
Michael J. Torpey Jr. passed away peacefully March 30, 2026, in Cape May, N.J., after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Born Jan. 21, 1946, in Gloucester City, N.J., Mike lived a life marked by […]
Wister Harvey ‘Barney’ Dougherty, 94
Wister Harvey “Barney” Dougherty was a true Cape May local. Chances are, if you ask anyone in Cape May about Barney Dougherty, they are going to have a story or two to tell you. Barney […]
John Lawrence Fitzgerald
John Lawrence Fitzgerald, one of the original “Margaret Mace Babies” was born April 4, 1933 in North Wildwood, N.J., at the former Margaret Mace Hospital. He was raised by his mother, the late Mary Ellen […]
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