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Back to school began Tuesday in Cape May County with students returning to the classroom, and firing up their laptops for remote learning.  Middle Township High School was among the school districts holding in-person instruction on Tuesday.  The school district reports on its social media page that the high school had a smooth opening day. …

Governor Murphy overruled the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and reversed a plan to take down American flags put up by the public on Turnpike and Parkway overpasses.  Murphy says he suspended that for the time being.  The New Jersey Turnpike Authority planned to take down all of the flags that were put up following 9/11 …

Cape May County has 105 coronavirus cases, and most of them are on mainland communities.  67 of the county’s active cases are in Lower, Middle, Upper, and Dennis townships, and Woodbine.  Six new resident cases were reported on Tuesday with the o...

New Jersey has reported five additional deaths from coronavirus.  However, Governor Murphy confirmed that these deaths took place two months ago.  There were 284 new cases of the virus reported Tuesday.  The rate of transmission has ticked up to 1.1 percent, and that’s largely due to a high volume of tests that have been conducted …

New Jersey has once again added the states of Delaware and Maryland to the quarantine list.  State officials announced Tuesday morning that those two states join Ohio and West Virginia as quarantine states.  Anyone who visits these states are asked to ...

Sturdy Savings Bank announced today that Gregory Matuson has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer.  Matuson is also an Executive Vice President at the bank and previously served as Chief Financial Officer.  Sturdy Savings Bank has 1...

Hamilton Township Police are reporting a rash of car burglaries in the community.  Police issued some tips for people to avoid being robbed, including locking your vehicles and not leaving valuables in plain view.  Suspicious activity should be reporte...

A 53 year old Philadelphia woman was hospitalized after being pulled from the surf in North Wildwood Sunday evening.  She was among four family members who were all taken out of the surf near 12th Avenue Sunday around 7:30pm, well after lifeguards had ...

The coronavirus rate of transmission is continuing to go up in New Jersey.  State officials say the rate is now at 1.09 percent after falling below the magic one mark in August.  There were 344 new cases of the virus reported on Monday; the number of patients in hospitals has hit a six month low …

State health officials announced Friday that New Jersey’s rate of coronavirus has risen slightly above the one percent mark.  That means for every person who gets the virus, a little more than one person gets it as well.  473 new cases were repor...