Cape May County's 18th Annual Patriot's Day Ceremony

The 18th annual Patriot's Day Ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 11th at 5:00 p.m. in front of the County Administration Building. The ceremony opened with the National Anthem sung by Bella McKeown, a 7th grade student at Richard M. Teitleman Schoo...

Freeholders Extend Ground Lease for Cape May County Chamber of Commerce

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ – By resolution
at the Tuesday July 9, Freeholder meeting, the Board of Chosen Freeholdersunanimously approved to extend the ground lease agreement with the Cape May
County Chamber of Commerce.  The county f...Read on...

Cape May County Park and Zoo Honor Veterans with VIP Parking

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ -- In honor and support of Veterans and their service to the Country, the Cape May County Park and Zoo has reserved two parking spots close to the Zoo entrance for military veterans visiting the facility. The two parking spots wer...

Townsend’s Inlet Bridge Spans 1-7 Replacement Notice of Anticipated Bridge Opening Delay

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ -- In
September 2018, the County in cooperation with the Cape May County BridgeCommission engaged a contractor to replace spans 1-7 of the Townsend’s Inlet
Bridge. Although originally proposed to be a substructure re...Read on...

Women’s Commission Highlights Goals for 2019

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ -- On December 11, 1984, by a unanimous vote of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders through Resolution #786-84 the Advisory Commission on the Status of Women of Cape May County was established. It’s probably ...Read on...

10th CMC Community Disabilities Awareness Day Event on October 22 at CMC Special Services School

Cape May Court House, October 2019. --- On Tuesday October 22nd, Cape May County will host its 10^th Disabilities Awareness Day: An event that offers information, food, music, and fun; not only for people with disabilities, but for all who are interested i...

Cape May County Social Services Office Offers Extended Hours

Rio Grande, NJ -- The Cape May County Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services office located at 4005 Route 9 South, Rio Grande will be open late one evening a week. Starting Tuesday, March 5, 2019 the Division of Social Services will be ...Read on...

Townsend’s Inlet Bridge Spans 1-7 Replacement Notice of Anticipated Bridge Opening Delay

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ -- In
September 2018, the County in cooperation with the Cape May County BridgeCommission engaged a contractor to replace spans 1-7 of the Townsend’s Inlet
Bridge. Although originally proposed to be a substructure repair proje...

Cape May County Park and Zoo Honor Veterans with VIP Parking

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ -- In honor and support of Veterans and their service to the Country, the Cape May County Park and Zoo has reserved two parking spots close to the Zoo entrance for military veterans visiting the facility. The two parking spots wer...

CAPE MAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVANCES TO NEXT-GEN 9-1-1 SYSTEM

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ—The Cape May County Office of Emergency Management has become the first in our region to implement a next-generation 9-1-1 emergency telephone response service. The implementation of the new RapidSOS NG911 Clearinghouse ...Read on...

Freeholder Hayes to Speak at ACCC Graduation & Honored as Distinguished Alumni

Freeholder E. Marie Hayes
will serve as Atlantic Cape Community College’s commencement speaker on May 23rd.Hayes also was honored at the President’s Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
for ACCC. Hayes is a graduate of ACCC in 1979, ...Read on...

Thornton Enters NJAC Hall of Fame

Cape May County Freeholder Director
Gerald M. Thornton was placed in the newly created New Jersey Association ofCounties Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 9. The organization honored Freeholders
who served at least 20 years on the Freeholder Board. Thornt...

Freeholder Hayes Elected Vice President of Southern New Jersey Freeholders Association

The 2019 incoming Board of the Southern New Jersey Freeholders Association:

President John Young, Camden County

Vice President: E. Marie Hayes, Cape May County

Treasurer: Carol Musso, Cumberland County

Secretary: Ginny Haines, Ocean County

Cape May County Department of Health Announces 2019 Flu Clinic Schedule

Cape May Court House- The Department of Health will be hosting their free flu clinics throughout the County from September through November. High-dose flu shots will be offered at senior center clinics while supplies last. Feel free to ...

Preventing the Spread of Wildlife Rabies in Cape May County

Cape May Court House – Freeholder Jeffery Pierson announced today that the Departments of Health and Mosquito Control will be working together to distribute 31,320 vaccine-laden baits throughout the mainland communities of Cape May County. The m...

27th Annual We Check for 21

Pictured are James Plousis, who started the We Check for 21 program, and Joseph Vasil, Identity Document Specialist

Freeholder Jeffrey Pierson and Joseph Vasil

This year marks the 27^th anniversary of the We Check for 21 program that originated in Cape May C...

Rio Grande Avenue Gateway Project Notice of New Traffic Patterns

WILDWOOD, NJ --
Roadwork will resume on the proposed Rio Grande Avenue Gateway projectbeginning the week of September 23, 2019. This phase of the project will
include the installation of the southerly bridge parapet wall, drainageconstruction, roadw...

Sign Up Now for Junior Chefs Afterschool Cooking Workshop!

Cape May Court House, NJ –Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County Family & Community Health Sciences Program will offer a Junior Chefs Cooking Workshop this Fall for aspiring young chefs 8 to 12 years of age. The afterschool worksho...

Teens Complete Rutgers 4-H Summer Leadership Program at the Nature Center of Cape May

Cape May, NJ – Fifteen teens successfully completed Rutgers 4-H Summer Leadership Program on August 16, 2019. The eight-week program, for youth from 7^th to 12^th grades, ran from June 24^th through August 16^th at the New Jersey Audubon’s...

NEW THIS YEAR - "Warfare Ivy" Talk at Rutgers Coop. Extension on October 24

Rutgers Ext. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren October Meeting - Managing Family Relationships

Cape May Court House, NJ – Rutgers Cooperative Extension Family and Community Health Sciences’ Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group’s (GRG) October meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. ...

Diane Rea Receives 2019 Leadership Award from Advisory Council of Rutgers Extension of CMC

       Photo: Frank Germanio, Jr., President of the Cape May County Board of Agriculture and a member of the Advisory Council of Rutgers Cooperative Extension presented the Council’s 2019 Leadership Award to Diane Rea, ...

Rutgers Cooperative Ext. of Cape May and Atlantic Counties Present Save the Flavor of Summer

Cape May Court House, NJ
– Rutgers Cooperative Extension Programs of Atlantic and Cape May Counties arejoining forces to present, Save the Flavor of Summer on Wednesday,
September 25, 2019. The free canning/food preservation presen...

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group Helps to Make Going Back to School Easier

Chris
Zellers, Family and Community Health Sciences Educator with grandchildren andtheir new backpacks, courtesy of the Cape May County Division of Aging and
Disability Services, at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County’sGra...

Cape May County 4-H Members Compete at the 2019 State 4-H Public Presentation Contest

Congratulations to Cape
May County’s Kelly Hunter, Pitchforks & Buckets 4-H Club, and Shea Mayer,Lower Cape May Regional High School 4-H Club, who both received Excellent
Ribbons at 4-H State Public Presentations held on June 8, 2019 at ...

2019 Cape May County 4-H Pet Show Winners Announced

Photo Caption: Pictured is the 2019 4-H
Pet Show Grand Champion “Paulie,” 7 months old, his owner Mary Grace Horan, age11, and Suzanne Smeltzer. “Paulie" won a year’s supply of pet food from
Smeltzer & ...

Marcolongo Appointed to Judiciary-Surrogates Liaison Committee

Cape May Court House, NJ – The New
Jersey Supreme Court recently appointed Cape May County Surrogate DeanMarcolongo to serve on the Judiciary-Surrogate Liaison Committee.  
Marcolongo was recommended for service on the committee by ...