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As the weather turns from warm summer breezes to brisk chilly nights, the City of Cape May is transformed from a summer paradise to a winter wonderland. Numerous bed and breakfasts are decorated to the nines as holiday lights outline the beauty of the Victorian homes. Trees along the Washington Street Mall shine bright, lighting the way for shoppers looking for that perfect gift. A thirty-foot tree, decorated with colorful lights, is the centerpiece at Congress Hall. People bundled up in heavy coats -- appropriately dressed for a cold Thursday evening -- wandered the resort's annual Winter Wonderland that features...

Search ends for Somers Point man who went missing in Ocean City Samuel DeLarso was reported missing on Saturday night. KIM GLOVAS OCTOBER 22, 2018 - 1:56 PM Samuel DeLarso, who went to Ocean City to go crabbing, has disappeared. Ocean City Police Department PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A search has been suspended at the Jersey Shore after a man who went to Ocean City to go crabbing disappeared. Ocean City Police were notified Saturday night that 53-year-old Samuel DeLarso of Somers Point, had left home at 5 a.m. and had not returned by 9 p.m. A search began. The...

With a tremendous splash and a profound thud, 30 old subway cars were dropped into the ocean off the coast of Cape May this morning, enlarging the nation's most extensive artificial reef system. State officials say the 18-ton cars -- stripped of their windows, wheels, axles and flooring -- will soon become home to a variety of ocean species. "They provide a very good habitat for marine life," said Hugh Carberry, the state Department of Environmental Protection's reef coordinator.Workers dump New York City subway cars into the ocean off of Cape May on Monday. After a five year moratorium, New...

Global warming doubles rate of ocean rise Rutgers-led team shows rising ocean levels tied to human-induced climate change Global ocean levels are rising twice as fast today as they were 150 years ago, and human-induced warming appears to be the culprit, say scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and collaborating institutions. While the speed at which the ocean is rising – almost two millimeters per year today compared to one millimeter annually for the past several thousand years – may not be fodder for the next disaster movie, it affirms scientific concerns of accelerated global warming. In...

N.J. Rescue teams planned to resume their search Monday morning for the body of a boy scout who fell off a whale watching boat this weekend and is presumed drowned. Nicholas Johs, 14, of Boy Scout Troop 26 of Staten Island, N.Y., fell off the Whale Watcher II at about 2 p.m. Saturday. At the time, the 90-foot boat was about 200 yards off Cape May Point, and the crew encountered some rough seas. Witnesses told police that despite several warnings, Johs and some other troop members were jumping up and down in the front of the boat in time...

There has been a deadly plane crash in Cape May County, New Jersey. It happened in Middle Township, on Route 47 near the intersection of Bayshore Road in the Green Creek section. The small plane crashed into the Acorn Campground. Police have confirmed to Action News that two people were killed. The aircraft may have crashed sometime late last night. The wreckage was discovered shortly after 10 a.m. this morning, by campground owners who were working on the property. At this time, police are waiting for officials with the Federal Aviation Administration to arrive. So far there are no identities...

Condolences to the family of this Trooper. Another one of our Finest gone. Radio reports state that the suspect was apprehended. Guess he will get 15 to 20 and be back out as a 40 something year old felon, according to NJ law!

IT'S almost unheard of at the Jersey Shore: a beach with free parking and no beach tags. But now, thanks to a decision by state officials, this summer's visitors to Cape May Point State Park will find those perks come with a major catch - no swimming. The ban was already being flouted this week by swimmers who promised that, like the early heat wave, their defiance was just a preview of things to come. "It's unfair," said a disgusted Joanie Kane of Lower Township, Cape May County, as she headed for the surf to keep an eye on her...