Fortescue News

By BEN jhummel@sjnewsco.com Good morning! - The rain will start after midnight. How soon it ends on Saturday is the key to outdoor events.

The township committee on Wednesday awarded bids for two projects for which residents have been waiting for some time.

A six-hour tour of Cumberland County's open space had one message: We have plenty of it to offer, but some of the most important sites are not protected.

A six-hour tour of Cumberland County's open space had one message: We have plenty of it to offer, but some of the most important sites are not protected.

Two of three people rescued after a a boat capsized at Hancock's Harbor were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon.

The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old male from a 48-foot fishing boat 17 miles southeast of Cape May after he sustained a leg injury Thursday, Aug.

The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old male from a 48-foot fishing boat 17 miles southeast of Cape May after he sustained a leg injury Thursday, Aug.

J.C. Penney at Cumberland Mall in Vineland invites shoppers to join them in supporting the Boys and Girls Club of Vineland.

The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old male from a 48-foot fishing boat 17 miles southeast of Cape May after he sustained a leg injury Thursday, Aug.

A North Cape May man had his leg almost amputated in an accident on a fishing boat off Fortescue Thursday morning.

The township committee has recognized Dividing Creek firefighter Tom Welden Sr. for his selection as Firefighter of the Year 2008 by the Cumberland County Firefighter's Association with a proclamation.

PORT MAHON , Del.- The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water three miles east of Port Mahon after their 21-foot boat was taking on water Sunday.

The Boy Scouts of America, Southern New Jersey Council, will host a sunset cruise of the Delaware Bay on Saturday, Sept.

FAIRFIELD - State Police found a vehicle that was reported stolen partially submerged and sinking in Clarks Pond.

A Fortescue man was critically injured in his own bayside town after hitting a guardrail while riding a motorcycle on Fortescue Road Saturday afternoon.

Two people stranded on a personal watercraft in Cumberland County were found uninjured by Coast Guard rescue crews.

More than 60 percent of 1,599 respondents to a Daily Journal online survey said they planned to stay closer to home this summer and vacation in New Jersey because of the dismal economy.

The Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police rescued five people Monday aboard a 60-foot boat taking on water near the entrance to the Maurice River in Maurice Cove, N.J. The Coast Guard received a call at 10:11 a.m. from a crew member aboard the Howard W. Sockwell reporting the boat was taking on water.

The Delaware Bay Lighthouse Keepers & Friends Association has scheduled its lighthouse cruises for 2009.

Erosion is the downside of hosting bayshore communities and Downe Township is dealing with problems in all three of its waterfront villages of Money Island, Gandy's Beach and Fortescue.