Fortescue News

The Coast Guard rescued two people today aboard a 23-foot boat taking on water near the 14-foot Bank Light in Delaware Bay near the Maurice River.

By JEAN JONES jeanjones@fast.net DOWNE TWP. -- A 67-year-old Pennsylvania man was pulled from the water at Gandy's Beach Marina Wednesday after he fell into the water while preparing to embark on a fishing trip ...

The timing is right for Cumberland County's new tourism strategy to convince local residents to have fun close to home.

Cumberland County government leaders plan to redirect tourist marketing toward the county audience, hoping to pull more local residents to attractions close to home.

Area fishermen are reminded that this year's Delaware Bay Fishing Tournament has a new date -- Saturday, Aug.

The past two weeks have been incredibly busy, and I've learned as a widow not to look back, but to the future.

The Coast Guard received a report at 6:09 p.m. Monday that two people were overdue from a boat trip from Cape May, N.J., to Lewes, Del.

DOWNE TWP. The mystery of how a tracking device, once attached to a loggerhead turtle that washed up dead on the beach at Fortescue in October 2006, began transmitting again in Millville earlier this month has ...

The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man May 24 who was suffering a heart attack aboard a 31-foot boat six miles northwest of Cape May Inlet, N.J. The Coast Guard received a call at 5:46 p.m. reporting a man ...

The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man today who was suffering a heart attack aboard a 31-foot boat six miles northwest of Cape May Inlet, N.J. The Coast Guard received a call at 5:46 p.m. reporting a man ...

His works were notable for their elegance, wit, and pessimistic satire. Aldous Huxley was a grandson of the prominent biologist T.H. Huxley and was the third child of the biographer and man of letters Leonard ... via Encyclopaedia Britannica

I will have to admit that it may have been a blessing that I did not have to write a column last week, because the official opening of the Delaware Bay -- the first weekend in May -- was a bust. via Daily Journal

“This is the worst I've seen in 15 or 20 years”

Photo courtesy of Downe Township Fire & Rescue Co. This is a photograph taken at Princeton Avenue in Fortescue Monday morning, showing the flooding of the street. via NJ.com

Here we go again with the iffy weather forecast. There's a 40 percent chance of rain Saturday and a 50 percent Sunday, and we don't believe either one of them. via Bridgeton-Millville News

Nothing worse than a 40 percent chance of rain, and that's not until Saturday. It's only 30 percent on Friday. via Bridgeton-Millville News

Worst weather of the spring happening today. Not only is there a 100 percent chance of rain, but it will be heavy at times with gusty winds. via Bridgeton-Millville News

“The FLW said they checked out the area, said it was hot and that the event was a go”

On the drive down Delaware Avenue to Rick Lewoc's place, the bay is to the left and marsh to the right, and aside from a few houses and even fewer businesses scattered next to the roadway in between, there's ... via Press of Atlantic City

I'm beginning to wonder if spring will ever get here and if the wind will ever stop blowing. via Daily Journal

Hold the Third Friday forecast. A 40 percent chance of rain usually means no rain. via Bridgeton-Millville News

Walter Rhubart Jr., 84, of Newport died suddenly at his home Thursday evening, March 20, 2008. via Daily Journal