Part of the former Economy Inn on Route 35 in Wall Township collapsed, following reports of structural failure. The building was empty at the time and no injuries were reported.

The Stone Harbor Fire Department in Cape May County congratulates Joshua Otton, Robert McClure Jr., Donald Fancher and Mike Gihorski on being promoted to captain – and Louis Taylor on being sworn in as a full-time firefighter.

The Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department remembers former Captain Tom Fox, who recently passed away. Fox served the agency for more than 40 years. He was 69 years old.

John Kauterman, an environmental advocate from Avalon, recently discovered a message in a bottle from 1973, near Upper Township. The note was a make-believe distress call written by nine-year-old Laurie Blair Brown.