Irene: New York City, Mid-Atlantic Put on High Alert
By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist, Accuweather

Hurricane Irene is now on a path that could take it dangerously close to, if not over, the mid-Atlantic coastline and New York City on Sunday, posing a serious danger to millions of people.

The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center is confident that Irene will strike the Outer Banks of North Carolina Saturday evening as a strong Category 3 or Category 4 hurricane.

CAPE MAY — If you’ve been wondering what will happen to the old gray house between Macedonia Baptist Church and the Acme store on Lafayette Street, you’re not alone.

The Howell House, 632 Lafayette St., looks as if it was a stylish home many years ago but time has taken its toll and has earned it a place on Preservation New Jersey’s 10 most endangered historic places list.

Today, Delaware River and Bay Authority officials announced that traffic cameras at the Delaware Memorial Bridge and Cape May – Lewes Ferry locations have been activated, providing customers with new tools to plan their commutes and vacation travels. These new webcams, which follow the launch of the Delaware Memorial Bridge’s twitter site earlier this month, enable customers of these vital transportation links to get much needed traffic information and current weather conditions prior to beginning their travels.

NORTH CAPE MAY - About 5 p.m. Thur., May 24, a vehicle struck the rear of C J's Restaurant at Townbank and Bayshore roads.

Early reports indicate a natural gas pipe was struck as well as a utility pole. There are no reported injuries.

A Herald photographer is arriving on scene. Lower Township police and rescue and Town Bank Volunteer Fire Company on scene.

STONE HARBOR – Strolling musicians performed for a sizable crowd, which gathered Thur., May 24 to observe local history in the making at 9601 Third Avenue.

That event was the unveiling of The Reeds at Shelter Haven sign, a precursor to the edifice that will stand, by 2013, same time, as did two former structures that bore the name Shelter Haven Hotel, until 1961 when a motel by the same name replaced it. Time eventu-ally took its toll on that structure and it, too, was demolished.

WOODBINE — They marched, they sang, they wrote, they read, they listened. And at the end of the day students at Woodbine Elementary School learned the nuances of the meaning of Memorial Day and what it means to be an American.

“Do you ever stop and think about all the rights you have?” read eighth grader Asya Murray from her award-winning essay. “It wasn’t always like it is today. People had to fight for their rights and what they knew they deserved.”