Atlantic County

A 45 year old man has been charged with beating his father, a former pro baseball player, with a golf club in Margate.  Police say Robert T. Woods Jr used the club as a weapon when he beat his father, Robert Woods, a former shortstop with the Chicago Cubs.  Woods …

It’s a sentence of 42 years behind bars for a Ventnor woman who killed her mother and grandmother by beating both to death.  Heather Barbera was in court Thursday and received the long prison term.  Barbera stole the women’s cash and credit cards and left the crime scene for New …

Today is sentencing day for the Ventnor woman who admitted to killing her mother and grandmother for their money.  43 year old Heather Barbera will appear in court today to face the music.  She pleaded guilty in October to first degree murder and first degree manslaughter charges.

A 15 year old student at Buena Regional High School has died as a result of injuries he suffered in a crash on Christmas Day.  State Police say Cohen Riggs was a passenger in a vehicle that crossed into the eastbound lanes of Route 40 and collided with another car.

Somers Point has become the latest town to address plastic bags.  Somers Point officials put in a plastic bag ban as of New Year’s day after previously adopting a small fee on the bags.  Locally, Avalon and Stone Harbor have similar prohibitions.

Former Lower Cape May baseball and football star Matt Szczur and his wife, Natalie, started the new year the perfect way.  The very first baby of the new year born at Shore Medical Center was little Matthew Jr, who was born mid morning on New Year’s day.  The Press of …

The United States Coast Guard airlifted a man who was experiencing severe abdominal pain off a cruise ship near Little Egg Inlet Saturday night.  The Guard says the man was on board the Anthem of the Seas ship when the illness struck.  The man was transported to a hospital for …

Another South Jersey democrat announced that she’s entering the democratic primary for Congress next year in our Second District.  Atlantic County Freeholder Ashley Bennett issued a press release saying she is seeking the nomination for the seat currently held by Congressman Jeff Van Drew.  She calls Van Drew’s apparent defection …

The United States Coast Guard was searching the waters near the Route 52 Causeway Tuesday after a woman reportedly jumped from the bridge.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that three men told authorities the woman was acting erratically before she jumped from the span.  So far, no victim or …

Pollution investigators are at the scene of a big fire at a marina in Longport.  The United States Coast Guard reports that about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into the water as a fire engulfed part of Seaview Harbor Marina in Great Egg Harbor, sinking two large yachts into …