Atlantic County

Forget about going online to shop at Toys ‘R Us, the website is done and stores will be closing soon.  Toys ‘R Us locations in our region will be shutting their doors for good and the website has been taken offline.  Customers are now taken to another website that discusses …

Hirsch Singh is the clear frontrunner to earn the GOP nomination for the Congressional seat being vacated by Frank LoBiondo.  Singh on Saturday won the endorsement from Atlantic County republicans, and has also won in Ocean, Burlington, and Camden Counties.  Singh beat all other candidates handily in Atlantic County by …

Another brutal blow for the crews at Atlantic City Electric as the winter storm has knocked out power for well over 10,000 customers as of Thursday morning.  Many of the outages are reported in Cumberland, Atlantic, and Salem counties.  Only spotty power outages have been reported in Cape May County. …

The longtime mayor of Brigantine will not seek re-election this year.  Phillip Guenther has served as the mayor of the community for the past 25 years.  Guenther will keep his job as the superintendent of the Atlantic County Special Services and Vocational School districts.

A 58 year old man who was returning a movie was run over by his own vehicle in Somers Point on Wednesday.  Police say Michael Kozimer parked in a fire lane at a supermarket to return the movie.  Kozimer saw the car rolling without him inside, attempted to jump in, …

Jeff Van Drew has moved closer to securing the democratic nomination to run for Congress in the fall.  Atlantic County democrats met Sunday and overwhelmingly selected Van Drew to run for the seat being vacated by republican Frank LoBiondo.  The balloting was held at the Greate Bay Country Club in …

Two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Linwood.  The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s office is investigating the discovery of the couple inside their home on Thursday.  The names nor the ages of the couple have been released.  Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the office.

27 year old Matthew Gonzalez of Mays Landing has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting at a condominium complex that killed one person and injured three others.  It happened last September at the Brandywood condo complex; he is being held in the Atlantic County Jail.

Toys ‘R Us is done.  The toy retailer announced that it will close all of its stores in the United States, including stores in Atlantic City, Mays Landing, and Vineland.  The store entered bankruptcy last September.

A former leader in the Pagans motorcycle gang has told a Canadian newspaper that he has been an informant in connection with the investigation into the murder of April Kauffman in Atlantic County, and a major drug distribution network.  NJ.com reports that Andrew Glick of Egg Harbor Township has admitted …