Egg Harbor Township

A local diving coach has been charged with using Snapchat to share child abuse images.  29 year old Mark Balesteri Jr. of Egg Harbor Township is accused of various exploitation offenses.  Balesteri has been suspended from the school district pending the outcome of the investigation.

A popular movie house that closed last week will be reopened with a new brand and new offerings.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Towne Stadium 16 in Egg Harbor Township will be named the “CineGrille & Bowl” and will still contain movie theaters.

The Towne 16 movie theater in Egg Harbor Township is now closed for good.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that the theater was closing at the end of Thursday night’s movie showings.  The company that owns it also operates the Frank Rio Stadium 12 in Rio Grande, which will …

A fire has substantially damaged the BH Furniture store on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township.  Fire crews remained at the scene Tuesday afternoon battling the fire which caused visible smoke for miles.  So far no word of any injuries, but traffic patterns have changed in the area …

A mobile home was completely destroyed by fire Sunday night in Egg Harbor Township.  Fire officials say the blaze took place at a unit at the Normsdale Mobile Home Park on Ocean Heights Avenue.  There were no injuries.

A 53 year old pedestrian was struck and killed by a motor vehicle in Egg Harbor Township over the weekend.  Police say Pamela Thieman was struck by a car driven by a man with a suspended drivers license.  The accident occurred on Tilton Road Sunday evening.

36 year old Lashawn Smith of Egg Harbor Township has confessed to killing his girlfriend with a hammer while she slept.  Sarah Phillips was killed by four hammer blows to the head at home on South Zion Road in November, 2017.  Smith will have to serve 40 years behind bars.

Businesses located at the Harbor Village Shopping Center in Egg Harbor Township damaged three businesses late Wednesday night.  Authorities say there were no injuries in the fire which may have started in a tanning salon and impacted to adjacent businesses.  No word yet on the cause of the fire.

Some stop and go traffic and delays may be experienced by motorists on the Fire Road Bridge over the Atlantic City Expressway south of Doughty Road this week.  The South Jersey Transportation Authority announced that construction work would be done starting weeknights this week, at 8:00pm.

Fire damaged a room at a Howard Johnson’s motel in Egg Harbor Township Saturday evening.  Authorities say the say was largely contained to one room, and there were no injuries.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.