Atlantic City Electric has come up with a new, online program to report streetlight outages in your neighborhood. The utility has developed an online streetlight outage reporting system that goes through its website. Customers can visit the site and report the outage to have it checked out. You will be asked to provide your name…
The anchor of the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line will miss the first four games of the upcoming season. Lane Johnson has been suspended by the NFL for testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. Johnson was the Eagles’ first round draft pick last year and played exceptionally well throughout the season. The Eagles first four…
A homeless attempted to kill himself by jumping off an overpass onto the Garden State Parkway on Sunday. State Police say the 49 year old man jumped from the southbound ramp near exit 36 onto the right lane of the southbound Parkway shortly before Noon on Sunday. The man did not strike any vehicles, nor…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took out his knife, cut the state budget by more than $1 billion, and signed it into law. Christie’s new state budget totals $32.5 billion and is 1.2 percent smaller than the budget Christie approved last year. Christie took out a measure supported by the democrats that would increase taxes…
A search conducted on a residence in Middle Township ended with a man being arrested. The warrant was executed at the Garden Lake mobile home park in Burleigh. Herbert Dolson was arrested after heroin, illegal prescription drugs, and marijuana were recovered. The 50-year-old was placed in the Cape May County Jail on $50,000. Middle Township…
The Coast Guard has suspended the search shortly before 4 p.m., Monday for a 14-year-old boy who went missing Sunday evening in the water near 9th Street in Ocean City, New Jersey. A 25-foot Response Boat — Small crew from Coast Guard Station — Small Great Egg, a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast…
The first tropical system is likely to form off the coast of Florida this week. Its possible this could make for a wet weekend. The National Weather Service is calling for an 80 percent chance of a Tropical Depression forming near Florida. Two inches of rain could fall in South Jersey based on their early…
A shark was discovered on Wildwood Crest beach Monday morning. Wildwood Crest Public Works found the shark during the morning and removed it from the beach. Wildwood Crest officials confirmed that the shark was removed and normal beach operations continued later in the day. The shark was found around Newark Ave. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said…
The Coast Guard rescued five people from a 34-foot center console boat taking on water about 35 miles east of Cape May Sunday. A person aboard the boat contacted Coast Guard watchstanders via VHF-FM radio at about noon and reported his boat was taking on water. A 45-foot Response Boat — Medium crew from Coast…
The Absecon Police Department has seen a recent increase of residential burglaries. In a two week period from June 15th until June 29th, the Absecon Police Department has taken six reports of homes, sheds and campers being burglarized and items taken. Most of the burglaries are occurring off of Shore Rd. They are also occurring…