On Wednesday evening a structure fire was reported in the 6100 block of Hoover Drive in Hamilton Township. Firefighters from the Mays Landing Fire Department found a condo unit with heavy smoke and were able to contain the fire to the original unit. The condo sustained extensive damage, while the neighboring units only suffered minimal damage. All…
An 80 year-old Pleasantville man with dementia was found by police on Thursday afternoon, after he left his home Wednesday evening and did not return. Joseph Stratton Sr. left the home he shares with his daughter Charlotte Golden and never returned Wednesday night. Police located Stratton via his cell phone and found him safe in…
A 42 year-old Vineland man was killed on Wednesday after losing control of his motorcycle. Vineland Police said Johnny A. Laboy, of Newfield, was driving his motorcycle east on Landis Avenue, when he lost control and struck a car, driven by a 32 year-old Millville woman. Laboy later died of his injuries at Inspira Medical…
On Thursday a committee representing Unite Here Local 54 approved a strike-authorization vote for June 16th. Now all union workers will vote on the possibility of calling a strike, while negotiations are continuing on a new contract with about 9,600 bartenders, servers and other hospitality workers. The strike would affect Ballys, Caesars, Harrah’s Resort and…
N.J. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto was welcomed with hugs and handshakes in Atlantic City on Thursday after enduring a battle with the governor and senate president before securing amendments to a state takeover bill opf the resort. Prieto was in town to address the state firefighters union convention, workers whose public safety contracts would have…