A Lower Township woman has been indicted on charges she committed vehicular homicide in a texting while driving accident that killed her own daughter. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Kirsten J. Conner has been indicted following an accident in July, 2014 that killed her 11 year old daughter. The case is being prosecuted…
What were they looking for? That’s the question Ocean City residents were asking after a New York City FBI underwater search team concluded an investigation in the waters between Ocean City and Somers Point on Tuesday. Officials were reportedly searching for evidence of a crime, but no public statement by the FBI is expected.
A man survived a suicide attempt after he jumped off the Route 52 Causeway Bridge in Ocean City Wednesday morning. City Police say the man jumped from the span around 11:00am Wednesday and was recovered by a boater who took him to a local marina. Police have not identified the man, who was described as…
Lower Township Police have charged a Middle Township man in connection with a hit and run accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Monday morning. Police say the accident occurred at the Route 109 jug handle when a vehicle struck five signs, knocked over a traffic standard, damaged a utility pole, and fled the scene.…
1.7 percent. That’s how much tuition is going up during the next school year at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. University leaders say the increase will cost the typical student an additional $241 for the fall semester.
An interesting ruling on traffic stops coming this week from the New Jersey Supreme Court. The Court ruled that police do not have the right to search your vehicle if you are stopped only for having your high beam headlights on. The case stemmed from an incident in Essex County nearly three years ago. The…
A Pennsylvania driver was arrested and charged with drunk driving after allegedly hitting a street sign, a bicyclist and another vehicle. Northfield police report that Raphael Bloomgarden of Dresher, PA, was taken into custody after crashing into the toll booth on the Margate Bridge shortly before midnight last Saturday. Bloomgarden was charged with driving while…
The wind and thunderstorms of June 22nd blew down a large number of trees and branches that still remain along the streets of Lower Township, including 20 streets of the Villas. The Cape May Gazette reports that The Lower Township Committee authorized up to $175,000 at a special meeting to hire a private contractor to…
Ocean City High School graduate Sean Mooney has been selected to the All-American baseball team. Mooney was named first team, All-America by MaxPreps, for players from medium sized schools. Mooney, who set several school records at Ocean City, joins Jason Groome of Barnegat High School and the Boston Red Sox organization on the first team.
On Tuesday the Ocean City Nor’easters moved on to the next round of the Premier Development League playoffs. The Nor’easters beat the Portland Phoenix 3-1 at the University of New England, in Biddeford, Maine, on the strength of two goals in the first 15 minutes of the match. Portland was the champion of the Northeast Division in the Eastern…