A man was found dead in Atlantic City on Sunday morning. Police responded to an alleyway off South Tennessee Ave. and found the body of Justin Turay, of Sicklerville. An autopsy will take place on Monday. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene, and, with the assistance of the Atlantic…
Gov. Chris Christie has released the first television ad to promote his presidential campaign. The video is titled “Leadership,” The images and audio was mostly borrowed from his presidential announcement. The governor also continued using his tagline “telling it like it is.” Christie continues to trail in the polls and is viewed negatively across the…
Two were arrested for stealing a vehicle out of Absecon. The vehicle was reported missing on Thursday. After an investigation, two subjects were located at the motel and placed under arrest without incident. Darius Spence, 20, of Willingboro NJ, was arrested and charged with theft of a motor vehicle. He was lodged in the Atlantic…
A dredging project will continue in Ocean City in a couple of weeks. Officials there say that pipe and other equipment will begin to return to Ocean City on the week of July 20 and the project will continue soon after. The pumping will continue where they left off near 52nd St. north to near…
Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor and Middle Township Police Chief Chris Leusner have released the identity of two bodies that were discovered in the Rio Grande section of Middle Township on Wednesday in a wooded area. The deceased have been identified as John Clohessy, a 53 year-old male and Carrie Clohessy, a 41 year-old…
The Press of Atlantic City reports that a massive sea scallop bed has been discovered off the coast of Cape May. The report quotes Dvora Hart, a mathematical biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who estimates the numbers of scallops in the billions. The scallop set is concentrated at the Elephant Trunk, about…
The past two weeks have not been good when it comes to drug use in Lower Township. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office reports that local police have responded to 10 separate individuals suffering from drug related overdoses to the use of heroin. Prosecutor Robert Taylor warns area drug users and the general public of…
Authorities reported two different DWI accidents in Hamilton Township within 15 minutes of each other. The first accident involved a vehicle driven by Richard Simmons, of Bridgeton. The 54-year-old crossed the center lane of traffic on Harding Highway and hit a vehicle driven by David Oechsle, of Mays Landing. There were no life-threatening injuries in…
Gov. Chris Christie will be spending even more time out of the state later this month when he makes two trips to Iowa. The governor has set up trips on July 24 and then again on July 31 and Aug. 1 to Iowa. These will be his first trips to the first presidential caucus state…
Gov. Chris Christie and the unions are going to head to court again. Some key unions are suing state government because of a pay freeze that was enacted by Christie. Some key unions, including the Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 105 had their contracts run out on June 30 and the unions didn’t want to negotiate…