Just after 9:00 pm on Tuesday, Absecon Police dispatch received multiple 911 calls reporting several gunshots fired in the vicinity of building #2 in the Oyster Bay Apartment complex off of California Avenue in Absecon. Officers arrived to find bullet casings in the parking lot and bullet impacts to the exterior of building #2. Several…
The 17th Annual Ocean Drive Marathon will be held on Sunday March 29, 2015 at 08:30 a.m. Motorists should avoid Route 109 and Ocean Drive from the Route 109 Bridge to Wildwood Crest on this date between 08:30 a.m. and 11:00am. Motorists in the area between these hours should be prepared to expect lengthy traffic…
The Atlantic Prevention Resources awarded the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office with their second permanent collection box for the disposal of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine. The box is located at Buena Vista Township City Hall, 890 Harding Highway, Buena, NJ. It will be available to the public from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday with…
A man was found deceased on Saturday, who was believed to have died from a suicide. At approximately 4:30 pm, a local resident was walking her dog through the Tranquility area, than crossing the railroad tracks towards Mitnick School. She observed a white pickup truck on the Atlantic City Electric Service Road behind Mitnick School.…
Despite overwhelming support from the public and visiting chiefs of police, Cape May City Council decided to wait for the conclusion of an investigation by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office before voting on the reinstatement of Robert Sheehan as police chief. The council meeting on Tuesday night was held at the Cape May Convention…
The City of Cape May approved it’s 2015 Municipal Budget Tuesday night with a one cent increase of the tax rate, by a vote of 3-1. Before the vote councilman Shaine Meier made a motion to move $70,000 from over a half-million dollars of budgeted legal fees to the fire department but the motion was…
New Jersey is number one at something. A new report says state residents pay the most for car insurance in the country. The report was issued by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. According to the data, state residents paid $1,220 on average for car insurance policies in 2012. Because New Jersey is so densely…
Middle Township government is seeking a regional approach to restore and build resiliency on the Delaware Bayshore. The Administrator Connie Mahon said she believes Middle Township and its surrounding communities have a unique opportunity to partner with environmental groups such as the American Littoral Society and Conserve Wildlife to build suitable habitats for endangered species…
Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak to allow veterans attending a public college or university in New Jersey to pay in-state tuition rates has been signed into law. The law, to be known as the “New Jersey Tuition Equality for America’s Military (NJTEAM) Act,” will allow a veteran or covered individual attending a public…
The tax revenue for New Jersey has slowly come back to form. Pew Charitable Trusts show that since the recession, New Jersey’s tax revenue is the sixth slowest to recover. The $7.5 billion that was collected from July to September of last year, is 11.4 percent behind the same time period in 2008. New Jersey…