Lower Township Police helped revive an unconscious man. Police were called to the 300 block of Route 9 in the Erma section of the township on March 1. Special Officer James Collins arrived on scene with the Lower Township Rescue squad and found the man in an unconscious state. A medical assessment was made on…
A pair of state basketball playoff games have been moved due to the weather. The girl/boy doubleheader will be held at 4:30 and 6 pm because of expected icy conditions. Both games can be heard on 987 The Coast. It will be Penns Grove at Wildwood in girls action and Burlington City will visit the…
Here we go again. Another snow storm is being called for this week. The storm itself will actually begin Tuesday night as a snow/rain mix becoming all rain on Wednesday. Depending on when the change over takes place on Wednesday night into Thursday will determine how much snow we get. The National Weather Service has…
Court papers filed on Monday indicate a Los Angeles developer wants to buy the Revel Casino Hotel. The Shomof Group, headed by developer Izek Shomof reportedly made an offer of $80 million for the bankrupt casino property, after a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge let Revel terminate a sale to Florida developer Glenn Straub. The court…
North Wildwood taxpayers will like to hear this news. The state released new data showing North Wildwood having the lowest average property tax of any shore community in the state. In addition to having the lowest average property taxes of any beach community, North Wildwood is also ranked 16th overall out of 566 municipalities in…
An Atlantic City man admitted to engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with several members of the “Dirty Block” criminal street gang. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Ronald Davis, a/k/a “Black,” 29, pleaded guilty in Camden federal court to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to…
Two men died as a result of a shooting at an Absecon Boulevard motel/hotel. Upon arrival on Sunday morning, police found two men dead inside the hotel of apparent gunshot wounds. The victims have been identified as Diante Owen, 22, of Pleasantville, and Gerald Alvarez, 22, of Mays Landing. Anyone with information about this shooting…
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It was another successful Fallen Heroes Polar Plunge. Organizer Dennis Dool told Coastal Broadcasting that around 800 people plunged this year and a total of $40,000 was raised. The money goes to the Fallen Hero Fund to help Philadelphia Police Officer’s families and part of the money goes toward MRSA awareness. There was a Friday…
The BeachGlow Concert that was planning to come back this July 4th weekend to Wildwood, but it will now be held in Atlantic City on Saturday, June 27. It appeared that the concert was set to come back this year but a number of residents and businesses in the Wildwood community expressed their concern about…