Fans of snow shouldn’t expect to see any between now and the end of the year. Locally, high temperatures shouldn’t dip much below 40 degrees so even if we got some scattered overnight flurries they wouldn’t hang around very long. If you are making your New Year’s plans, Saturday is supposed to be sunny with…
A man was shot to death in Burlington County. The Prosecutor’s Office there announced the death of Tariq Mughal, of Willingboro Township. No arrests have been announced in the shooting that took place early Tuesday morning. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward to authorities.
There is no new information to pass along about the missing persons report on December 25th, when the Township of Hamilton Police Department received the report of a missing great grandmother and her five year old great granddaughter. Barbara Briely age 71 and La’Myra Briely age 5, left Mays Landing on Christmas Eve and were…
One of the cities that has the hardest time with the crime, announced some good news on Tuesday. There was a 10 percent reduction in overall violent crime, along with 11 percent dip in homicides. Officials say a parrtnership between the New Jersey State Police, Essex County Sheriff’s Office, and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office to…
There will be a change in the top leadership of Lower Township next week. The township will be holding its reorganization meeting and Erik Simonsen will be going from councilman to mayor. Mayor Mike Beck and Deputy Mayor Norris Clark have worked their final meeting. Simonsen will become mayor and Frank Sippel will become deputy…
The Coast Guard and American Red Cross placed more than 300 Coast Guard recruits with several dozen South Jersey families for Christmas as part of Operation Fireside, Sunday. Operation Fireside has placed recruits with South Jersey families during the holiday season since 1981. It allows recruits to celebrate the holiday with a host family while…
A Sicklerville man who the State alleges was 17-years-old when he shot and killed a juvenile last year in Pleasantville will stand trial as an adult in Atlantic County Superior Court. Pleasantville Police responded to the 1100 block of Lincoln Ave. for the report of a body lying the field. Police eventually arrested Isaiah Newsome,…
Woodbine officials announced that the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Small Cities Public Facilities program has awarded the Borough of Woodbine grant funding in the amount of $386,488. With this funding, the Borough of Woodbine will undertake reconditioning of the Borough-owned facility that houses the Head Start Program (which has been in existence since…
The Boardwalk Basketball Classic is back in action on Monday. The holiday basketball tournament took Saturday and Sunday off for the holiday. Among the local teams in action will by Wildwood vs. Oakcrest in boys action on Monday at 7:15 pm. More information can be found at bbclassic.com. All of the games take place at…
A key deadline is coming at the end of this week for birth parents who don’t want to be identified by their children. A new law would go into effect to unseal birth records for adopted people in New Jersey. Birth parents have the chance to redact key information that would allow the child to…