A $784,000 contract was award to make repairs to Hope Corson Rd. The Cape May County Freeholder board approved the contract to South State Inc. out of Bridgeton. The project will have the contractor will completely rebuild the roadbed there. The work will take place between Stagecoach Rd. and US Rt. 9. The project will…
Two North Wildwood Police Officers were recognized for life saving measures they took during the summer. Officers Mark Elliott and Joseph Kopetsky receiving the Life Saving award Thursday night, December 11. On June 29, 2014, Officers Elliott and Kopetsky responded to the area of 5th Avenue and JFK Blvd for a report of an unconscious…
The tires of 36 state vehicles were slashed in Atlantic City. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the incident took place at the Child Protection and Permanency lot over the weekend at Kentucky and Atlantic avenues. At this time, police have not released a suspect. An investigation is on-going.
New state revenue numbers says the state is lagging behind where it needs to be. Just one month prior to the state being ahead, it is now behind the 5.2 percent project growth. The projections put the state through the end of Nov. at 4.8 percent ahead. Sales tax collections and the state lottery dollars…
President Barack Obama is in New Jersey on Monday to thank the troops for their service as the end of combat operations was marked in Afghanistan. Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to appear with Obama at the appearance at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The two of the them got a working relationship from Hurricane Sandy in…
An arrest was made in home invasion robbery on Friday morning. Middle Township Police report that Justin Roper, 30 years old, suffered a laceration on his head from being struck with the handgun during an altercation with the black male forcing his way into the residence on West Wiley Street. Roper was charged with possession with…
A new report says a law change could lead to the Chelsea Hotel opening up a boutique casino. The owner of the hotel, Curtis Bashaw, told the AP that a proposed change in the law would all his hotel to open up a small casino floor. Lawmakers advanced a measure that would put the minimum…
A five month investigation led to arrests of a drug cartel with connections to Mexico. On Thursday, detectives of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, the Atlantic City Police Department, the FBI, the DEA—armed with State and Federal arrest warrants—arrested 16 individuals in Atlantic City, Hamilton Township, Somers Point, Pennsylvania, and California. Additional arrests are pending.…
It was a Galloway Township man who was killed in Pleasantville on Thursday night. Bilal Salaam, 21, of the 100 block of Sunrise Bay, is being reported as the victim of gun shot by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Next-of-kin have been notified. An autopsy is pending. An investigation is on-going into the 21-years-old death…
Police are investigating a motor vehicle accident. A vehicle hit a utility pole in Absecon on Saturday. As a result of the accident power in the area is out as well as traffic lights from Turner Avenue eastbound and westbound on Absecon Boulevard which was later put back in service by Atlantic Electric. The pole…