A major traffic issue involving the Route 52 causeway next week. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced today that the causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point will be closed during the overnight hours next week. Construction crews will be putting heavy beams in place for a new bridge and that will result in…
Some improvements are coming to the Hamilton Mall. The planning board there approved an expansion, according to a report by the Press of Atlantic City. The expansion will include two new restaurants and 63,000-square-foot shopping center. The report says that the improvements should begin to open by 2013.
A new public safety director has been approved in Atlantic City. Willie Glass, who is a former deputy chief in Atlantic City. Christine Peterson was the last person to hold the position over six months ago, but she stepped down after allegations relating to her collection of a state pension from a previous job.
Reporting to works with illegal drugs is a bad choice. Especially when you are a police officer. Robert W. Smith is a police officer with the Bridgeton Police Department and was charged with possessing an illegal steroid Anavar. The four-year police officer was placed in jail on $50,000 bail. Authorities say Smith has been suspended…
A two-alarm fire at an Atlantic City house left more than a dozen people without a place to stay on Thursday night just before 9pm in the area of North Raleigh Avenue. It took local firefighters about one hour to bring the blaze under control, that apparently began on the third floor. No serious injuries…
If your kids were hoping to play in some snow this weekend, you better drive them about 150 miles north of here. The National Weather Service says there will be little to no snow accumulation from a winter storm that will move over our region late Friday night through the day on Saturday. Rain…
Bloodshed on the streets of Pleasantville early this morning. The Press of Atlantic City reports that police are on the scene of a double homicide in the city. Two people were shot to death in the incident; one man had two gunshot wounds to the head. At this time, police have no suspects in custody.…
A woman was injured in a serious car accident at the toll plaza of the Somers Point exit on the Garden State Parkway. NBC-40 reports that a woman became pinned between her car and the toll plaza’s retaining wall just before 2:30am Friday morning. Emergency crews med-evaced the woman to a local hospital and he accident is…
Another judge is coming to the Superior Courts in Cape May County. The Press of Atlantic City reports that J. Christopher Gibson, a lawyer from Wildwood, is expected to be nominated by the governor to fill a vacancy. According to the report, State Senator Jeff Van Drew says the appointment process was moving forward, and that…
Her homecoming may have come one day later than expected, but it was still sweet. Marine Lance Corpora Krista Zielinski returned to her home in Wildwood Crest Thursday night with a show of support from local friends and family. Zielinski, 21, had been serving as aviation operations clerk for the past eight months in Afghanistan. A…