Three people were arrested that resulted in the seizure of heroin. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Kenneth Burrell Jr., of Egg Harbor City, Daniel Mateo, of Egg Harbor City, and Marcus Campbell, of Egg Harbor City. Authorities say the arrests resulted in the discovery of 25 wax paper folds of heroin,…
Some residents of Vineland are going to have to evacuate their homes on Wednesday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are asking residents to prepare to leave their homes on Wednesday and move their pets somewhere safe because of ammonia removal at Vineland Ice and Storage. The EPA is coming in because he refrigeration systems were…
One of the region’s nuclear plants was taken offline for the fourth time in the past month due to a problem with its generator. The issues began back on June 28 involving Salem 2, which had been taken offline a number of times to make sure the issue was fixed. Salem 1 is shut down…
So far South Jersey has faired much better in regards to rain than the northern part of the state. The Department of Environmental Protection issued a water supply drought watch for most of the north end of the state. The hot conditions over the past week or so haven’t helped. Precipitation deficits over the past…
New Jersey was represented in the first day of the Democratic National Convention. U.S. Senator Cory Booker, who was reportedly on the shortlist to be a vice-presidential nominee for Hillary Clinton, spoke at the convention. Booker spoke about economic inequality among other topics. Booker also turned his attentions to Donald Trump, saying Clinton knows we…
Three men were arrested after police discovered guns and drugs in a vehicle. Egg Harbor Township Police announced that last week Doward Davis, of Egg Harbor Township, Aaron Carter, of Egg Harbor Township, and Rodney Emory, of Atlantic City were all charged with weapons possession charges. Emory was also charged with drug possession. Police had…
An Atlantic City man was in wanted for two shootings in the city from June. Jamil Miller, has been charged with shootings that took place on June 14 and June 27, one of which injured an 18-year-old. Miller faces multiple counts of weapons charges, aggravated assault, and conspiracy. Police are searching for Miller. Marcelino Martinez,…
A new proposal to fund transportation projects is “dead on arrival.” Gov. Chris Christie said he is rejecting a plan to raise the gas tax along with a number of tax cuts that didn’t include the initial proposal Christie proposed of cutting the sales tax. Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto came…
A pair of North Wildwood Police officers attended the funeral of an officer who was ambushed and killed in the line of duty. North Wildwood Police Officer Bryan Skill and Detective Michael Griser went to Baton Rouge to attend the funeral of Corporal Montrell Jackson of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Jackson was killed on…
There is a huge jackpot up for grabs this week. The Powerball Lottery clocks in at $422 million and a cash option of $291 million. The drawing will take place on Wednesday night. There hasn’t been a winner in the Powerball since May 7 when a winning ticket was sold for $415 million. The Powerball…