It was announced on Thursday that a major beach concert event will be held on the Wildwood Beach over the July Fourth Weekend. A major country music act is scheduled to perform on Monday, July 4th, but the identity has not been revealed. A press conference will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on the…
South Jersey will be represented in the 2016 Summer Olympics on the wrestling mat. Southern Regional High School graduate Frank Molinaro was awarded a spot to wrestle at 65 kilograms after doping violations opened up a qualifying spot on the schedule. Molinaro, who is now 27, was a three-time NJSIAA champion at Southern Regional from 2005-2007 and…
A man from Bayville, N.J. has been apprehended by police for allegedly stealing $500 worth of shrimp from a Marmora grocery store on April 7th. New Jersey State Police used tips from their Facebook page to capture 33 year-old Christopher Wells, who was charged with shoplifting and suspected of reselling the shrimp at a discount.…
Wildwood Crest Police report that a man was struck in the head with a golf club by a 58 year-old man from the Villas. Police said Brian Rhuberg was in a fight with a 35 year-old male at a house on the 100 block of Heather Road in Wildwood Crest last Friday night. Rhuberg allegedly…
On Wednesday afternoon Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to New Jersey, after losing the West Virginia primary to Bernie Sanders the day before. The former Sect. of State appeared at Camden County College in Blackwood. Clinton told her supporters that the road to her party’s nomination goes right through New Jersey. “I…
Pleasantville Police are investigating a report of multiple shots fired in the city this afternoon. The Press of Atlantic City reports that police recovered about 12 shell casings in the roadway after shots were fired at noon at California Avenue and Main Street. The report said that another daytime shooting incident happened last month when…
Late on Tuesday the House of Representatives approved S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, by unanimous vote. U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Pete Visclosky (IN-01) authored the original legislation in 1997 and introduced the House-version of the latest reauthorization in January 2015. The measure will now be sent…
An Atlantic County Freeholder wants to give Sheriff Frank Balles a raise because two of his captains make more money than he does. Freeholder John Carman on Tuesday proposed an ordinance to raise Balles’ salary to $1,000 above any officer under his command. Last October, collective bargaining raised the salaries of the Atlantic County Tier 1…
Just under 25 percent of eligible voters turned out for Ocean City’s Municipal Election on Tuesday. Only two of the five council seats on the ballot were contested. Incumbent Karen A. Bergman won the council-at-large seat with 62 percent of the vote over H. Lloyd Hayes III. In Ward 4, Robert S. Barr defeated two other…
On Tuesday a $6.2 million bond ordinance was approved by the Cape May County Freeholder Board to build a central-dispatch center for police, fire and rescue that will be shared by other communities. The building location at the Cape May Airport will be shared by the county operation and the Lower Township Police Department. Cape…