The high winds that blew through South Jersey caused damage throughout the area early Sunday morning by downed trees and limbs. The Press of Atlantic City reports that a section of one of the oldest trees in Linwood, a 200 year-old beach tree, fell onto a house on Maple Avenue, causing minor damage. The winds…
Don’t put away your winter coast just yet! The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for our area from 1 a.m. until 10 a.m. Tuesday morning and a Freeze Watch overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop into the 25 to 31 degree range in much of South Jersey overnight…
Lower Township Police are seeking a 35 year-old resident, last seen on Thursday. Carl Suit, 5’11” with brown hair and eyes was last seen by his wife on Thursday. Suit was wearing a blue North Face jacket, blue jeans, brown shoes, a button up shirt (unknown color), and glasses in the Villas section of Lower Township.…
A dumping area in EHT is scheduled to become a solar farm. The Press of Atlantic City reports that an Absecon-based developer has reached an agreement with Egg Harbor Township to turn the area known as Price’s Pit into a solar farm, and pay more that $290,000 in back taxes to the township. Price’s Pit was…
The Ocean City High School baseball team decided to spend their spring break in Florida, preparing for the 2016 season. The Ocean City Gazette reports that the team scheduled scrimmages against other high school teams from all over the country. On Thursday, the Red Raiders played two scrimmages at the Walter Fuller Baseball Complex in…
A high wind watch has been issued for Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean and Cumberland counties, for late Saturday night through Sunday morning. The National Weather Service has issued the high wind watch from midnight Saturday until noon on Sunday as a cold front brings high winds and falling temperatures to the Jersey Cape. Winds are…
A welcome home celebration was held for a local 20 year-old soldier. Brian DeVico of Middle Township was honored by VFW Post 386 in Cape May on Thursday afternoon. DeVico served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Kuwait and Bagdad, Iraq, and is home on leave before another deployment. Attending the celebration were Middle Township Mayor…
Hamilton Township Police arrested a fugitive wanted in California late Thursday night. Police were conducting property checks and found a vehicle in the stall of a car wash in the Lenape Plaza just before midnight. The occupant of the car, 25 year-old James Coleman of Woodbine, was wanted out of California for 2nd Degree Robbery and False…
The Lower Township Police Department will be hosting a “Cop Stop” at the Villas Wawa, at 1515 Bayshore Road in the Villas, on Saturday April 9th. Patrolman Eric Coombs will be present from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. to answer any questions or listen to comments that citizens may have concerning the operations of the…
Gov. Chris Christie had harsh words for Atlantic City officials on his monthly radio show Wednesday night. Christie refused to take the blame for the resort’s money crisis by giving them less state aid than other locations. The governor said that Atlantic City “Spend(s) money like drunken sailors,” and that it was wrong for lifeguards…