A 52-year-old Ventnor man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. Pascual Lopez, of N. Marion Avenue, was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree sexual assault for manually touching the victim. It is alleged that Lopez sexually assaulted…
A Superior Court Judge ruled that a Linwood man who fatally stabbed his elderly neighbor, injured her daughter and a Good Samaritan, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and the defendant will be committed to a psychiatric facility, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. On Oct. 8, 2009, Anthony Milano, 66, of E12…
An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted an Egg Harbor Township man on second-degree charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, as well as third-degree endangering an injured victim on Feb. 1. He was arrested today and bail was set at $100,000, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. It is alleged…
U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) today announced that volunteer fire departments in Marmora and Landisville will share $71,725 in federal funding from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. More than $23 million has been awarded locally to 116 organizations in the 2nd District since the program began in 2001. “During these difficult economic…
Lower Township is pleased to announce receiving $336,406.52 from FEMA to replenish money spent on last year’s horrendous snow storms. Lower Township officials say that they have also submitted for reimbursement of $26,000.00 for road repairs, and also $85,000.00 to $110,000.00 for repairs, engineering, and permits to the Holmes Avenue outfall that was damaged during the…
The state’s Department of Transportation has set Feb. 18 as the start date for a major road reconstruction project in Lower Township. Breakwater and Tabernacle roads will be extended and the intersection at Bennett’s Crossing and Sally Marshall’s Crossing will be eliminated. The intersection has been deemed dangerous and this work is attempting to make…
A contract was awarded on Tuesday for the continuing work on the Convention Hall project in Cape May. Arthur R. Henry, of Northfield, won the contract in an unanimous vote. The bid accepted came in at $507,000. This is apart of the $10.5 million work to get the Convention Hall project ready by Memorial Day…
Infrastructure improvements are coming to seven Cape May County towns from the state’s Department of Transportation. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Gov. Chris Christie. Below are the projects and how much the town will get: Avalon Borough Reconstruction of 34th Street Dune Drive to Ocean Drive $195,000.00 Middle Township Reconstruction of Main Street…
Perhaps the biggest announcement in Atlantic City on Tuesday wasn’t the new tourism district, it was that a half built casino will see its conclusion. The Revel project will begin work again and should be completed by 2012. The CEO of the project hopes to secure the final financing by the end of the week,…
Governor Chris Christie once again exercised his veto authority to check inappropriate practices by state authorities by vetoing minutes of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. At their meeting on January 19^th , 2011, the NJRA approved a 2011 administrative budget which contained three percent discretionary raises for staff and funds for employees to select gifts…