On Wednesday afternoon an area of Cape May marsh caught fire and caused exterior damage to five buildings in the area. The fire was reported around 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday on the 1400 block of Missouri Avenue in Cape May. The three-alarm fire covered an area the size of half a city block. No injuries…
On Thursday another brush fire alert was issued for 15 New Jersey counties, including Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland. This was the fourth such alert issued by the National Weather Service in the past seven days for an elevated risk of brush fires or wildfires. Such alerts are common for early spring, before the trees…
There’s only one drive-in movie theater in that state of New Jersey and it opened for another season last Friday. The Delsea Drive-In is located in Vineland and was built in 1949. It remains the only operational drive-in in the state, which started the tradition in Pennsauken in 1933. The Delsea Drive-In closed in 1987…
Workers in Atlantic City are preparing for a three week loss of income beginning on April 8th. The Press of Atlantic City reports that some municipal employees will file for unemployment, as long as they will not be reimbursed for back pay under their contracts. Police and fire officials said their personnel will work without…
He’s been doing his job in Ocean City for over 45 years and this year he will be retiring. Mark Soifer, the city’s Public Relations Director, announced that he will retire at the end of the year at the age of 83. On April 16th he will be honored as the Grand Marshal of the…
Even though the financial woes continue in Atlantic City, the local school district does not plan any layoffs for next year. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the school Business Administrator announced at Monday night’s school board meeting that no reduction in force was planned in the $169.7 million preliminary school budget for 2016-17.…
A four-student team from Cumberland Regional High School won the 2015 Congressional App Challenge, in a competition against seven other teams from high schools throughout South Jersey in the 2nd Congressional District, represented by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo. Their submission – “Instavote” – is a mobile application designed to allow registered voters to vote from…
A new Monmouth University poll found that Americans feels that a president’s Supreme Court nominations should be taken up by the U.S. Senate no matter when they occur. Two-thirds of those polled say that Pres. Obama’s recent nomination deserves a hearing and 3-in-4 Americans think Senate Republicans are playing politics by refusing to consider to take…
A single-vehicle fatal accident occurred early Tuesday morning on the Northbound Garden State Parkway. N.J. State Police confirmed that one person lost their life in the crash of a heavy duty pick-up truck that left the Parkway and crashed into the woods at mile marker 23.5. The identity of the victim has not been released as…
The local Comcast office in Ocean City will remain open past May 28th, the previously announced closing date. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Comcast has decided to keep their local customer service trailer open throughout the summer season, closing it down at the end of August. The previous plan was to shift customers…