The Ventnor Beach Patrol bid farewell to a legendary lifeguard from our region over the weekend. The guards took the ashes of Captain Billy Howarth out to sea and placed them in an area that Howarth was found of. Howarth passed away earlier this month after a battle with cancer. He was one of the…
Two men charged in the March 2015 murder of two other men at a Red Roof Inn in Absecon appeared in court on Friday. Brian Bennett, 25, of Pleasantville and Aaquile Reeves, 20, of Absecon, both asked for public defenders at their trials for the murder of two men during a drug deal. Both suspects…
Six members of the U.S. Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township were sent to the hospital as a precaution after a possible chemical exposure. The personnel were working on an F-16 Emergency Power Unit, which provides power to the jet aircraft in case of engine failure. The toxic chemical hydrazine was…
A kitten that had been taken in and cared for by a Hammonton couple has been confirmed as Atlantic County’s ninth rabies case of the year. The Atlantic County Division of Public Health reports that the couple’s outdoor cat brought home three kittens in June. One kitten became ill and died two months later, and was confirmed positive…
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality alert for South Jersey from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. Friday. Ozone is forecast to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, due to hot and humid conditions, mostly sunny skies and light west winds, becoming northwest by the evening hours.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced murder charges against four men for the killing of two 22 year-old men at the Red Roof Inn in Absecon in March of last year. The four men, ages 20 to 24 from Pleasantville and Atlantic City, are charged with felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses, and are being…
A steady stream of job applicants filed into the job fair at the grand ballroom in Bally’s Casino Wednesday morning, looking to fill 500 open positions. The jobs were not just in Atlantic City, but also Harrah’s Philadelphia and Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore. Many of those in attendance were employees from the Trump Taj Mahal,…
All operations came to a halt on Wednesday at the Atlantic City International Airport, as a suspicious object was discovered on a security image. The airport was evacuated and the State Police Bomb Squad called in to investigate. After about an hour, the object was determined to be innocuous and officials allowed travelers to return…
Hamilton Township Police are looking for a 19 year-old man in connection with multiple burglaries in the area. On August 17th cash and other property was stolen from the Hamilton News and Tobacco in the Festival Mall, and police identified Elijah Thomas of Mays Landing as the suspected robber. Thomas is also wanted for multiple residential…
On Tuesday night the driver of a pickup truck lost control of his vehicle, crashed through a small fence and plunged into the marsh off Route 30 in Egg Harbor Township. Atlantic City police closed one lane westbound on the White Horse Pike (Route 30), while fire crews used wooden planks on the marsh to reach…