Expect delays during the Monday rush hour near the Harbor Square shopping center in Egg Harbor Township. Beginning at 6 p.m. Monday through 5 a.m. Tuesday, lane closures will be in effect on the Black Horse Pike between Fire Road and Tilton Road for the installation of new steel bridge beams on the Garden State…
An accident early Sunday morning sent five people to the hospital in Hamilton Township. Police report that 28 year-old Staisy Acevedo-Class of Vineland, ran through a red light with her SUV driving north on Wrangleboro Road and hit an eastbound SUV, driven by 50 year-old Gloria Delphin of Mays Landing. The impact caused Acevedo-Class’ SUV…
An indictment was handed down this week in connection with a single-vehicle crash on the Atlantic City Expressway in Egg Harbor Township that killed a 27 year-old woman. An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted 28 year-old Rashad E. Caswell of Philadelphia for aggravated manslaughter in the accident that killed his passenger back on February 28th, 2015.…
On Thursday morning several homes needed to be evacuated in the Chelsea Heights section of Atlantic City. A private contractor hit a gas line near Crosson and Annapolis Avenues, near Fire Station No. 5, according to a report by the Press of Atlantic City. Students on the playground of a nearby elementary school were sent…
An elevated risk of fire danger exists on Thursday as the spring wildfire season is underway. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says most fires are the result of human activity and urges the public to be extra cautious outdoors in order to reduce the risk of fires. Ninety-nine percent of wildfires are caused by people,…
On Wednesday morning New Jersey schools were forced to postpone PARCC testing for grades 3 to 11 due to a technical error. N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe said the malfunction would not allow students to log on to the computerized tests. Pearson, the company who created the PARCC exams, said the glitch affected only students…
Officials with the New Jersey Department of Education are in court Tuesday afternoon, asking a judge to freeze spending in Atlantic City until the schools are fully funded. The state is suing the city for money owed to the local schools, even though they received a payment of $4.2 million last week. The lawsuit seeks…
The National Weather Service has posted a Red Flag Warning for South Jersey, Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The warning is in effect from noon until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, for low humidity and windy conditions. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions occur due to a combination of strong winds, low…
Another crazy incident at a Walmart store, this time it happened in our region. The Press of Atlantic City reports that a 26 year old man was arrested over the weekend for exposing and gratifying himself near a female customer who had her back turned towards him. Qushine Tolbert was charged with lewdness; the incident…
A 54 year-old Egg Harbor Township man admitted to exchanging nude photos online with minors, according to a report in the EHT Current. Zackary McFerren pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of one count of possession of child pornography and one count of transferring obscene matter to a minor. McFerren was found to…