After two months of treatment and rehabilitation for gunshot wounds, Atlantic City police officer Joshlee Vadell was finally able to return home on Wednesday. The 29 year-old officer of Egg Harbor Township was shot in the head during a robbery attempt in Atlantic City on Sept. 3rd. Vadell was discharged from the Drucker Brain Injury…
A state takeover of Atlantic City is underway. The adminstration for Gov. Chris Christie has given approval to take over the state for five years. The governor believes this will be the best way to keep the city from going bankrupct. The city presented a plan recently that was declined by the state. Atlantic City…
U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo won reelection to another term in Congress over Democratic challenger David Cole. LoBiondo won with 59 percent of the vote to 37 percent for David Cole of the nearly 280,000 votes cast. On Tuesday LoBiondo announced that he changed his mind about the presidential race and voted for Donald Trump because…
Galloway Township Police have released the identity of a Pleasantville man who was struck and killed by a NJ Transit bus Saturday night. Police said 58 year-old Fredrick Sclafford was crossing Route 30 at 10:50 p.m. Saturday night near Jimmie Leeds Road when he was hit by an eastbound NJ Transit bus. Sclafford was pronounced…
The state said No to Atlantic City…again. Last week New Jersey officials rejected the city’s fiscal recovery plan and on Monday the city’s supplemental information was rejected as well. Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Charles Richman issued a 14-page reply to Atlantic City officials that stated the city’s plan is still too reliant on state…
Stockton University has launched a nationwide search for a new athletic director. Current A.D. Lonnie Folks has been promoted to the university’s director for athletic development and program expansion. Folks has been working at Stockton since 1999, when he was hired as the school’s director of athletic operations. During Folks’ tenure, Stockton has seen tremendous…
A 55 year-old Atlantic City man was sentenced for crimes of sexual assault on a 14 year-old boy. Nestor J. Echevarria was charged with sexually assaulting the boy while he slept over at his home on Jan. 8th, 2012. Echevarria was sentenced to ten years in prison, and will be on parole supervision for life…
Atlantic City Police may have found the pickup truck that was allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run Thursday night. Earlier today police announced they had found the vehicle but did not say if they had identified a suspect in the case. On Thursday a woman was stuck and killed in front of the Bayview Inn…
A 30 year-old Brigantine man was arrested Saturday for drug and weapon possession after police investigated a verbal dispute between the man and a woman. Officers found Christopher Barnett and a woman in a car behind the Fox Manor Motel in a loud argument and discovered more than 8 grams of marijuana and a loaded…
An 18 year-old Mays Landing man was arrested on Saturday near Oakcrest High School after trying to outrun police and charged with drugs and weapons violations. Hamilton Township Police responded to the Oak Crest Estates at Cologne Avenue for a report of a man whipping another person with a belt. Police attempted to arrest Jordain…