The Mainland Regional girls tennis team blanked Hammonton 5-0 to win their second straight South Jersey Group III championship on Monday. Senior captain Jennifer Margolis completed the shutout by winning her match in a super-tie-breaker at 5-7, 6-2, 13-11. All players on this year’s squad, including four seniors, were on last year’s team that also…
A Pleasantville police officer is credited with saving the life of a 22 day-old infant who had stopped breathing. Officer Marlon Hernandez responded to an apartment on South Main Street for a report of an unresponsive infant at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 5th. Police report that Hernandez immediately began CPR and revived the baby…
On Sunday a 61 year-old man was allegedly assaulted and robbed inside his home on North Kentucky Avenue. Police arrested 26 year-old Myisha Hinton of Atlantic City and are looking for 26 year-old Christine Burke of Northfield, on charges of robbery and conspiracy. Detectives recovered two stolen laptops and other belongings and returned them to…
Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields returned to South Jersey once again, this time to visit students at a Mays Landing elementary school. On Monday Shields hosted two assemblies and visited with students at the George L. Hess Educational Complex. She discussed her platform of Eat Better, Live Better and talked about her path to the…
More than 200 students were moved out of their residential dwellings Sunday night at Stockton University due to a gas leak. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the students were not allowed back into their units as of Monday morning as crews investigated the leak. Students were relocated to Lakeside Lodge; South Jersey Gas…
A former state senator from Atlantic County who was also a former chairman of the Casino Control Commission will speak on Tuesday night at a forum on the potential impact of casinos in North Jersey. Steven P. Perskie, who was instrumental in bringing casino gambling to Atlantic City, will discuss the controversial ballot question at a…
A 39 hear-old man was stabbed during a robbery early Saturday morning at Mount Vernon and Pacific Avenues in Atlantic City. Police report that the victim was found with non life-threatening wounds at 4:47 a.m. after money was stolen from the man. The suspect was described as a black man wearing dark clothing. The victim…
A 27 year old Newark man has been convicted on charges that he hid in the closet inside the home belonging to a Galloway Township woman before he raped her. A jury took less than an hour to convict Patric Reed-Price who now faces up to 40 years in prison. The incident took place in…
It’s been two months since the Pleasantville School Board approved the hiring of Clarence Alston as their superintendent but the process has yet to be finalized. The Press of Atlantic City reports that state monitor Constance Bauer says no progress has been made to officially finalize the approval and complete the vetting process. In the…
Gambling revenues took a hit in Atlantic City for September, in part due to the threat of Tropical Storm Hermine. The eight casinos in the city saw their revenues drop by 3.5 percent over September of last year. The Division of Gaming Enforcement blamed the dip on the Labor Day Weekend state of emergency that…