New Jersey Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced that more than $600,000 in federal funding is coming to Cumberland County to expand wetlands preservation in Cumberland County. Land will be acquired and preserved along the Cohansey River. 1,650 acres of land will be preserved.
New Jersey State Police have wrapped up a six-month investigation and charged two Cumberland County men with significant drugs and weapons offenses. Police say 36 year old Felix Davila of Bridgeton and 23 year old Kenneth Ortiz of Vineland were slapped with numerous offenses. Police recovered handguns, heroin, cocaine and other narcotics.
Two Vineland men have been charged by New Jersey State Police with a string of car burglaries throughout the South Jersey region, including in Cumberland County. Police say 22 year old Marcanthony Jones and 34 year old George Hayes were located at the end of March, one in a motel room and the other in…
It’s been a slow process to restore power for several thousand customers of Atlantic City Electric. As of Thursday evening, the utility still had thousands of customers largely away from the shore region experiencing power delays. Some of the power is not expected to be restored until Friday night, at the earliest. The winter storm…
Another brutal blow for the crews at Atlantic City Electric as the winter storm has knocked out power for well over 10,000 customers as of Thursday morning. Many of the outages are reported in Cumberland, Atlantic, and Salem counties. Only spotty power outages have been reported in Cape May County. Restoration will occur throughout the…
Cumberland County got a lot more snow than Cape May County, and that means several larger schools are closed for the day on Thursday. School districts including those in Bridgeton, Millville, Vineland, and Upper Deerfield are all closed on Thursday due to several inches of snow from Wednesday’s storm.
The number of power outages grew to over 10,000 Wednesday evening in the Atlantic City Electric territory. Nearly all of Cape May County kept the lights on but major outages were reported north and west of Vineland. Some of the estimated restoration times stretch into Thursday morning.
So far, the winter storm has not been terrible for Atlantic City Electric. As of early Wednesday afternoon, there were 2,000 power outages reported by the utility with the majority of them northwest of Vineland. Despite strong gusty winds, most of the power has stayed on in Cape May County.
The republican battle to run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Frank LoBiondo in the Second District got a bit messier last night. Robert Turkavage won the endorsement from the Cumberland County GOP over County favorite Sam Fiocchi. There are now five republicans in the District who have secured GOP nominations from various county…
Over 1,000 power outages were reported during the early morning hours by Atlantic City Electric. Most of the customers who were without power as of 7:30am Wednesday were located just north and west of Bridgeton, Cumberland County. Power outages are possible due to icing and winds associated with this storm event.