On Monday a New Jersey Assembly committee advanced legislation that would facilitate travel for passengers flying into or out of Atlantic City, by providing train service to their final destination. The bill (A-3699) would direct the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit, in consultation with the South Jersey Transportation Authority, to construct a…
A North Jersey lawmaker wants to put slot machines in the Atlantic City International Airport. Assemblyman Tim Eustace of Bergen County is proposing a constitutional amendment in a bill he introduced last week. The bill has not yet been scheduled for a hearing by the Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee.
A six year old girl was critically injured when she became caught in a mechanical bed in her home in Egg Harbor Township Thursday night. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the girl’s chest became compressed in a mechanical bed frame in her parent’s bedroom. The girl was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in…
A customer of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority was severely injured Wednesday while dropping off yard waste. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the leg of the unidentified male became pinned between his truck and trailer while he was dumping yard waste at the ACUA facility in Egg Harbor Township, near Delilah Road and…
Egg Harbor Township Police are looking into two burglaries that took place on Monday and Tuesday. The police responded to the PAL “Ready to Ride” building and then the next day to the Community Food Bank. Police don’t know if either event is connected to the other. Anyone with information is asked to contact Egg…
Two men were arrested for stealing a wallet out of a purse at a Shoprite in English Creek. Egg Harbor Township Police say that both Lamont Howard, of Atlantic City, and Anthony Robert, of Hamilton Township, were both charged in the similar thefts that took place on back-to-back days. Bail was set at $15,000 and…
Police in Egg Harbor City are looking for a man who robbed a branch of Ocean City Home Bank on the White Horse Pike Monday morning. Police say the man demanded cash, received it, and then fled the bank following the hold up. He is between the ages of 35 and 40, medium build, with…
A 46 year-old man who died Friday in an accident on the Garden State Parkway has been identified by N.J. State Police. Trenton resident Bobby Cardona was driving a 2007 Ford Econoline van northbound on the Garden State Parkway just after 4 p.m. when he lost control of the van near mile marker 33, drove…
A four year old boy drowned over the weekend in Egg Harbor Township. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the child drowned in a swimming pool early Sunday morning. The child’s identity has not been revealed. The boy was missing near the London Court Apartments.
A 46 year old Trenton man lost his life during a motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway Friday afternoon. State Police say Bobby Cardona was driving a Ford van that veered off the Parkway at milepost 33 and hit a tree. Cardona was taken to Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point where he…