Ocean City will be swearing in a new Fire Chief Friday evening. Officials announced that a swearing in ceremony will be held for incoming chief James P. Smith. The ceremony will also include the swearing in of the Ocean City Beach Patrol Chief of Operations, Mark Jamieson. The ceremony will take place at the Ocean…
Avalon has secured $2.5 million in street grants from the State of New Jersey over the past 20 years. Mayor Marty Pagliughi announced that for the second consecutive year the Borough is receiving a grant for a street project. This year’s grant totals $160,000 and will be used to repave part of 35th Street in…
A project to create a new Sea Isle Boulevard is still expected to wrap up one year ahead of schedule. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the $12 million construction project should finish by the summer of 2019. The roadway is being elevated over four feet for evacuation purposes.
The municipal tax rate in Wildwood Crest is scheduled to go up by a penny this year. The Borough Commission will hold a formal budget hearing in three weeks at Borough Hall. The budget totals nearly $24 million.
If you need a summer job in Cape May County, look no further than the State of New Jersey. The State announced that it will fill 600 seasonal jobs this year, including at the Belleplain State Forest and at the Cape May Point State Park. Salaries start at $8.60 an hour, and the minimum age…
The Philadelphia Phillies will recognize the late Roy Halladay this season. Halladay’s number 34 will be flown on a flag this season at Citizens Bank Park; he will also be posthumously inducted onto the Phillies Wall of Fame. Hallway was killed in November in a private plane crash in Florida.
It was a walkout en masse for students at Cherry Hill East High School Tuesday as they supported one of their teachers, Tim Locke. Locke publicly expressed his concerns about school security and was promptly suspended by the school district. Locke is an Iraq War veteran.
It was a great night for the boys and girls basketball teams at both Wildwood and Ocean City high schools. All four teams won their playoff openers in the NJSIAA basketball tournament. Next up for the Wildwood girls, a home game in the Group I tournament against Woodbury; the boys will host Paulsboro, both games…
Ocean City Police have arrested two adults in connection with drugs and weapons charges. Police say 22 year old Robert J. Down of Atlantic City and 19 year old Zayquan Osei-Mincey of Philadelphia were charged with multiple offenses following a motor vehicle stop Sunday afternoon on West Avenue.
A 35 year old Millville man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the killing of Diante Broughton back in 2015. Octavium Robinson was convicted on a second degree manslaughter charge and other offenses. The killing occurred at the intersection of North 2nd and Broad Streets in the city.