The dates for the annual 4-H Fair in Cape May County have been announced. Young adults who assist with the fair attended the Freeholder meeting this week to announce that the event will be held Thursday through Saturday, July 20-22nd. ##
The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the license of Atlantic County doctor James Kauffman. Kauffman was arrested earlier this month after he greeted authorities armed with a pistol who came to his practice in Egg Harbor Township. ##
The Chelsea Pub and Inn in Atlantic City is closed for good. The business announced on its social media page that it had to close after being in business for nearly 160 years. No word yet on what caused the closure. ##
Ocean City Police are investigating vandalism at the Playland’s Castaway Cove amusement park on Monday and Wednesday. Police say the teens used objects including a fire extinguisher to conduct the vandalism. No word of any suspects being in custody. ##
One adult and two juveniles have been charged in connection with a home invasion robbery on Doughty Road in Pleasantville. Authorities say 18 year old Wilfredo Torres and two juveniles were charged last weekend with armed robbery and other offenses in connection with the crime that occurred earlier this year. ##
A 43 year old Virginia man admitted in court this week that he robbed four banks, including one in Ocean City, and another in Atlantic City. Bruce Wayne Higgins pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Renee Bumb to the crimes. Higgins could face up to 20 years behind bars when he is sentenced…
Democrats in the New Jersey Assembly have failed on their first attempt to get a budget approved before Friday’s deadline. The budget needed 41 “yes” votes, and received only 24. 35 members of the Assembly didn’t even bother to vote on the democrats’ plan. ##
North Wildwood Police say the body of a man found earlier this week on a local beach was 24 year old Ismail Ahmed Abdelmonem Ismail, from Egypt. The man came to the city recently to accept a job on the North Wildwood boardwalk. He was identified via fingerprint analysis. ##
Funeral services will be held next Thursday for former longtime service station owner Albert Cremin who passed away Saturday at the age of 63. Cremin owned and operated Crimin’s Citgo and Sunoco in North Cape May for a quarter century. ##
Rip currents are back at the Jersey Shore, starting this afternoon. The National Weather Service is calling for the potential of strong rip currents today and through the weekend as a southerly flow of warmer air comes into the region. Lifeguards remind everyone to stay out of the ocean when guards are not on duty.…