Mackenzie McCracken will be playing college basketball at Philadelphia’s Holy Family University. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that McCracken has made the choice to play at the Division II school following an outstanding career at Wildwood High. Last year McCracken lead all of South Jersey in scoring at 25.1 points per game. ##
The Lower Township Council is pushing forward with plans to regulate vacant properties. Council met last week and introduced an ordinance that would force these property owners to register with the Township and pay a $500 fee to do so. ##
A 16 year old boy from Galloway Township attempted to build his own assault rifle. Authorities in the Township say the boy was arrested last week after he was caught having all of the parts to build an AR 15 assault rifle. Police did not find ammo for the weapon. ##
The final group of Margate residents who were steadfast in fighting a plan to install dunes in the community has thrown in the towel. They have abandoned their fight against the dune plan even though they say the dunes will compromise the views from their homes. ##
A 19 year old man was critically injured after being accidentally shot by another friend in the parking garage at the Tropicana Casino and Resort. 20 year old Joseph Crouch of Illinois was arrested after he threw the gun from a car while he took the injured friend to a local hospital. The gun has…
The body of a man who was found floating last week near a marina in Salem County has been identified. Authorities say the body was that of 30 year old Jonathan Thompson Jr. of Salem who had been missing since March 20th. The cause of death is accidental drowning. ##
State troopers must pay their own tolls driving to and from work. A state appeals court ruled that two highway authorities in New Jersey acted correctly when they stopped the practice of giving troopers free tolls as they drove to and from work. Governor Christie ended that practice in 2010. ##
The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council met in Galloway Township Thursday evening to discuss further strategies to fight rules that would reduce the summer flounder catch locally by 30 percent. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved the new reductions and will further discuss the plan at a meeting on May 10th. ##
Sea Isle City is considering extended hours for sidewalk dining. Two members of council are speaking with business owners about the possibility for expanding the hours for sidewalk dining, and for allowing bands to perform outside of bars an extra hour, until 10pm. ##
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian says visitors will be enjoying a new state of the art public address system on the city’s boardwalk this summer. Gillian says the former system was in a state of disrepair and a major upgrade was needed. Five new pavilions have also been added to the city’s boardwalk. ##