A prayer vigil was held on Monday for Shavonne McKee, the 37 year-old grandmother who was shot and killed near her Atlantic City home on July 3rd. Dozens of parishioners from the Resurrection New Covenant Church walked from the church to the crime scene on Virginia Avenue to show support to the community in their…
The Corcoran family of North Wildwood has offered a cash reward for the return of the American flag that draped their brother’s casket. Patrick Corcoran was lost at sea during the Vietnam War and the family has been flying the flag on holidays for the past ten years. It was stolen from the flagpole in the…
On Monday Atlantic Cape Community College held a demonstration on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones, to help investigate traffic accident sites. The college will be offering training on the use of drones this fall, including specialized training sessions for police and first responders. Attending Monday’s demonstration were representatives from the Cape May…
Bids for a new firehouse in Ocean City are being solicited and will be opened on July 28th. The city is looking to build a new 5,000 square-foot firehouse to replace the one at 29th Street, flooded out during Hurricane Sandy and again by winter storm Jonas. Demolition of the 60 year-old concrete firehouse will…
The threat of an ammonia leak is keeping 31 Vineland residents away from their homes until the problem is rectified. On Thursday seven houses near the South Jersey Ice and Cold Storage facility were evacuated when serious issues were found in their cooling system. The Environmental Protection Agency is assisting with the repairs but no…
How will Atlantic City partially bail itself out of a canyon of a financial hole? By selling ads on city-owned vehicles, of course. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the City Council will consider a measure on Wednesday to sell ads on some city vehicles. An advertising company would keep half of all of…
Senate President Steve Sweeney has seen enough and he will forward several new proposals to fund essential road projects in New Jersey to Governor Christie this week. Christie on Friday shut down all non-essential transportation projects that were funded through the State’s Transportation Trust Fund. Sweeney says the State has a “serious problem”, and these…
At Rutgers University, Coke is it..or it will be it starting with the fall semester. Rutgers announced this week that it will dump Pepsi products as the official soft drink of the university and bring back Coca Cola and other related beverages. Rutgers has already began swapping out Pepsi for Coke in vending machines in…
A veteran republican lawmaker thinks shootings and attacks on police and first responders should be considered hate crimes. Senator Joe Kyrillos will introduce legislation in Trenton that will expand the State’s hate crime status to include violence against police. Kyrillos says the State cannot allow an entire class of public servants to be targeted for…
The former Middle Township man who was convicted of killing his 18 year-old cousin in February of 1990 was denied an appeal by a state appellate court on Friday. Jesse Watkins was denied post-conviction relief on his 45-year prison sentence for killing Craig White, over 20 years after White’s disappearance. Watkin’s conviction was based on…