New Jersey hospitals are facing a major cut to their state charity care funding in the new 2017 budget. The charity care program helps hospitals recover losses from uninsured and low-income patients who need emergency care and other services but have no means to pay for it. The charity care funding in the new budget…
On Friday the Ocean City Beach Patrol won their 17th overall Cape May County Lifeguard Championships at the Rambler Road beach in Wildwood Crest. Ocean City won it’s fourth straight team title by one point over the Wildwood Beach Patrol, who were leading going into the final event after wins in the doubles and singles…
The hiring of a new Pleasantville superintendent of schools will be decided in the courts. Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez will decide if the hiring of Clarence Alston as school superintendent by the Pleasantville Board of Education was legitimate, since only four of the nine member board voted to approve. Three of the…
She may not be on this year’s U.S. Olympic Team, but a 27 year-old Ocean City native won a huge triathlon event in Hungary on Sunday. Renee Tomlin won the Tiszaujvaros ITU World Cup triathlon over an international field for her second ITU World Cup victory. Joe Maloy from Wildwood Crest did not compete Sunday…
Nearly two years after the Showboat Casino/Hotel closed it’s doors in Atlantic City, the Showboat Hotel reopened on Friday without casino games. The hotel has 852 oceanfront rooms and suites and has retained it’s Mardi Gras theme. Amenities include a bar, two restaurants, a coffee shop and a gym, but no gambling.
Nearly 1,000 workers of the UNITE-Here Local 54 union continue their strike at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. No new talks have been scheduled between the union and casino management since a week ago last Thursday, according to union president Bob McDevitt. The latest contract offer from the Taj Mahal reportedly offered much…
A male diver who was injured on Sunday was rescued by the United States Coast Guard, and airlifted to a Philadelphia hospital. The man, whose identity was not released, was experiencing medical problems after a “dive incident” Sunday morning about eight miles off the coast of Barnegat Light. The man was taken from the vessel Dina…
One man was killed when two boats collided on the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County Sunday afternoon. State Police say a 36-foot speed boat collided with a 16-foot Carolina skiff in the Oyster Creek Channel. Chan-Hee Kang, the 26 year-old skiff operator from Hainesport was killed in the accident. Four people on the speed boat…
There was a fatal pedestrian-motor vehicle accident near the Cumberland Mall on Saturday. Vineland Police say 33 year old Patricia Pennington of Bridgeton was killed when a vehicle struck her on South Delsea Drive. The driver of the vehicle has been identified as 26 year old Jonathan Santos of Seabrook. The accident remains under investigation.
Tremendous crowds in North Wildwood over the weekend for the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship and Anglesea Blues Festival. The weekend event featured plenty of food, music, and beverages and tens of thousands of visitors participated. The event started 18 years ago and features a $10,000 prize for the best barbecue.