A 28 year old Vineland man rammed his vehicle into a cop car in Bridgeton on Friday. Police say Alphonso Wilkins Jr. has been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and other charges. Cops say Wilkins slammed his car into a police cruiser and also sideswiped a sheriff’s car during his attempted escape…
A 61 year old Atlantic City man will be spending the next 20 years of his life behind bars for sexually assaulting a seven year old girl. Victoriano Sevilla was handed the long prison sentence on Friday. Police actually walked on in the sexual assault as it was taking place in May, 2014. Sevilla lured…
USA Today is conducting a poll for the top ten boardwalks in the country and two local communities are in the top ten in the Reader’s Choice contest. As of Friday, the Wildwoods Boardwalk was No. 2 on the list, Atlantic City at No. 7, Ocean City, MD at No. 11 and Rehoboth Beach, DE at No.…
The City of Northfield has a new captain on their police force. This week Dan Mitchell was joined by his family as he was promoted to the rank of captain during the Northfield City Council meeting. Mtitchell started as a patrolman in Northfield in August of 1994 after serving in the U.S. Air Force and…
The off-season flashing yellow traffic signals along the Jersey Shore will soon be changing back to the standard red and green within the next week. The Borough of Wildwood Crest will return their traffic lights to full operation on Monday, May 2nd, and continue full use through Sunday, October 2nd. The City of Wildwood will…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and 16 of their Democratic colleagues to introduce the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, which classifies “conversion therapy” as a fraudulent practice that would be illegal under the Federal Trade Commission. This harmful practice has been widely discredited by major American medical, psychiatric, psychological, counseling, educational, and social…
The Ocean City Board of Education approved a new school budget this week that has a minimal decrease in the tax rate. The new budget is about $175,000 less than last year’s spending plan and results in a one tenth of a one cent decrease in the tax rate. The budget totals $44.4 million.
Cumberland County’s political family is mourning the loss of one of its own. Former longtime County Clerk Gloria Noto has passed away at the age of 83. Noto was a republican, and also served Cumberland County as a freeholder. She served as Cumberland County Clerk until 2014.
All Motor Vehicle Commission employees will receive annual, mandatory customer service training. Governor Christie says he has kicked off a statewide program that requires the training. Christie says higher standards will be applied to every Commission employee. Currently, training is only mandated for new employees.
Three men were rescued from a life raft after their boat sank about six miles off the coast of Cape May on Thursday. The men were aboard the “Last Stand” who radioed for help before their vessel went down. A Coast Guard boat from Cape May responded and rescued the three men from their raft.…