On Sunday a 61 year-old man was allegedly assaulted and robbed inside his home on North Kentucky Avenue. Police arrested 26 year-old Myisha Hinton of Atlantic City and are looking for 26 year-old Christine Burke of Northfield, on charges of robbery and conspiracy. Detectives recovered two stolen laptops and other belongings and returned them to…
Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields returned to South Jersey once again, this time to visit students at a Mays Landing elementary school. On Monday Shields hosted two assemblies and visited with students at the George L. Hess Educational Complex. She discussed her platform of Eat Better, Live Better and talked about her path to the…
An Antares rocket was successfully launched Monday night from the NASA facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, and was visible to residents throughout the Jersey Cape. The launch site is only about 80 miles south of Cape May and carried a Cygnus capsule with more than 5,000 pound of food equipment and experiments bound for the…
Cape May County is moving forward with building a new jail that will cost just over $37 million dollars. The County issued a press release saying four options were considered at the October 12th caucus meeting and the most cost effective option was determined to be a new building. Freeholder Gerry Thornton says the new…
The longstanding St. Mary By the Sea Retreat House in Cape May Point could be meeting the wrecking ball soon. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Sisters of St. Joseph nuns have announced that the retreat house could be knocked down with the land returned to nature by 2021. The congregation says it…
The R.M. Bacon Elementary School was in lockdown for part of the day Monday during a robbery at a nearby convenience store. Millville Police say the students and personnel were told to shelter in place because the One Stop Convenience Store was robbed nearby The robber fled on foot and police were chasing him while…
A 50 year old man who used to work at the South Woods State Prison as a corrections officer has been indicted on allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused a child. Richard Briggs of Williamstown allegedly abused the child on various dates in Hopewell Township. The assaults allegedly occurred back in 1989. Briggs has been…
It’s 18 months in prison for 27 year old Andrew Rieger of Millville who caused the death of his 11 week old daughter nearly three years ago. Rieger tossed the girl against a couch which caused the little girl to roll off and hit her head on a hardwood floor. Rieger pleaded guilty to one…
A big change to the local banking landscape today. Cape Bank is no longer, and all Cape Bank branches in our area are now re-branded as Ocean First. Ocean First bought Cape Bank and all branches now have new signage and logos. Cape Bank’s website now directs patrons to Ocean First. Ocean First also has…
A bad day in the water resulted in the United States Coast Guard making two rescues near Wildwood. A man’s finger got stuck in a boat motor while another individual was stuck in mud trying to retrieve a crab pot on Sunday. New Jersey State Police rescued the man stuck in the mud while a…