The Atlantic County Republican Committee filled a vacancy on their Board of Chosen Freeholders with a 34 year-old local official. Hamilton Township Deputy Mayor Amy Gatto, of Mays Landing was selected to fill the vacancy created when Freeholder-At-Large Will Pauls resigned from the board after moving to Cape May County. Gatto will become the second…
North Wildwood Police reported that a sailboat ran aground at the Fifth Avenue beach on Friday night. The only information that was made available was that everyone on the vessel was accounted for. A video posted on the North Wildwood Police Facebook page shows the sailboat being towed from the water’s edge across the beach.
Pleasantville identified the 29-year-old man who was killed during a weekend shooting in the city. Police say Rasheed Hines of Egg Harbor City was shot multiple times late Saturday afternoon near Merion and Linden avenues in the city. Hines died about 30 minutes later at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City. The Atlantic County…
Many local communities hosted 9/11 ceremonies on Sunday, to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. The Cape May County Freeholders hosted their annual ceremony Sunday afternoon and the the City of Cape May along with the local Kiwanis Club sponsored their local ceremony. The City of Absecon unveiled a memorial monument…
For two hours on Sunday night Atlantic City was in the national spotlight as the 2017 Miss America Pageant was broadcast live on ABC. This year’s winner was 21 year-old Savvy Shields, Miss Arkansas, who was awarded a $50,000 scholarship and a six-figure salary for the year. The 52 contestants were introduced from various locations…
One person was killed during a weekend shooting in Pleasantville. It happened late Saturday afternoon near Merion and Linden avenues in the city. Police say the man was shot multiple times and died at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City. The victim’s name has not been released; no suspects have been arrested.
Private emails belonging to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be searched. A judge ruled that a public records request by a northern New Jersey newspaper was not complete and the paper has the right to access Christie’s private emails. Christie’s office declined comment on the ruling.
It’s 19 years in prison for a Cumberland County man who committed a drive by shooting that killed a bystander. Ralph Jamison received the prison term on Friday for a shooting back in August, 2014 that killed Quantasia Bessix. Bessix was not the intended target during the shooting. Jamison offered the family an apology during…
The high school football season kicked off Friday night, and two local teams were on the losing end of blowouts. Middle Township was shut out by Holy Spirit, 34-0 in a game broadcast live on WCZT; Spirit had three touchdown passes and two first-quarter safeties in the win. Wildwood was knocked off by Schalick, and…
An electronic dance music festival event in Atlantic City scheduled for later this month has been cancelled. City officials announced that the event scheduled for the weekend of September 24th was scrubbed after businesses near Arkansas Avenue put up great resistance to the event being held in their neighborhood. Mayor Don Guardian says last year’s…