Dozens of Avalon residents attended a community meeting on Saturday to discuss the County’s plans to reconstruct a large portion of Ocean Drive in the Borough. The County intends to rebuild a section of Ocean Drive from 29th Street south to 62nd Street during 2017. In advance of that project, the Borough will conduct a…
Wildwood Crest’s Seafarer’s Celebration this weekend will feature an appearance by an Olympian. Crest native Joe Maloy will appear at the Celebration scheduled for Saturday along Sunset Lake. Maloy was the top American finisher in the men’s triathlon race at the Olympics in Rio. There will be four bands appearing at the event along with…
A tremendous rebound Friday night for the Middle Township football team as it defeated Mainland at Memorial Field, 27-14. Middle was blanked by a very good Holy Spirit team last week; Holy Spirit knocked off St. Joseph’s of Hammonton over the weekend. Shawn Scott rushed for 175 yards and three touchdowns for Middle, who travels…
Wildwood is stepping out in an attempt to bring more people to the city during the offseason. The City and Boardwalk Entertainment unveiled an initiative called “Fall in Love With Wildwood” that will attempt to bring more people to the shore from September through November. The campaign features a new website that will be the…
No charges have been filed in connection with a two vehicle accident on Friday morning that left a 69 year old local woman dead. Mary Puglia of Cape May Court House was killed when her vehicle collided with a Mack dumpster truck driven by 44 year old Carlos Dechoudens of Pleasantville. Police say Puglia tried…
A Vineland man has been arrested and charged with robbing a CVS Pharmacy store twice in two days. 34 year old Jose Octavianni was charged with burglaries reported last weekend at the store located on West Landis Avenue. Octavianni was arrested while trying to flee the store the second time on a bicycle.
He’s back on the election ballot in Vineland. Mayor Ruben Bermudez has successfully appealed a decision that prevented his name from appearing on the election ballot in November. The city clerk in Vineland told Bermudez that he could not appear on the ballot because he did not have enough valid signatures on his nominating petition.…
It could be a bumpy ride for Governor Christie as the infamous Bridgegate trial gets underway this week. Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys will be in court Monday as opening arguments of the trial begin. Authorities will try to prove that two Christie aides knew about the scheme to cause a huge traffic delay at…
No suspects are in custody in connection with the pipe bomb explosion of a trash can in advance of a 5K walk to support military soldiers. The FBI and other agencies are investigating the blast which caused no injuries. Authorities are so far not connecting this explosion to Saturday night’s explosion in New York City.…
A bomb went off in Seaside Park, but no one was injured during a 5K run and walk to benefit members of the military. A device went off in a garbage pail but the remaining ones didn’t go off. A four block area was evacuated. The bomb squad was called in to handle the remaining…