Industry analysts predict that gasoline prices could drop to as low as $1.50 per gallon after Labor Day, after the busy summer driving season. The Press of Atlantic City reports that drivers have saved nearly $19 billion this year, due to the lowest summer gasoline rates since 2004. Three factors could cause prices to remain…
Sunday, Sept. 11th will be the final day of the 2016 season for regular lifeguard coverage of the beaches in Wildwood Crest. All beaches will be protected by beach patrol staff through Labor Day Monday, and on the following weekend of Sept. 10-11. Due to limited available staff, five beaches will be protected from Tuesday, Sept.…
Senate President Steve Sweeney says the funding crisis that has crippled road projects in the Garden State could last into November. Sweeney says democrats have reached an impasse with Governor Christie on how to finance the Transportation Trust Fund. Non-emergency transportation projects, including dozens in South Jersey, have come to a halt due to a…
Another serious motor vehicle accident on Route 55 Wednesday afternoon. State Police say a pickup truck and a GMC Yukon collided on northbound Route 55 near exit 45; both vehicles ran off the highway into the woods. A young girl was trapped inside one of the vehicles and was eventually airlifted to Cooper Hospital in…
Tropical Storm Hermine may cause issues for the Jersey Shore during the middle part of Labor Day weekend. The National Weather Service predicts some wind and rain on Sunday from the storm which will move up near the eastern seaboard. It’s possible the storm could track closer to the coast, or move further out to…
A young boy was pulled from a tidal pond on the Cove beach in Cape May late Wednesday. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the boy was pulled from the pond and taken to nearby ocean lifeguards for help. The boy was given oxygen before being rushed away in an ambulance. One witness said…
A major rescue by members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol before guards were on duty Wednesday morning. The Ocean City Gazette reports that two swimmers were rescued from the surf near the 9th Street Beach about a half hour before the lifeguards went on duty. The guards used jet skis to bring the bathers…
It wasn’t a great day at the beach on Wednesday for a Canadian woman who was reading a book on the beach in Ship Bottom. A Ship Bottom Department of Works truck accidentally drove onto the woman’s leg and arm while it was collecting trash on the beach. The woman was taken to the Atlantic…
It’s finally open. The new southbound Garden State Parkway bridge that links Cape May and Atlantic counties opened to vehicular traffic on Wednesday. The bridge project began three years ago. When it’s completed, the new bridge will also a multi use walkway and a fishing area.
Labor Day Weekend may not be a great weekend to be on the beach in New Jersey. The National Weather Service continues to track three tropical systems that could kick up the surf and cause dangerous rip currents through the weekend. The actual forecast could change a few times before the weekend as well as…