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…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is trying to force a major teachers’ union to come to the table to discuss health care benefits. The State Attorney General’s Office filed a motion in court that would force the New Jersey Education Association to come to meetings to discuss health insurance coverage. Judge Mary Jacobsen agrees with…
Beach patrols throughout southern New Jersey are losing lifeguards as guards return to college and high school. The Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol announced that it will provide full coverage through Labor Day Monday, and again the following weekend. Only five beaches will be guarded during the week between both weekends. Some local beach patrols…
A major construction project in Strathmere will begin again on September 12th after a summer long shutdown. Work along Commonwealth Avenue will begin within two weeks and will result in improved drainage, curbs, and concrete work. Motorists should expect traffic delays through Strathmere this fall as a result of the multi-million dollar project.
An unidentified man was shot in the back in Pleasantville on Tuesday evening. Police said the man was shot on the 100 block of West Edgewater Street and does not appear to be connected to the rolling shootout on the Atlantic City Expressway Monday afternoon. No details were released on the victim or his condition.…
A 24 year-old Millville resident accused of killing another man with a concrete block appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court on Tuesday to face murder charges. Justin Daughtry stands accused of killing 21 year-old Sean Hill of Commercial Township, whose body was found in an abandoned home in Millville on April 22nd. Daughtry said he…
It was back-to-school on Tuesday for students in the Great Egg Harbor Regional School District and teachers began the day with a protest. Teachers and staff in the district have been working without a contract for over a year and union members protested before the day began, carrying signs and placing stickers on classroom windows.…