A 21 year old Bridgeton man is dead and police are looking for the man who shot him last week. Bridgeton Police say Davonte Lee was shot while sitting in a vehicle on Reeves Road last week. Police have no suspects in connection with the case. The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating.
A 13 year old girl from Wildwood is charged with stabbing a 14 year old girl from Woodbine near Middle Township’s homecoming football game on Friday night. Township Police say it happened on Pacific Avenue near the Riggins Gas Station in Cape May Court House. The victim of the stabbing was found inside the bathrooms…
Dennis Township has addressed the issue of abandoned homes in the community. The committee approved an ordinance last week that will regulate how these properties are maintained and cared for until they change hands. Registration fees will be charged on an abandoned or nuisance property in the Township.
Atlantic City Council President Marty Small says a plan to reduce the number of voting wards in his city is racist. Small says the plan to reduce the number of districts from six to four is a scheme to reduce the number of African Americans on City Council. A question to reduce the number of…
It’s a double whammy for New Jersey drivers in the coming weeks. A new 23-cent gas tax will go into effect, and gasoline prices are rising on their own regardless of the new tax. The price for a gallon of fuel went up by four cents last week and could climb even higher this month.…
Donald Trump is unfit to be the President of the United States. Those words coming over the weekend from Congressman Frank LoBiondo, who says he will not vote for Trump and instead will write in the name of Mike Pence. LoBiondo says he will not vote for a candidate who boasts of sexual assault. LoBiondo…
Another Atlantic City casino, closed for business. The Trump Taj Mahal closes just before daybreak on Monday morning and it brings an end to Donald Trump’s experience in the resort. The Taj opened in 1993 as a landmark casino in Atlantic City but now closes due to a strike by employees over pay and benefits.…
New Jersey’s first bear hunt begins Monday, and this year it coincides with deer season. Hunters with valid permits will be allowed to hunt for bears using bow and arrows from October 10th through the 12th, and can use muzzleloaders from the 13th through the 15th. In prior years, the bear hunt was held in…
The New Jersey Senate voted to pass the 23 cents a gallon gas tax Friday afternoon and passed the bill onto the assembly. The gas tax, which has not been raised since 1988, now stands at 37.5 cents a gallon, still lower than neighboring Pennsylvania and New York. The tax increase will go into effect on…
In spite of recent heavy rainfalls, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection has issued a drought watch for six New Jersey counties, including Salem and Ocean Counties. The DEP says that rainfall amounts in Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland Counties is near or above normal, but shallow ground water is considered severely dry and stream…