A head-on accident involved four motor vehicles on the Route 109 bridge in Lower Township Saturday afternoon. Lower Township Police say a vehicle driven by 24 year old Tami Riddle was heading southbound and crossed the center line, striking a Cadillac SUV head on. Two other vehicles were involved in the crash. One passenger in…
No further talks are scheduled between striking union members and a union that represents workers at the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City. The casino will not be accepting room reservations for the upcoming week due to the strike. The casino is now run by Carl Ichan, who refuses to budget on pay and benefits…
Lottery players, line up: The Mega Millions jackpot will be worth about $449 million on Tuesday night. There were no big winners in the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday night which pushes the jackpot up. No one has hit the Mega Millions since March 8th. The cash value of the jackpot is estimated at…
Eight people were rescued off the coast of Sandy Hook Saturday morning after their boat capsized in Sandy Hook Bay. The United States Coast Guard announced that a good samaritin and a New York City Fire Department boat crew performed the rescue. The Coast Guard then marked off the area to warn other boaters about…
A father and his young son, both killed in a watercraft accident in Somers Point on Saturday. State Police say the father was sitting behind his son Saturday afternoon when their personal watercraft rounded a turn and collided with another watercraft in Patcong Creek. The driver of the other watercraft was a 55 year old…
Stone Harbor’s Council is expected to vote on an ordinance that will establish fees for anyone who wants to erect a tent larger than 120 square feet. The ordinance sets the fee at $275 per permit. Council will meet Tuesday at 4:30pm.
Two Atlantic City men are in custody after police found them with 155 bags of heroin, a handgun, and more than $1,000 cash in their possession. Police arrested 24 year old Andre Jackson Jr. and 24 year old Quaijuan Thomas who were charged with multiple drug and weapons offenses. Both men were held in the…
A manager of the Trump Taj Mahal says striking workers are “hell bent” on trying to close the casino. Tony Rodio told Philly.com that the casino did bargain in good faith with workers before a strike was enacted on Friday. Rodio says the workers are simply hurting their own rank and file and everyone else…
Senate President Steve Sweeney is not hopeful that a deal can be reached in Trenton to restore funding for important transportation projects. Governor Christie shut down all projects funded by the Transportation Trust Fund after the legislature refused to implement at 23-cent increase in the gasoline tax. Sweeney says that he will try to reach…
One of two men wanted in connection with a bank robbery last month in Vineland has been captured. Police say they caught 31 year old Dante Davis of Pittsgrove Township. Davis and another man robbed BB&T Bank on South Lincoln Avenue in Vineland on June 1st. The two men were armed with guns; there were…