For two hours on Sunday night Atlantic City was in the national spotlight as the 2017 Miss America Pageant was broadcast live on ABC. This year’s winner was 21 year-old Savvy Shields, Miss Arkansas, who was awarded a $50,000 scholarship and a six-figure salary for the year. The 52 contestants were introduced from various locations…
One person was killed during a weekend shooting in Pleasantville. It happened late Saturday afternoon near Merion and Linden avenues in the city. Police say the man was shot multiple times and died at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City. The victim’s name has not been released; no suspects have been arrested.
Private emails belonging to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be searched. A judge ruled that a public records request by a northern New Jersey newspaper was not complete and the paper has the right to access Christie’s private emails. Christie’s office declined comment on the ruling.
It’s 19 years in prison for a Cumberland County man who committed a drive by shooting that killed a bystander. Ralph Jamison received the prison term on Friday for a shooting back in August, 2014 that killed Quantasia Bessix. Bessix was not the intended target during the shooting. Jamison offered the family an apology during…
The high school football season kicked off Friday night, and two local teams were on the losing end of blowouts. Middle Township was shut out by Holy Spirit, 34-0 in a game broadcast live on WCZT; Spirit had three touchdown passes and two first-quarter safeties in the win. Wildwood was knocked off by Schalick, and…
An electronic dance music festival event in Atlantic City scheduled for later this month has been cancelled. City officials announced that the event scheduled for the weekend of September 24th was scrubbed after businesses near Arkansas Avenue put up great resistance to the event being held in their neighborhood. Mayor Don Guardian says last year’s…
A severe weather conference is coming to Ocean City this week. The city will host the conference Thursday evening at the music pier with a panel of experts who will discuss various aspects of how to handle various severe weather events. On the panel is Cape May County Emergency Management Director Martin Pagliughi and Fox29…
Your electricity bill is going up. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved a four percent rate hike increase for Atlantic City Electric so the utility can pay for various infrastructure improvements throughout southern New Jersey. The average bill will see a five dollar per month increase.
Cape May County will begin to inspect its bridges this month, and that could result in some lane closures on select spans. The County will begin inspecting some bridges starting with Avalon Boulevard on Monday, and continue to inspect others including the Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge between Marmora and Ocean City, and the Sea Isle Boulevard…
Cape May Police arrested a 23 year old Wildwood man for simple assault after he hit a woman in the fact with a closed fist on September 8th. Angel Orozco was charged by police for striking the woman, and for fleeing the police when they questioned him about the incident. He was eventually captured driving…