Earlier this month it was announced that 100 Macy’s department stores would be closing nationwide. On Monday, a company spokeswoman said Macy’s will not give the details of specific store closings until late January 2017. Sales at the national chain fell by 3.6 percent last year, while online sales were up by 15 percent. The…
Egg Harbor City Council held an emergency, closed-door meeting on Monday after three shooting incidents that have residents concerned for their safety. Mayor Lisa Jiampetti requested additional police assistance from the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office and patrols from Galloway and Mullica Townships. City residents offered to start a neighborhood watch and the city made plans…
On Monday morning a cellphone store on Main Street in Pleasantville was hit by an armed robber. Police responded to Main Street Communication at 10:36 a.m. Monday for a reported armed robbery. No one was injured and no report on what was stolen from the store.
On Monday representatives from Unite Here Local 54 and management from the Trump Taj Mahal finally sat down to discuss their labor dispute. The two-hour meeting was the first in nearly two months, as the union proposed that the Taj Mahal pay they workers the same amount for health care that other casino workers are…
The victim of a Northfield house fire on Saturday has been identified. Authorities say the body of 91 year-old Julia Eisenhardt was found in her home at 2200 Bay Drive, after firefighters extinguished the flames. The roof of the one-story rancher collapsed as a result of the fire. Eisenhardt’s cause of death is under investigation…
State Police continue to investigate a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon at about 3 p.m. on the eastbound Atlantic City Expressway near mile marker 11. Action News reported that a white Ford Excursion, covered with bullet holes, was found later in the parking lot of the Wawa on the airport circle on Tilton Road, with…
On Sunday evening at the Isle of Palms Motel in Wildwood, a 19 year-old man pretended to set himself on fire inside an elevator as prank for social media. Wildwood Police received multiple 911 calls around 8:30 p.m. that a man in an elevator with eight other people, had poured gasoline onto his body and…
One person is dead, five others injured during a shooting incident that ended at a Wawa convenience store in Egg Harbor Township. Authorities say a white Ford Expedition that was shot up wound up parked at the Wawa after the shooting incident began, possibly on the Garden State Parkway. Both the store and the gas…
They are talking again. Republican Governor Chris Christie and democratic leaders in Trenton have opened talks again on ways to end the crisis facing the Transportation Trust Fund. Dozens of transportation construction projects have been halted over the past eight weeks since the Fund ran out of cash. Christie met with Assembly Speaker Vince Prieto…
A portion of Goshen Road near the Middle Township bike path will be repaved, starting on Tuesday. An section of Goshen Road from Railroad Avenue to Hamman Road will be paved by the New Jersey American Water Company. Lane closures and traffic delays should be expected; the work will be completed before Labor Day weekend.