The second annual Cape to Cape paddle board race was held on Sunday, covering 17 miles of the Delaware Bay from Lewes, Delaware to Cape May. Ship Bottom lifeguard Johnny Skolnick was the first to cross the finish line in 3 hours and 12 minutes on a prone paddle board in front of 17 other…
Longtime local radio host Howard Berger has died just one week before turning 90. Berger covered events in Atlantic City from the opening of the casinos to decades of reports on the Miss America Pageant. Berger published his memoirs of 32 years in broadcasting in 2013. His family said he was in failing health the…
Atlantic City Police have arrested a total of five men in two separate drug busts for heroin. On Thursday police seized 277 bags of heroin and arrested 26 year-old Dupree Holloway and 28 year-old Dominic White at a traffic stop. On Friday three men were arrested for possession of cocaine and 297 bags of heroin during…
Middle Township junior Bridget Ruskey has been named the Press Female Athlete of the Year. During the past year, Ruskey led the Lady Panthers to Cape-Atlantic League titles in soccer, basketball and lacrosse. She has verbally committed to play Division I lacrosse at LaSalle University after she graduates next year.
An Atlantic City cop and firefighter both saved a woman who was caught in a rip current over the weekend. Authorities say Tai’ay Conn of Trenton was caught in a dangerous drip current, and fireman Kurt Marrone and police officer Patrick Finegan teamed up to make the rescue. The woman nearly drowned, but has recovered…
Atlantic City Police say they recovered 277 bags of drugs that included heroin and marijuana. Police made a traffic stop on Thursday afternoon and arrested 26 year old Dupree Holloway and 28 year old Dominic White on drug charges. Police also confiscated various drug paraphernalia including digital scales, rubber bands, and empty wax folds.
Officials with the Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority are in active discussions with the State over a host hotel for the Wildwoods Convention Center. The Wildwood Leader reports that Senator Jeff Van Drew brought both sides together to discuss the possibility of a host hotel for the facility. The Authority is getting close…
The top prize in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be close to $400 million on Tuesday. No one hit the winning jackpot on Friday night, so Tuesday’s lottery will be worth $390 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states around the country.
A former powerful figure in the New Jersey republican party has died at the age of 88. Former North Jersey Senator Ray Bateman passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. Bateman ran for governor once in the Garden State; his son, Kip Bateman, now holds the Senate seat his father used to occupy.
The cousin of Sixers top draft pick Ben Simmons was killed in a hit and run accident in New Jersey over the weekend. 21 year old Zachary Simmons of Ramsey was killed while he was walking home from a friend’s birthday party. Simmons was in a crosswalk when an SUV crashed into him, pushing him…