If you have any Take and Bake cookies from Shoprite, you may want to get rid of them. The Shoprite supermarket chain announced a recall of all Take and Bake cookies that were sold from July 19th through August 15th. The reason? Metal shavings may be in the cookies. You are asked to return these…
Thousands of Ocean City residents are out of power and air conditioning this afternoon due to a massive power outage. Atlantic City Electric reports a big power outage that turned off the power for 4,000 properties in the city early Wednesday afternoon. The outage was caused by a substation failure; power is expected to be…
A new study finds that New Jersey is ranked ninth nationally in student loan debt. The recent study, compiled by LendEDU, a Hoboken-based private Web marketplace for student loans, found that 63 percent of all New Jersey students had taken out a college loan, at an average debt per student $30,536. On Tuesday, N.J. Assembly…
Three men from Pennsylvania were indicted this week for an armed robbery committed on Independence Day on a Sea Isle City beach. Vincenzo A. Severia, Joseph F. Amabile Jr. and Brenden C. Burns robbed two teenagers around 11:30 p.m. on the beach at 35th Street on July 4th, after brandishing a handgun and a stun gun.…
Middle Township Police reported that a 75 year-old man who was reported missing has been found. North Wildwood resident Richard Startare was located safely, less than 30 minutes after he was reported missing on Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday Gov. Christie signed legislation into law that would bar the state’s $80 billion public pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses. The bill was sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Brown, in opposition to the movement called Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, that targets Israeli businesses. The State Investment Council is…
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved another beach concert for Atlantic City, the fifth one this year. No details were given, but officials said the lineup would feature rhythm and blues acts to highlight the city’s diversity. The authority approved a subsidy of $333,330 to fund the concert, that will offer free general admission tickets.…
The new 2016 -17 groupings were announced by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, based on enrollment figures. Cape May Tech moved back up to Group 2, while Cape-Atlantic rival Buena dropped to Group 1. Vineland was listed as the largest school in South Jersey with its biggest enrollment in nine years. Among CAL non-public…
For the third straight year, a rowing team from the Wildwood Beach Patrol won the annual Bud Tarbotton North Wildwood Beach Patrol Around the Island Row. Darrick Kobierowski and Terry McGovern became the first crew to win the event three years in a row. Their winning time of 2 hours, 38 minutes and 53 seconds…
Pleasantville High School graduate Nia Ali advanced to the semifinal round in the 100-meter hurdles at the Olympic Games in Rio on Tuesday. Ali won her heat in 12.76 seconds, to advance to the next round of races tonight at 7:45 p.m. The finals of Ali’s event are scheduled for 9:55 tonight.