A 56 year old man from Pleasantville has been arrested for robbing a branch of TD Bank last week in Absecon. Police have announced that Michael W. Sanders has been arrested and charged with the bank robbery. Sanders made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled the bank on foot; there were no…
Wildwood Crest resident Ian Doherty and North Wildwood Beach Patrol lifeguard Riley Engel were the respective male and female winners of the Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race held on Saturday morning. The 36 year-old Doherty, a native of Co. Donegal, Ireland, finished the race in 17 minutes, 47 seconds. More than 260 runners completed the 5K…
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, officials will consider a resolution that will request the Cape May County Clerk to place a non-binding question on the November general election ballot regarding a city name change. The resolution and the request for a non-binding question results from a group of residents that presented a petition to Mayor…
A 21 year-old Mays Landing man was charged with arson in connection with a boat fire that happened Saturday night on the Great Egg Harbor River. Hamilton Township Police arrested William Ford after he was found in a car that matched the description of a vehicle seen leaving the the fire scene. A boat and…
On Monday Unite Here Local 54 members will be in Trenton in support of legislation to extend unemployment benefits to striking workers. More than 100 union members from the Trump Taj Mahal will be holding a press conference from the State House to announce their support for a bill that would allow workers to collect…
Another memento of a fallen public servant has been stolen in the Wildwoods. NBC-10 reports that the helmet of a fallen firefighter was stolen from the wall of the Firehouse Tavern on Park Boulevard in Wildwood. The helmet belonged to Ray McQuaid, a Gloucester Heights firefighter who passed away 25 years ago from cancer. Owners…
Visitors to the Atlantic City Airshow will not be able to park at Bader Field this year. Organizers of the event have decided not to use Bader Field as a park-and-ride location, due to lack of interest during the past few years. Atlantic City will be opening bids on Thursday for Bader Field as they…
Many shore towns are reporting increased revenues from beach tag sales so far in 2016. The Press of Atlantic City reports that beach revenue is up by 2 percent in Ocean City, 1 percent in Sea Isle City and 4 percent in Harvey Cedars over last year. Preseason beach tag sales were down, due to…
The Upper Township 11-12 Little League baseball team beat Randolph West 9-3 in an elimination game Sunday in the New Jersey state tournament. On Monday night Upper Township will play Freehold Township and will need to beat them twice to win the tournament.
The Avalon Beach Patrol won the Kerr Memorial Lifeguard Races for the sixth straight year on Sunday. The Avalon team won three of the five events, while second place winners Longport won the singles and doubles row. The race is in the memory of former Avalon lifeguard David J. Kerr, Jr. who succumbed to cancer…