The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Urban Search & Rescue Strategic Group has approved the New Jersey Task Force One to enter the National Urban Search & Rescue System. Congressman Frank LoBiondo and other state representatives have been pushing FEMA to make this designation since the NJ TF1 was one of the first teams in New…
A single vehicle accident shut down lanes of Route 322 at about 11:10 a.m. Sunday morning in Hamilton Township. Police reported that 72 year-old Bobby Hines of Newtonville, was driving a pickup truck towing a trailer, when he drove off the westbound shoulder of the roadway, severed a utility pole and struck a tree. Hines…
Sunday was National Cancer Survivors Day and a small group of people gathered in Somers Point for the Shore Medical Center Survivors Day Breakfast. The group shared their stories and experiences of recovery from cancer to help themselves and others continue the healing process. The buffet menu was donated by a local supermarket for the…
It was a very unique and special anniversary celebration for former Wildwood High School athletes on Sunday. Most of the women from Wildwood’s 1976 NJSIAA State Championship softball team gathered to mark the 40th anniversary of their state title in Group I. Most of the 19 team members celebrated at a local restaurant Sunday night…
A marina dredging project was completed ahead of schedule in Avalon. The Borough completed the dredging of the navigation channel at its popular Bay Park Marina on Friday afternoon, and the marina was open for the weekend. Silt and sediment was removed from the channel to improve safety; the entire marina will be dredged after…
Lower Township Police have arrested three subjects following an investigation into the recent burglaries of some homes along the Delaware Bay front. Police say they made a motor vehicle stop and found some stolen items along with heroin paraphernalia in plain view. Charged were 33 year old Christopher Vandom of Cape May Court House, 30…
A 17 year old juvenile was arrested by Lower Township Police over the weekend after he pushed a police officer who responded to a burglary investigation. Police say they responded to a burglary call early Friday morning at West Pacific Avenue and Millman Lane in the Villas when the juvenile became aggressive and pushed Officer…
She did it again. Anna Nordqvist won her second consecutive Shoprite LPGA title in dominating fashion over the weekend. She closed with a seven under 64 and became the first woman to win the event in back to back years. She finished the tournament at 17 under, which ties the all time tournament record.
The United States Coast Guard rescued a 70 year old diver who got into trouble near Cape May over the weekend. The Coast Guard say the man left the vessel “Explorer” and missed his decompression. Rescue Swimmer Hector Eagan said it was his first time hoisting a diver in need of a hyperbaric chamber. The…
Imagine walking into your backyard and finding a loaded handgun that was not yours. It happened in Vineland, and police are trying to figure out where the gun came from. Vineland Police announced over the weekend that the gun was found in a yard in the 700 block of Cherry Street when the homeowner was…