Officials with the New Jersey Department of Education are in court Tuesday afternoon, asking a judge to freeze spending in Atlantic City until the schools are fully funded. The state is suing the city for money owed to the local schools, even though they received a payment of $4.2 million last week. The lawsuit seeks…
The National Weather Service has posted a Red Flag Warning for South Jersey, Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The warning is in effect from noon until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, for low humidity and windy conditions. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions occur due to a combination of strong winds, low…
She’s only a junior, yet she’s already done what only two other Cape-Atlantic League girls lacrosse players have ever done. On Monday Bridget Ruskey of Middle Township scored her 300th career goal. The Middle girls beat Mainland 21-12 and Ruskey scored 10 goals herself in the game. The Middle Twp. junior leads her team in scoring,…
A residential structure fire in Upper Township early Monday morning caused major damage to the property. Volunteer fire crews responded to a structure fire at a two story dwelling on Sunny Lane in South Seaville early Monday morning. There are no reports yet of any injuries, or a cause of the fire.
A Lower Township man who’s been missing for two weeks is alive and has been in at least two other states. Hoboken Police Chief Kenneth Ferrante says Carl Suit of the Villas is alive and has been traveling; Suit’s car was found in a public parking area in Hoboken recently. He has been missing since…
Food stamps may be possible for thousands of New Jersey residents who are unemployed and live in cities with high jobless rates. Christie announced a compromise between he and the state legislature that will provide benefits for about 11,000 New Jerseyans. Under the agreement, the human services commissioner must examine county and city jobless data.
No injuries resulted from a garage fire in Rio Grande Sunday night. Fire officials say the blaze was reported after 10pm Sunday at a residential property located on the 400 block of East Maryland Avenue. A home adjacent to the garage experienced some damage. Two other fire departments provided assistance to the Rio Grande Volunteer…
Another crazy incident at a Walmart store, this time it happened in our region. The Press of Atlantic City reports that a 26 year old man was arrested over the weekend for exposing and gratifying himself near a female customer who had her back turned towards him. Qushine Tolbert was charged with lewdness; the incident…
Customers of Atlantic City Electric will be seeing a significant credit on their May electric bills. The utility announced that customers will see a credit of slightly over $113 on their bills due to the company’s involvement in a recent merger between Pepco Holding and Exelon. The credits will be applied to the bill balance.
A 54 year-old Egg Harbor Township man admitted to exchanging nude photos online with minors, according to a report in the EHT Current. Zackary McFerren pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of one count of possession of child pornography and one count of transferring obscene matter to a minor. McFerren was found to…