Authorities reported two different DWI accidents in Hamilton Township within 15 minutes of each other. The first accident involved a vehicle driven by Richard Simmons, of Bridgeton. The 54-year-old crossed the center lane of traffic on Harding Highway and hit a vehicle driven by David Oechsle, of Mays Landing. There were no life-threatening injuries in…
Gov. Chris Christie will be spending even more time out of the state later this month when he makes two trips to Iowa. The governor has set up trips on July 24 and then again on July 31 and Aug. 1 to Iowa. These will be his first trips to the first presidential caucus state…
Gov. Chris Christie and the unions are going to head to court again. Some key unions are suing state government because of a pay freeze that was enacted by Christie. Some key unions, including the Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 105 had their contracts run out on June 30 and the unions didn’t want to negotiate…
Hamilton Township Police arrested a man who allegedly stole construction materials. Thomas Derbyshire, of Egg Harbor City was charged with burglary and theft and had bail set at $10,000. The stolen items were recovered from his vehicle. Police were investigating the incident that took place Thursday evening around 7:36 pm.
The Ocean City Gazette reports that bathers were pulled out the water four times on Thursday at North Street, according to beachgoers. The report said officials could not confirm why the lifeguards cleared the water, but speculated that it could have been anything including debris, a large fish, a shark or even a man-of-war jellyfish. Local shark…
The Trump Taj Mahal held a job fair Thursday morning to reportedly fill 250 potential job openings in the coming weeks. The casino says it’s looking for housekeepers, housemen and public-area cleaners. Other job openings listed on their website include positions at the front desk, guest services and cocktail service.
Wildwood Crest Police responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls and found a 2010 BMV overturned on the beach at Stanton Road on Wednesday at about 4 p.m. The driver, Nabil Moussa of East Rutherford, N.J. and a female passenger were safely removed from the car by rescue personnel. Witnesses stated that the BMW was at the…
Upper Township shut out Northfield and the Little League team from there won the District 16 championship. Upper Township was combined with Ocean City last year and that team also won District 16 and eventually Section 4 before falling in the state final. Upper Township this year had more players and is split from Ocean…
The name of the victim in a shooting in Bridgeton has been released. Bridgeton Police have identified the homicide victim on York St. which occurred on July 4th, 2015 as 24 year old Wayne Height. Height recently moved to Bridgeton from Asbury Park, NJ and has lived in Fairfield Township, NJ and most recently York…
Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced a big grant to help an area fire department. LoBiondo said that the Absecon City Fire Company #1 would receive $16,000 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. The Fiscal Year 2014 program will award approximately $340 million in competitive grants to first responder organizations across the country to obtain critically…