Atlantic City Electric has just over 6,300 power outages remaining in its service area. The numbers were reported by the utility shortly before 2:00pm on Friday. Elsewhere in the state, power companies are being grilled for not restoring power in a t…
The National Weather Service has slightly elevated the risk for some severe weather for southern New Jersey Friday afternoon, into the evening hours. An unstable atmosphere could create some drenching thunderstorms at any time during the next 18 hours…
New Jersey has established a new program that provides up to $25 million in funding for landlords who rent units in small buildings. Governor Murphy launched the new program on Friday and it requires landlords to forgive rent and penalties if they acc…
Cape May County has 18 contact tracers for coronavirus. Governor Phil Murphy says a new graphic will be added to the state’s website every Friday to show how many contact tracers are working, and the success rate. Southern New Jersey counties are doing largely a better job with contract tracing than the rest of the …
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New Jersey now has 14,007 deaths related to coronavirus. The new figures were released Friday afternoon by state health officials. New Jersey reported fewer than 400 new cases of the virus during Friday’s briefing.
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Atlantic City Electric is down to fewer than 8,000 power outages in its service area. Friday at 11am the utility reported 7,977 outages throughout its service area which includes several counties. There are still hotspots in Cape May County without p…
Power outages in Atlantic City Electric’s service area are slowly coming down. As of 7am Friday, the utility reported 8,281 outages throughout its coverage area with 2,780 outages to deal with. There are still hundreds of outages in Cape May Co…
The National Weather Service has extended the Flash Flood Watch in our region until early Saturday morning. The Watch means that heavy showers and thunderstorms are possible anytime between now and Saturday at 2am. There are expected to be some downpours in areas this morning, and again late this afternoon and this evening. Keep listening …
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The tornado that impacted Upper Township earlier this week packed winds of 100mph. The National Weather Service has classified the tornado as an EF1, the second lowest classification on the scale. The tornado started as a waterspout, then came onshore near the southern end of Corsons Inlet State Park. The tornado was on the ground …
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An investigation is now underway in connection with a police incident in Ventnor that resulted in the fatal shooting of an man. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office say the incident occurred Thursday shortly after 4pm at Wellington Avenue an…