On Thursday morning Atlantic City Police and emergency personnel were called in response to a fight at Atlantic City High School. The fight began around 10:30 a.m. between several students and the school was locked down. A police spokesperson said that three juveniles were arrested. A security was reportedly injured during the altercation and transported…
Cape May Mayor Ed Mahaney, Manager Bruce Macleod, and Solicitor Tony Monzo made themselves available to the media on Thursday. Members of the public and Council member Shaine Meier were upset to not be allowed in the room. The three spoke with the media regarding facts they could now release regarding the investigation around comp…
On Thursday the N.J. State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Christie administration’s proposed $225 million environmental settlement with Exxon Mobil. The settlement has angered state Democrats, because court documents show damages were estimated at $8.9 billion for polluted sites in Linden and Bayonne. The settlement arrangement also faces a public comment period and must…
On Wednesday the Atlantic City Council introduced a modified redevelopment plan authorizing Stockton University to move ahead with its Island Campus. The plan is the first official permit for an institution of higher learning to operate within city limits. Last year, Stockton purchased the former Showboat Casino, along with two parcels of land to be used…
The former First Lady and Secretary of State will be visiting Atlantic City today. Hillary Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the Tri-State American Camp Association conference. Clinton will be speaking about summer camp shortly after noon on Thursday. The event is billed as the largest gathering of camp professionals in the world, with 3,000…
A New Jersey man is the focus of a new short documentary film that details his sexual relationship with a dolphin. Yes, a real live dolphin. Malcom J. Brenner says he fell in love with a captive, bottle-nosed dolphin while he was in Florida and had sex with the mammal. Brenner wrote a novel called…
Some winter weather is planned for the first day of spring at the Jersey Shore. The National Weather Service predicts some wet snow falling Friday morning in Cape May County as a storm moves across our area. Kids, don’t bank on a snow day, it won’t happen. The daytime temperatures on Friday all move to…
Cape May Police are searching for a man who committed a lewd act on Sunday evening. Police say there was a lewdness incident in the 1200 block of New Jersey Avenue shortly after 5pm on Sunday. The suspect fled the scene in a black, four door SUV. Police are asking the public’s help with identifying…
Middle Township plans to do more, with less. The Township Committee met this week and introduced a new $20.3 million budget that would drop the local purpose tax rate by about one third of a penny. Mayor Tim Donohue announced that the budget process started with a two cent tax increase, and after some hard…
The Wildwood City Commission will meet next week and again address an ordinance that deals with police staffing issues. The Commission meets next Wednesday and is expected to hold a vote on an ordinance that would increase the number of lieutenants in the department to six. Last month, a judge ruled that the city violated…