A retired Ocean City police officer says a beer he drank at a restaurant at Harrah’s Casino nearly killed him. Richard Washart went before the media on Tuesday and stated that one beer he had at McCormick and Schmick’s Restaurant at the casino made him deathly ill and nearly cost him his life. Washart ingested…
A former beach tag supervisor in Ocean City will have his day in court on Friday. Charles Cusack admitted that he had sexual relations with an underage employee and Cusack will receive his sentence at the end of the week. Cusack was arrested three years ago; he used to work as a police officer in…
Good news, New Jersey doled out $2.6 million in Homestead Rebate funding to residents over the past year and a half. The bad news? All of those people are dead. Audits released by the State on Tuesday show millions of dollars in benefits were erroneously issued to people who are dead. The audit also shows…
$17 million of your toll booth contributions are going to buy road salt for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The authority announced that it bought the road salt this month which will 81,000 tons to the 157,000 ton stockpile of salt already on hand. Last year, the authority spent over $46 million to put salt…
Roy Wright is leaving Lower Cape May Regional High School to become the athletic director at Burlington City High School. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Wright is slated to begin his new position in Burlington sometime in mid-February. Wright is the former girls basketball head coach at Lower Cape May and has…
Local leaders are fighting hard against another increase in the room tax. The Press of Atlantic City reports that another one percent tax charged by the State is on the table in the legislature, and is being opposed by Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton and tourism leaders. Thornton says Cape May County has to protect a…
Wednesday is decision day for a controversial natural gas pipeline that may run through the Pinelands region of South Jersey. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is expected to vote tomorrow on a proposal that would allow the pipeline to run through our region without the approvals of local zoning boards. Environmentalists have opposed…
Six locals are among 13 people charged in connection with a major theft operation that impacted TJ Maxx and Marshalls department stores. Attorney General John Hoffman says the shoplifting ring resulted in more than $100,000 in merchandise being stolen from these stores. Six of the 13 individuals are from Cape May County and have been…
A woman from Mays Landing has been killed in a motor vehicle accident in Miami. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 23 year old Carmen Criales was pronounced dead at the scene following an accident on Interstate 95. Criales was killed by another driver who was heading in the wrong direction. Two other occupants…
A South Jersey man has been accused of assaulting his seven-week old daughter. 21 year old Sebastian Trump of Paulsboro has been charged after his infant daughter was brought to a hospital with bruising on her face. Trump now faces aggravated assault and other offenses; bail has been set in Salem County at $50,000 cash.