Legislation to help those casino workers without a job took a step in Trenton this week. The bill would establish the Education Initiative for Former Casino Workers to support training and educational instruction for former casino employees. The program would dedicate $1.35 million – 5 percent of the 45 percent of Workforce Development Partnership Fund…
Stone Harbor announced some good news before the weekend. The beach restoration phase of a habitat and coastal resiliency project on Stone Harbor Point was successfully completed ahead of the arrival of piping plovers and the onset of nesting of beach nesting birds. The project teams worked tirelessly through incredibly harsh weather conditions that included…
Hamilton Township Police were called the Walmart parking lot in the community for the report of two individuals dealing drugs out of a vehicle. Upon arrival the vehicle and the two males were located. Investigation revealed that Robert Strong, age 24, of Egg Harbor City, and Steven Mack, age 23, of Mays Landing were dealing…
Another police department made another successful rescue with the help of narcan. Galloway Township Police used the overdosing reversing drug for the report of an unconscious person on 1st Ave. The officers administered Narcan and provided rescue breathing until Galloway Township Ambulance Squad and Atlanticare Paramedics arrived. The patient was revived and transported to Atlanticare…
Vineland police arrested a homeless man on Wednesday after he apparently spent the night in the computer lab at Cumberland County College. Adonai Velasquez was found by a maintenance worker at about 5 a.m. beneath a desk, and said he was working on his homework. Velasquez, 23, whose last known address was in Pleasantville, was arrested and charged with…
An agreement has been struck to allow Wildwood Crest to respond first for fires in Diamond Beach. In total, Wildwood Crest will be paid $75,000 per year for the service. The money will come $10,000 from the Township of Lower, and $65,000 from the corresponding fire district in Lower Township. Lower Township Councilman Erik Simonsen…
A Middle Township man was arrested on heroin, marijuana, and weapon charges. On Wednesday, a Court Authorized Search Warrant was executed by the Cape May County Regional SWAT team, on Route 47 South in the Rio Grande section of Middle Township. As a result of the investigation, distribution amounts of heroin were seized along with…
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the Tropicana Casino & Resort alleging that hotel security recklessly threw out intoxicated customers from their hotel room, leading to an accident that killed two people on the Atlantic City Expressway. The lawsuit was filed by the mother of the deceased boy and three other passengers. The suit…
If you saw heavy smoke in the area of Mays Landing on Thursday, it was planned that way. A controlled burn took place on Thursday. A controlled burn of 23 acres at Atlantic County’s Lake Lenape West Park in Mays Landing was conducted by the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service. Local officials put out…
Members of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce will be hearing from Congressman Frank LoBiondo on Friday morning. LoBiondo is going to address the members of the chamber on an update on what is going on in Washington D.C. The congressman has made multiple trips in the past to local chambers of commerce to address…