She’s back for another bite. A great white shark named Mary Lee has once again been spotted not to far off the coast of Cape May County this week. A website that tracks the shark says that it was swimming just a few miles off the coast of Ocean City this week. Mary Lee has…
A Superior Court judge from Atlantic County died suddenly on Wednesday. 48 year old Allen Littlefield was found dead inside his hotel room in Newark where he was attending a class. The legal and judicial community in our region is shocked by Littlefield’s sudden passing. He was sworn onto the bench in July, 2011.
A new report shows that one of the tickets running in Wildwood has a significant financial advantage. The Wildwood Leader reports that the team of Duane Sloan, Erik Delinski, and Nancy Mercado have reported $24,813 by the Oct. 12 election reporting deadline. The incumbents, Mayor Ernie Troiano and Commissioners Tony Leonetti and Pete Byron have…
Casino revenues saw a significant increase in Sept. versus the same month last year. The casinos there posted a 10 percent increase year-over-year, a positive for a resort that has shown a lot of negatives previously. On Labor Day weekend in 2014, the Showboat Casino and Revel closed. Then Trump Plaza closed later in the…
Reconstruction is coming to Pacific Ave. in Wildwood Crest. Commission there approved a plan for work to be down in the northern end of Pacific Ave. The work includes utility improvements consisting of the replacement of sewer mains and gas, water and storm drainage lines; road surfacing; and concrete work. The work will complete the…
It was a solid month of job growth in Sept., according to new numbers by the state. New Jersey added 4,700 jobs last month and the unemployment rate is now down to 5.6 percent. Private sector growth came in at 3,400 jobs. New Jersey still trails the national average of a 5.1 percent jobless rate.…
Over the Columbus Day weekend school break, a school bus parked off English Creek Avenue in the McKee City section sustained damage to its windshield and side windows. Several side windows were shattered by an unknown type of projectile, either from a BB gun or some other small caliber gun. The cost to repair the…
Seniors throughout New Jersey and the rest of the country won’t be seeing an increase in their social security. For the third time in four decades, Social Security recipients won’t be getting a cost-of-living adjustment for 2016. Also, more than 17 million on Medicare will be getting an increase of 52 percent on their Part…
A six week investigation into the sale of narcotics led to a bust in Wildwood. Police there say they arrested John Balzer, in the 200 West Block of Juniper Ave. He was found to be in possession of distribution quantities of heroin and narcotics paraphernalia. The 65-year-old was charged with possession of heroin and related…
A fugitive of justice was arrested in North Wildwood. Police there say they took Daniel Cheney into custody. Police say that they received the report of a person being inside of residence that wasn’t supposed to be there on Wednesday night at 8:38 pm. Cheney was found hiding in a closet of the bedroom. He…