On Saturday afternoon, more than 120 children enjoyed a shopping trip with local police officers. The “Shop with a Cop” outreach took place at the Walmart in Hamilton Township. Various local police and county sheriff’s officers helped needy youngsters shop for Christmas presents. The children were each given 100 dollar Walmart gift cards for the…
Atlantic City Police shot a loose pit bull type dog which was threatening people in the 1900 block of Grant Avenue. The dog was shot after biting a police officer in the face on Sunday at about 4:30 p.m. Police were responding to a report of two aggressive dogs roaming the neighborhood. After the first…
The National Weather Service has posted a Coastal Flood Advisory for Monday morning from 7 a.m. until noon and a Coastal Flood Watch for Tuesday in advance of a storm that is expected to impact our region for a couple of days. A strong storm will move up the coast on Monday afternoon and last…
Cape May County counsel Barbara Bakley-Marino has resigned, and her resignation is expected to be approved during Tuesday’s freeholder meeting. The Middle Township Gazette reports that her resignation was effective as of December 1st. It’s expected that James Arsenault will be named as acting county counsel with a start date of Tuesday.
It’s another state football championship for St. Joseph’s High School in Hammonton. St. Joseph’s defeated St. Anthony’s of Jersey City, 55-0 in a dominating performance held in Union on Saturday. St. Joseph’s has now won six consecutive Non Public I football titles and remain undefeated for this season. St. Joseph’s scored a touchdown on all…
Call it the Great Shrimp Heist…62 year old Carlos Cintron of Bridgeton has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $600 worth of shrimp from an Acme Supermarket on Route 40 in Pilesgrove Township. Police say Cintron shoplifted the shrimp last Thursday afternoon. Video footage inside the store led police to Cintron who was…
Vineland Police say a man suffered minor injuries when his car went into a pole near a car dealership on Delsea Drive early Saturday morning. The man said he swerved to avoid a vehicle being driven out of a car dealership and cut off his vehicle. The pickup truck that pulled out of the dealership…
It was an eventful day for one homeowner in Galloway Township. A deer broke through two doors of a home on Northampton Road and trashed the residence before being led safely back into the wild. The homeowner was able to lock the deer in a master bedroom until help arrived. The deer was strong enough…
Hunters will be out in full force in northern New Jersey Monday for the first day of the New Jersey Bear Hunt. For the fifth consecutive years, hunters will help the state by thinning out the herd of black bears. Experts believe a few hundred bears will be killed during the hunt. During the four…
A local man was one of 28 defendants charges with child porn possession. Juan Carlos Alvarez was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the possession. The state’s attorney general’s office announced he pleaded guilty on Aug. 4 to second-degree distribution of child pornography and third-degree possession of more than 100 files of child pornography…