Middle Township Police are looking for a man who robbed the Starbucks in Rio Grande Sunday night. Township Police are telling us that a suspect demanded money from the store operators when the coffee shop was closing on Sunday night. The suspect may have had a gun under his sweatshirt. If you have any information…
Cape May County’s coastal communities remain under a Flash Flood Watch from the National Weather Service. Forecasters believe some heavy thunderstorms may develop over the county Monday evening, and those storms could drop two inches of rainfall in a very short time. Coastal Delaware Bay sections of Cumberland County were hammered with storms on Monday…
The price you pay for natural gas from South Jersey gas may be on the way down. The utility is asking for a 12 percent reduction in its rates due largely to savings the utililty now enjoys on the market. The request has been made to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. If approved,…
Galloway Township has its first female acting police chief in the department’s history. Lt. Donna Higbee on Monday was named Acting Chief of the Township’s police department due to the retirement of former chief Pat Moran. Higbee is 38 years old and has served the Galloway Township Police Department for the past 13 years.
A Lower Township couple is getting $2 million after they were injured in a blast at their family home back in November, 2013. 67 year old James McCarty and his wife Evelyn both suffered severe injuries during a gas explosion at their house. The settlement is coming from Shore Guys Heating and Air Conditioning and…
Three Assembly lawmakers are pushing a proposal to ask voters to allow the New Jersey Legislature to attempt to bring up to three casinos to North Jersey. The proposed constitutional amendment – announced at a State House news conference – would allow the Legislature to pass laws establishing not more than three casinos in the…
A popular CNN show did an hour of visiting spots in New Jersey, including two full segments on Atlantic City. “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” visited spots like the Knife and Fork, Tony’s Baltimore Grill, and Dock’s Oyster House. Bourdain was mostly positive in his discussion of Atlantic City talking about the history of the resort…
Assemblyman Sgt. Bob Andrzejczak has been named “New Jersey Legislator of the Year” by the American Veterans (AMVETS) in recognition of his support for service members, veterans and military families as a member of the General Assembly. Andrzejczak, a U.S. Army veteran who was wounded in Iraq, received an honorary plaque from AMVETS during a…
Two Atlantic City men and a Millville woman admitted their roles in a criminal street gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City. Franklin Simms, a/k/a “Fat Boy,” 31, pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute, and…
In an emergency situation you have to call 911. That could soon change. One county is testing a texting 911 option before the program is rolled out statewide. The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management Services is using Camden County as a test model for a larger roll out. If the new web-based 911 system…