A multi-alarm fire gutted a house in Avalon under construction late Thursday night. The fire broke out around 11:00 p.m. on the 4700 block of 5th Avenue and caused smoke and fire damage to two neighboring homes. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Firefighters were hampered by cold temperatures and…
An Egg Harbor Township man who disappeared on July 20th in a supposed boating accident, turned himself in to authorities. Andrew Biddle, 45, allegedly staged a boating accident off Longport to escape charges of theft and deception together with his employer. Biddle appeared in Atlantic County Superior Court on Thursday with his attorney to take responsibility…
This cold blast of weather could be dangerous Saturday night with strong winds that may produce power outages. The National Weather Service is forecasting the potential for light snow accumulation and wind gusts of 60mph Saturday night as a coastal storm passes by our region. Wind chill values are expected to be below zero Saturday…
Finally a small ray of hope for Atlantic City’s casino industry. The casino industry posted a slight increase in the overall win figures for January, 2015 compared with win figures from one year ago. New revenue figures released before the weekend show a modest one percent increase in gaming numbers. This marked the first increase…
Rates are going down..slightly..for customers of Atlantic City Electric. An energy auction was held on Thursday and it results in a three percent drop in the utility’s energy costs. That will translate into monthly savings for the average residential customer of under four dollars. The rate reduction will begin in June.
Two men have been arrested on charges that they allegedly stole an air conditioner unit from a property located on Caroline Avenue in the Villas. The alleged incident occurred on Monday morning. Police identified the suspects as 48 year old David Flick Sr. and 22 year old David Flick Jr; both men were arrested and…
Avalon has hired a new recreation director. Chuck McDonnell has been hired as the new recreation director in Avalon. McDonnell is a former Athletic Supervisor at Richard Stockton College and used to serve as recreation director in Middle Township. The Borough also gave final approvals for a bond that could total $12 million for an…
A 51 year old Linwood man has been indicted on charges that he allegedly had sexual relations with a beach tag checker he supervised in Ocean City three summers ago. Charles Cusack has been indicted on second degree sexual assault charges and other offenses for allegedly having sex with the 17 year old girl in…
A number of local teams will be in action for the state basketball playoffs. Here is a list of local teams and the matchups they will face in the first round: Boys Group III: (11) Ocean City at (6) Oakcrest Boys Group II: (15) Lower Cape May Regional at (2) Middle Township Boys Group I:…
Actual numbers came in below projections for the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office. Through the last payroll of the year the department was under budget at 95.35%. With reimbursements for services they are at 77.16% of total budget allotted. The average number of inmates for the year was 257.6 that is 32.7 more daily inmates…