A number of local police departments have announced DWI checkpoints for the Labor Day weekend. It is all apart of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Somers Point and Egg Harbor Township Police Departments are among those participating. The heightened enforcement continues until the end of the month, but there are expected to…
Atlantic City Electric customers will see their bills increase very soon. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on Wednesday approved a distribution rate adjustment of $19 million, or a 1.65 percent increase, on Atlantic City Electric customers’ bills effective Sept. 1. Under the new rates, a typical bill for a residential customer using…
It could get even less expensive to fill your gas tank in the coming weeks. AAA is predicting that gas prices will continue to shrink. Crude oil prices have dropped below $100 a barrel, which has helped the decrease. Some areas of the state have already reported gas prices as low as $2.99 per gallon.
Police in Freehold are sorting out the details regarding an accident Tuesday afternoon that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth. Police say an SUV wound up on top of a passenger car on Route 33 Tuesday and three people died in the accident. Police are still sorting out what happened; so far, no…
Galloway Township residents attended a government meeting this week highly upset over their tax bills. Council met Tuesday night and faced a few hundred residents who were upset because in some cases their tax bills were going up by as much as a third. Mayor Don Purdy told the audience that the community lost $830…
A motel in Atlantic County has agreed to pay $65,000 in restitution after admitting to price-gouging during Hurricane Sandy. The owners of the Econolodge in Egg Harbor Township more than doubled their rates in the days following Sandy to take advantage of a high demand for motel rooms. About $25,000 will go towards restitution of…
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mako assisted two boaters Monday aboard a disabled sailing vessel 72 miles east of Cape May. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia received notification from the two boaters their sailboat was out of fuel and drifting due to lack of wind. The crew of the…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recognized Marty Pagliughi for his groundbreaking work as Director of the Cape May County Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Pagliughi’s work has been recognized twice in as many months as Director when he received an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACO) in July, 2014 for the…
Revel Casino will be shutting down by Sept. 2. The state gave approval to Revel, the same week it approved Showboat’s shut down. These approvals are mostly a formality as the casino was set to shut. The final approval assures that Revel will no longer be operating as a casino after Sept. 2.
Wildwood Police say they arrested a drug dealer on Sunday. Bryan Williams, of Cape May Court House was charged with possession of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute, and financial facilitation. Bail was set at $60,000. Police discovered heroin pre-packaged in individual light blue colored wax paper folds for street level sales/distribution. A total…