A man was rescued from a house that caught on fire early Friday morning. NBC 40 reports that a fire broke out at a home on King Street in Rio Grande Friday around 2:00am and a male victim was rescued from the home and taken to a local hospital. Traffic was shut down along Route…
A bill that would give adoptees access to their birth certificates cleared both branches of the state legislature on Thursday. The measure was approved by both the Senate and the Assembly as a way for adopted adults to learn more about their parents. The measure now goes to the desk of Governor Christie, who vetoed…
One high ranking democrat in Trenton thinks it’s time for Governor Chris Christie to seriously consider a resignation. Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman is a member of the committee investigating Christie over the flap involving lane closures near a bridge. Watson Coleman says new text messages between two high ranking Christie aids shows her it’s time…
The Wildwood Catholic boys basketball team is headed to the Cape Atlantic League championship game. The Crusaders knocked off top seed Holy Spirit 58-54 to advance to the title game on Saturday versus Atlantic City in a game broadcast live on WCZT. Jordan Robertson slammed a dunk as time expired to give the Crusaders the…
A 45-year-old woman admitted her guilty in a car jacking. Floribert Nava was given 12 years in jail, and must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Nava had kidnapped a juvenile at gunpoint in Wildwood on March 22. The victim was driving and struck the parked vehicle of…
A Wildwood man was arrested for charges of possession and distribution of various drugs. Victor Novoa-Fonseca was charged with possession of heroin, percocet, and cocaine. He was placed in the Cape May County Correctional Center in lieu of $20,000 bail, above the additional $120,000 in bail for unrelated criminal charges out of the Wildwood Municipal…
The full Assembly passed legislation to exempt veterans’ organizations which organize as corporation under the “New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act,” from paying the annual report filing fee. Assemblyman Bob Andrejczak was among the bill sponsors. The bill defines “veterans’ organization” to mean the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or other veterans’ organizations charted under federal law,…
A fugitive of justice was taken into custody with weapons on his person. Somers Point Police and New Jersey State Police combined on the arrest of Rashad Alston, 21 years old, of Pleasantville. On Feb. 4, Alston eluded police as they attempted to stop his vehicle in relation to a domestic violence call. A 9MM fully loaded…
Police in Egg Harbor Township say they arrested a woman with possession of heroin. Arrested was Samantha Moore, 21 years of age from Egg Harbor Township, who was charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of CDS (Heroin) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $50,000. The search located 40 packets of…
Forecasters are keeping an eye early next week on the weather. Sunday night into Monday could bring up to six inches of snow for some. Current models have most of the state in the way of the snow, but forecasts can change between then and now. Here in South Jersey, its quite possible the storm…