An audit of the phone system in Middle Township found that money wasn’t spent properly. Middle Township officials say they found $50,000 in savings per year, including high speed lines that weren’t needed anymore, and 29 lines that were no longer in use. There is a credit that the township hadn’t used previously on its…
Another local police department is participating in this year’s National Take-Back Initiate. The program will run this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with many local police departments accepting unwanted, unused, or expired medications. The collection is safe and ensures it won’t fall into the wrong hands. Hypodermic syringes and other sharp instruments will…
A special meeting has been called in Wildwood Crest this week. Borough Commission will meet on Wednesday and discuss two items. Discussion items will including a capital plan and a business associate agreement with Cape Professional Billing. The meeting will take place at 9:30 a.m on Wednesday at the municipal court room.
Vineland Police are looking into a carjacking at the Family Dollar in the community. Jeannetta Gaines, reported that she was the victim of a carjacking at 20 W. Park Ave., with her 2005 Cadillac CTS on Friday just before 6:20 pm. She put the keys in the ignition and was loading items into her backseat…
A man who was intending to sell cocaine in Atlantic City was cut off in Deptford. Eduardo Colon-Lopez, 36, was arrested by law enforcement members assigned to the Atlantic City Task Force (ACTF), on Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Deptford Mall in Gloucester County for allegedly possessing a kilogram of cocaine, worth about…
A bill that would stop unsolicited text messages found approval in the full Senate. The two bills sponsored by Senator Jeff Van Drew would prohibit unsolicited and unwelcome text messaging advertisements and to outlaw unsolicited checks that are often used in scams. “Unsolicited text messaging ads are a nuisance, but they can also result in costly fees…
Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak and Vincent Mazzeo aimed at helping farmers in the state advanced this week. The bill is focused on boosting farming in New Jersey and make it easier for farmers to protect their crops through improved wildlife management. The three bill packaged was released by an Assembly panel and now…
Former Philadelphia 76ers center Caldwell Jones is dead at the age of 64. Jones died on Sunday while taking practice swings at a golf course in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Jones started his career in the ABA and became a shot blocking specialist with the Sixers during the Julius Erving era.
Two teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Galloway Township Monday evening. Police report that a Ford Explorer in the westbound lane of the White Horse Pike veered into the eastbound lane, then left the road and struck a large tree. The 17 year-old driver was taken to Atlantic City Medical Center, City Campus,…
Two men are being sought in connection with a carjacking and robbery in Pleasantville Sunday night. Police report that two males in their late teens approached Zi Wang, 42, a delivery woman at around 10 p.m. The men reportedly stole Wang’s cell phone and other possessions and escaped in her 2010 blue Honda CR-V, with…