Road work will be coming to Bay Ave. in a couple of weeks. Cape May County officials announced that resurfacing improvements on Bay Avenue is scheduled to start Feb. 24 beginning at the intersection of Bay Ave. and 14th St. The resurfacing improvement project will include removing and replacing deteriorated, broken or out-of-grade sections of concrete…
The Chelsea section of the Boys and Girls Club will be shuttering in Atlantic City. Decrease funding is forcing the move. Kids will be bused up to the main building on Pennsylvania Ave. A significant drop in government funding is one of the primary drivers. If funding returns, the Chelsea unit could be reopened in the…
Police asked for assistance and received it. Egg Harbor Township Police say they arrested Gina Shamblin for shoplifting from the Boscovs. She was charged with one count of theft. Shamblin is currently residing in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on an unrelated charge.
Another name has joined the list running for U,S, Senate this year. Ramapo University professor Murray Sabrin announced his intentions to run for the seat. Cory Booker is seeking reelection. Booker won the seat last year, but it was the unexpired term of Frank Lautenberg, and that seat was due for election this year.
Thursday was the day everyone was supposed to know who and where they were going to play in the state playoffs. A winter storm throughout most of the state has forced that to be delayed. Tentatively, the NJSIAA has pushed back the seeding until Friday; however, more changes could be made to the process as…
A vote to delay the hikes to flood insurance across the country will take place later this month. Officials say the week of Feb. 24 a vote is scheduled in the House of Representatives on the issue. The U.S. Senate has already passed a measure that would ensure a delay takes place. Lawmakers from New…
The Cape May County Sheriff’s Department had another solid year, according its year end report. The report notes its the fifth straight year the department is under budget and decreased overtime expenses. The Animal Shelter held its euthanasia rate below nine percent for the fourth straight year. Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer told Coastal…
The tourism funding in the state doesn’t match what is being put in. This is the complaint many in South Jersey have. Legislation is in Trenton that would put back tourism funding to 2005 levels, currently the state only funds tourism at the $9 million poison pill level. The money comes out of the occupancy…
An Egg Harbor Township man was found guilty of the sexual assault or attempted sexual assault of five women in Atlantic City throughout the summer of 2012. An Atlantic County jury convicted Hiten Patel, 35, of Ridge Avenue, of sexually assaulting five women, some of which while impersonating an undercover police officer and using an…
An armed robbery is being looked into by Egg Harbor Township Police. It took place Tuesday at the Country Farms Store on Tilton Road. Handguns were brandished during the incident, but the victim wasn’t injured. The 3 suspects are all described as wearing masks. Suspect 1 is described as 5’6”- 5’8” in height, 140 -160…