The police department in Sea Isle City will be getting a boost. Patrolmen Tom Ready, Alex Symanski, and Tully O’Clisham were all sworn in during a ceremony on Friday. A number of local communities have been hiring additional police officers this year to help keep the numbers up in the local police ranks.
The hopes to bring sports betting to New Jersey is almost dead, but the key word is almost. There will be one final attempt to fight the federal ban on sports betting and a recent veto to remove laws that prohibit it in the state. A veto override vote will take place on Sept. 22.…
One of Gov. Chris Christie’s biggest donors thinks its a matter of when and not if Christie will run for president. The Star-Ledger reports that megadonor Kenneth Langone, who co-founded Home Depot, believes the decision for Christie will be to run for president. The governor has said he will make a decision by the end of…
Three were busted when Vineland Police discovered cocaine on Aug. 16. Darious E. Negron, Isaiah S. Cisrow, and Michael Cisrow were charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance when a clear plastic baggie containing a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine was located inside a vehicle which had crashed in the area of S Brewster Road and…
A report of lewdness is being investigated in Cape May. Police there say they are looking for a suspect in an incident that took place at the intersection of S. Lafayette St. and Windsor St. in Cape May. Police say the suspect is white, male about 6’ tall, possibly in 40’s, with very short hair, blonde…
An Atlantic City man was sentenced today for his part in the 2012 armed robbery and assault of a pizza delivery driver in Atlantic City. Jamil Ragsdale, now 19, of the 900 block of Magellan Avenue, Atlantic City, was sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State prison for an armed robbery committed when he was…
Less gaming money may be coming in but profits are up with the casinos in Atlantic City. The 11 casinos showed a 35 percent gross operating profit increase over last year during the second quarter. The state released its latest numbers, which shows that Borgata had the biggest profit at $42.2 million compared to $28.1…
A juvenile runaway is being sought by authorities. Middle Township Police say that Darian Lehner, 16 years of age, reportedly ran away on August 12. Lehner is described as a white male, 5’10 tall and weighs approximately 125 pound with blue eyes and brown hair and has facial acne. He was last seen wearing a green…
A car went barreling into a building in Rio Grande. A red Mercury driven by Stanley Lovett (25) of Bridgeton, was traveling south on Rte 47. Lovett lost control of his vehicle and struck the guardrail on the north side of the road. The vehicle then traveled back across the north and south bound lanes and…
Forecasters are not expecting a Tropical Storm off Florida to do much damage in our region. The latest projections from the National Weather Service call for the storm to head east and away from the coast. The storm is working its way north currently, but should begin to turn east by mid week. Tropical Storm Cristobal…