Jimmy Rollins will have his name next to one of the all-time Philadelphia Phillies records. Rollins passed Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt on Saturday to be the all-time hits leader in franchise history. Hit numbers 2,235 came in the fifth inning. Rollins will also be remembered as the 2007 MVP and helping the team win…
Authorities who were looking for a robbery suspect took a woman into custody. The Somers Point Police say that Nicole Roberts AKA Nicole Tomlinson was arrested on Wednesday. Roberts and an unidentified black male assaulted and robbed a pedestrian, stealing his money and medication. The victim was attacked as he was walking home, in the area of…
Smokers in Ocean City may soon have one less place to light up. Smoking could soon be outlawed on the entire boardwalk. Council voted there Thursday to extend the smoking ban to include the entire boardwalk. A public hearing and second reading on the ordinance will take place during the June 26 meeting.
A new athletic director is needed at Wildwood High School. The Wildwood Leader reports that its current athletic director, Christel Pond, has taken the job as the principal at the Glenwood Avenue Elementary School. Applications are being accepted for the job of athletic director for the next week. It’s possible a new athletic director could…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie put on his dancing shoes and danced with Jimmy Fallon on the “Tonight” show on Thursday night. Christie joined Fallon in his popular “Evolution of Dancing” segment and poked fun at himself as he danced like a dad would do on Father’s Day. Christie danced to “Born to Run” and…
An old maria at 10th Street in Ocean City will get a new life in the near future. Ocean City’s council met last night and decided to spend $2.6 million in a public-private partnership to rehabilitate the marina that sits at Palen Avenue. Many people who attended the meeting spoke in favor of the rehabilitation…
A former longtime mayor of Pleasantville has passed away at the age of 81. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Ralph Peterson passed away this week. He came the first black police chief in Pleasantville history in 1981 and became its first black mayor 11 years later. Peterson retired from public life five years…
One person has been killed, a second person injured during an early morning fire Friday in Pleasantville. Authorities confirm that the fire started shortly after 3am today in a home located on Doughty Road. Police say once the fire was put out, authorities found the body of an unidentified male inside the building. Police and…
A resolution was approved to show support for a court battle in the state’s fight to legalize sports betting. New Jersey is fighting a federal ban against sports betting and the Supreme Court is expected to announce at the end of the month whether it will take up the case. The state senate passed the…
A bi-partisan bill to give in-state tuition rates to veterans advanced in a key Assembly committee. The bill provides that a veteran attending a public institution of higher education in New Jersey will be regarded as a resident of the state, thereby enabling him or her to pay an in-state tuition rate. The legislation is referred to as…