The mayor of a South Jersey community has been charged with check fraud. 60 year old Daniel Conkling is the mayor of Green Township. He allegedly passed two bad checks to a septic company back in May, and the checks were not covered by sufficient funds. Conkling was arrested this week and charged with two…
A small airplane crashed into the backyard of a home in northern New Jersey on Wednesday. It happened in Hillsborough when an amateur built airplane crashed into the backyard of a home; it was headed towards the Central Jersey Regional Airport. Neighbors heard the loud crash. It’s unclear at this time how many occupants were…
The latest amusement and water park rankings are out and Morey’s Piers ranked in the top ten. TripAdvisor announced that the water parks at Morey’s Piers ranked sixth in the country among all water parks. Morey’s Piers features both Ocean Oasis and Raging Waters water park. The TripAdvisor awards are chosen by the readers of…
A vehicle hit a pedestrian and killed that person. Galloway Township Police say the incident took place Leipzig Avenue, between Herschel Street and Liebig Street just before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The pedestrian has not yet been identified and no charges have yet been filed in the incident. The roadway was closed for about three hours.…
Severe thunderstorms took out power to more than 10,000 on the Atlantic City Electric grid on Tuesday night. Cape May County alone had over 3,000 people without power. The storm brought heavy rain and thunder to the area shortly after 6 pm. The rain should be gone for a little while as the forecast for…
Millville’s own Mike Trout made a lot of people very happy when he won all-star game MVP awards on Tuesday night. Trout came in second in the season MVP voting two seasons ago. The American League won the game Tuesday night 5-3. This marks the third year in a row Trout has made the all-star…
A man who served 24 years as a congressman in New Jersey passed away this week. Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Roe died Monday at the age of 90. Roe also made two unsuccessful bids to become governor in 1977 and 1981. Roe worked his way to up be the chairman of the Public Works and Transportation…
The outlook for internet gaming in the state is continuing to drop. Fitch Ratings has cut expectations down to $120 to $130 million for the year, compared to $200 to $300 million it initially expected. Gov. Chris Christie was expecting and even bigger windfall. Fitch also notes that some of the casinos that closed in Atlantic…
It has been dubbed the biggest drug bust in Cape May County history. Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced the final details of the heroin bust that was first announced last month. Taylor says that authorities seized between $10 and $15 million worth of heroin. Taylor also noted that $225,000 was seized as a result of the…
Bridgeton Police say a man wanted in a half dozen vehicle burglaries was taken into custody. 53-year-old Kenneth V. Jones, of Vineland, was arrested by police. Jones was charged with six counts of burglaries and theft, and one count of criminal mischief. Bail was set at $90,000 and Jones was placed in the Cumberland County…