Middle Township will take its next Township Committee meeting to Rio Grande. Mayor Tim Donohue announced that the next Committee meeting will be held on Monday, September 15th, at the Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Company on Route 47. The work session portion of the meeting starts at 4pm and will focus on various issues involving…
The big casino summit arrives Monday in Trenton. About 30 business, political, and casino leaders will be meeting behind closed doors with Governor Chris Christie on Monday to discuss the future of gaming and Atlantic City. The city has been stung by recent closures of casinos; now there’s word it’s possible the Trump Taj Mahal…
A major festival to promote craft beers was a big success over the weekend. Tickets flew out the door fast for Saturday’s Garden State Craft Brewer’s Guild Brews by the Bay, held at the ferry terminals in both Lower Township and Delaware. Local breweries were able to showcase their craft beers and thousands of patrons…
A line of thunderstorms rolled through parts of the region on Saturday night bringing some power outages and very wet motorcycles. A large cell covering the northern two thirds of the county arrived around 8pm with plenty of cloud to ground lightning and torrential rainfall. Motorcycles were seen stranded under overpasses as they tried to…
A man was injured when a vehicle struck a pedestrian in Absecon on Friday around 9 a.m. Harry DellaPietro (50 yrs old) of Pleasantville was struck by a gray colored vehicle, possible a Toyota or Mitsubishi, on the corner of Shore Rd and Dr Ruppert. DellaPietro was walking on the sidewalk towards the bus stop,…
A hit-and-run suspect now faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in a death. Kristen Schwakoff (25) of North Wildwood was arrested in an Aug. 24 incident previously. Both Ryan Burton (25) of Whitesboro and Samuel Caraballo (22) of Woodbine were struck by the vehicle on Route 47 in Green Creek around…
An Atlantic County man was charged for setting at least a dozen small forest fires. As a result of the investigation, the Mullica Police Department charged Michael Evangelista of Mullica Township with multiple counts of arson in connection with the fires that occurred over a six-week period in the Nesco section of the township. Evangelista…
An investigation is on-going into an armed robbery. Middle Township Police say the Family Dollar in Rio Grande was robbed Friday night just prior to 9 p.m. It was reported, an individual described as either a Hispanic or light skinned black male, approximately 5’6″ tall weighing approximately155 pounds wearing all dark clothing with a do-rag…
Morey’s Piers is ending the dog days of summer with a splash…or better yet a “doggie paddle.” On Sunday, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Morey’s Piers’ Raging Waters Water Park will open its gates to more than 160 dogs with 100% of proceeds from admission benefiting the New Jersey SPCA and the Wildwood Dog Beach. That…
The Vineland Police wants to alert all residents to a new text / cellphone scam which are being perpetrated in the Vineland and Cumberland County area. Texts are being received stating: “(Name of banking Institution) 24HRS ALERT: Your VISA # ***** has been temporarily ‘DEACTIVATED’. To restore, please call our 24hrs line (856) ***-****.” When…