The Atlantic County Police Training Center will hold a graduation ceremony on Thursday, August 29 for 23 members of Class #14 who have completed the Basic Course for Police Officers. The ceremony will be held at 3 PM at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology, 5080 Atlantic Avenue, Mays Landing. The biggest number of the…
Saturday night will keep the tradition alive. Comedian Dom Irrera returns to Wildwood, just this year he is at the Wildwoods Convention Center. Irrera performed for years at the Casba Comedy Club, which was sold last winter. The Wildwoods Convention Center is hosting Irrera this year. Tickets are $28 for reserved seating and $38 for…
The Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced grants totaling $686,400 that will be used by local law enforcement agencies to crackdown on drunk and impaired drivers as part of the national initiative, “Drive Sober, or Get Pulled Over.” The coordinated, statewide effort will run from August 16 to September 2 and 156 law enforcement agencies…
A new report says those who work in tourism related industries barely make enough to pay rent. The National Housing Conference released the data noting that those workers would not be able to buy a home. The data says that a homeowner in the Atlantic City area would have to make $52,800 per year; to…
Walter J. Cottman of Wildwood passed away on Saturday at the age of 77. Cottman was a member of the Wildwood Police Department and became the city’s first African American City Councilman. He was a supervisor at the Woodbine Developmental Center and worked at the Wildwood Convention Center after his retirement. A viewing will be…
A 78 year-old woman crashed her vehicle into the Margate Firehouse on Ventnor Avenue just before noon on Wednesday. The Margate Fire Department returned from a drill to find the vehicle, driven by Dolores Ringold of Cherry Hill, crashed through a garage bay door and struck an interior wall. Ringold was take to a local…
In an effort to reduce waiting time, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission will once again allow driver’s license renewals through the mail. The policy was changed in 2004 to make licenses more secure, requiring drivers to get photo IDs and provide proof of identification. The change is being publicized by the slogan “Skip the…
A 23 year-old man turned himself in to Atlantic City Police with his attorney present on Wednesday. Kyriff Williams was wanted in connection with the shooting of a 24 year-old man on July 29th, who was treated for a wound to the buttocks and released. Police found drugs and a handgun when they searched William’s…
On Wednesday three Atlantic County workers of the Department of Family and Community Development were charged with fraud in obtaining emergency food stamps after Hurricane Sandy. Charged with theft by deception were Jocelyn Roberts, Rheba Lawrence and Janice Dorsey. The three women have been suspended without pay for their welfare fraud in the total amount…
On Wednesday the Somers Point Business Association revealed a new slogan and logo. “The Shore Starts Here” will be used to brand Somers Point as a gateway to Ocean City and other Downbeach towns due to their location near Exit 30 of the Garden State Parkway. The new slogan and yellow, blue and green logo…