The Avalon Beach Patrol took home another title in the 30th annual David J. Kerr Jr. Memorial Lifeguard Races Sunday night. The win was Avalon’s 21st in the event, held at the 35th Street beach in Avalon. Upper Township finished in second place and the Ventnor Beach Patrol took third.
A 43 year-old Galloway Township man was sentenced to five years in prison as the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle that killed a man on July 9th of last year in Atlantic City. Leo Strazzeri struck Daniel Tavarez, 45, of Atlantic City , who was crossing an intersection against the light in his motorized wheelchair.…
Mike Syrnick of the Wildwood Beach Patrol and Raven Dorsey of Wayne, Pa., were the respective male and female winners of the annual Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race held Saturday morning, Aug. 3. Held on an out-and-back all-beach course that began and ended near the Wildwood Crest Beach Pier, the race drew approximately 270 runners,…
A Mays Landing resident walked into Harrah’s Atlantic City a regular person and out a millionaire. The casino continued its Millionaire Maker promotion and Donna Clopp from Mays Landing, outlasted 20 other competitors to win on Saturday night. When asked what is the first thing she plans on doing with her newly found winnings Clopp…
A woman is the first known person to swim across the Delaware Bay at over 13 miles. Meghan E. Wren, of Downe Township, completed the feat on Saturday. The swim took a little over eight hours and spanned 13.1 miles. According to Wren’s website, others have swam from Lewes to Cape May, which is about…
Powerball mania may be kicking in again. The latest drawing on Saturday night drew no winners and the next jackpot will be at least $400 million. While the $400 million is big, its still well below the record $590.5 million that was won earlier this year. Powerball is available in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and…
PokerStars will no longer be making an attempt to purchase a casino in Atlantic City. That according to a report by the Press of Atlantic City, which says the company has abandoned its bid to buy the Atlantic Club Casino. The Rational Group is the parent company of PokerStars, which was hoping to get a…
An investigation is on-going into into robbery and assault. Octavio Hernandez told police that three people approached him on Easy Street of the Harbor Crossings Mobile Park and when he didn’t hand over money they began the assault. The suspects in this incident are described as follows: Suspect 1-Black Male 5’8” in height and wearing…
Plans still remain in tact to connect Atlantic County and Cape May County with a bike path. State officials are working on redoing one of the spans of bridge that connect the two counties on the Garden State Parkway. Upper Township Mayor Richard Palumbo says he has stayed in contact with the state and is…
A number of thefts are being investigated at an area cemetery. Egg Harbor Township Police say 20 bronze vases were stolen from the burial grounds at the Laurel Memorial Cemetery. Police are still investigating the theft of 16 brass vent grates stolen from the mausoleum reported in February and other thefts of vases that occurred…