Home owners looking to raise their home following Hurricane Sandy may apply for special assistance. Gov. Chris Christie announced a $100 million program to span nine counties. Under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Elevation Program, eligible applicants can receive reimbursement of up to $30,000 for elevations on existing single-family homes. Locally, Atlantic and Cape…
A kayaking accident has apparently lead to a man’s death. State Police say the incident took place off the coast of Ocean City. Gary Pasternak was found unconscious in the water on Saturday morning. He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. Police at this time can’t say for sure what caused his death.…
New parking meters have been installed along Atlantic Avenue and local residents are not happy. The Wildwood Leader reports that 130 signatures have been collected to urge borough officials to remove the meters. Residents claim the parking meters are causing beach-goers to park further from the ocean, causing a parking problem on neighborhood streets.
On Sunday a sinkhole was discovered on an Ocean City street at about 2:30 p.m, forcing a small bridge to close on 17th Street. The Ocean City Gazette reports that the hole is about the size of a manhole cover and forced the bridge to be temporarily shut down while repairs were made. County officials…
A Pleasantville man in his 30’s was hospitalized Sunday evening with gunshot wounds to his upper body. Police say they responded to a report of shots fired at about 8:20 p.m. on Sunday and found the shooting victim, who was transported to AtlantiCare Regional City Campus where he underwent surgery. Authorities have not released the…
A 53 year-old Absecon man fired 20 gunshots from inside his home Sunday morning, as he tried to defend himself from intruders. Police say Nino Calabrese believed multiple intruders were entering his home on Lisbon Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday and he opened fire. Some local residents were evacuated from their homes and a…
Members of the Avalon Volunteer Fire Department battled a structure fire during a severe thunderstorm in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 21st. On Sunday at approximately 1:30am, the Avalon Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire at a two-story, single-family dwelling located on the west block of 27th Street. A lightning…
It’s five years in prison for 81 year old Joseph Amari of New Jersey who admitted that he downloaded thousands of kiddie porn images to his personal computer. Amari lives in Fair Lawn, and admitted that he used file sharing software to download and distribute child pornography images. He is currently in a state prison…
Mother Nature put on a heckuva show Saturday night and Sunday morning in Cape May County. Pop up thunderstorms in our region brought torrential rain, some street flooding, and cloud to ground lightning in some local communities. There were intermittent power outages throughout the county due to the lightning. A small fire was reported in…
A meeting is scheduled to be held late Monday afternoon between officials from Lower Township and the office of the Cape May County School Superintendent. The big issue remains a dispute between Lower Township and Cape May about Cape May’s desire to pull out of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. The county superintendent’s…