An Atlantic County jury found an Atlantic City man guilty of an armed robbery. Matthew Bumpers was convicted of sticking up the 24/7 Food Mart located on the 1300 block of Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City. Bumpers faces the potential of between 10 and 20 years in jail. The alleged incident took place in Feb. of 2013.
The Cape Atlantic League has made the pairings official for the playoffs. Wildwood Catholic will host a girl/boy double header on Monday. The girls will play at 6 p.m. against St, Joseph, and the boys will play at 8 p.m. against Millville. The Middle Township girls will also host a game against Millville at 7…
The State of New Jersey has increased its long term debt in advance of a major budget address next week by Governor Chris Christie. His administration announced that the state’s long term debt has increased to $78.4 billion largely due to pension and health care benefits paid by the state. New Jersey remains one of…
Should the Wildwoods be the home of a new protective 16-foot high dune? That topic will be discussed Friday afternoon at North Wildwood’s City Hall. Leaders from all three Wildwoods communities will attend a public hearing held by the United States Army Corps of Engineers plan to build the dune that would protect the community…
Atlantic City Police are investing a shooting last night on Howard Avenue. City Police say a man was shot in the fact by a suspect and the victim was bleeding from his nose and his mouth when help arrived. Police say the suspect got anyway, but they were interviewing possible witnesses to the crime Wednesday…
There was one winner in the multi state Powerball lottery jackpot drawing last night…but that person is not from New Jersey. One winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in central California, and that person has won $425 million. 17 tickets sold for the drawing did win $1 million. The winning numbers were 17,…
The Cape Atlantic League will meet on Thursday and begin the process of selecting the teams for the boys and girls pairings in the upcoming Cape Atlantic League basketball tournament, which begins on Monday. What’s certain is that Wildwood Catholic’s boys and girls teams will make the tournament, as will the Middle Township girls team.…
A nice award for Cape May County this week. State officials announced that Cape May County is getting an $80,000 grant to develop long range plans to ensure our county is more resilient to future storm events. The announcement was made by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. According to the county’s grant application,…
New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney launched his new “Sandy Bill of Rights” program in New Jersey on Wednesday. The longtime democrat says housing relief programs in the state have failed following the hurricane and he wants to clean up the mess left by the Christie administration. Sweeney says residents have complained about lost…
$400 million is up for grabs tonight in the Powerball lottery drawing. There have been no winners recently in the Powerball drawings which has pushed this jackpot to the sixth highest in the history of the United States. Your chances of winning? Pretty small, only 1 in 175 million. If there is no winner, another…