Police in Vineland are searching for armed robbers who held up a Dollar Tree store on Saturday night. Police say the robbers went into the store late Saturday night and demanded money from the manager. They fled with some cash, no one was injured.
Vineland Police are investigating a robbery that occurred outside of TD Bank near the Cumberland Mall on Christmas Day. A jewelry store employee attempted to make a deposit at the bank but was confronted by another man outside the bank who was armed with a gun and demanded the money. The man ran off on…
A landmark restaurant in Ocean City is up for sale. The Ocean City Gazette reports that the Chatterbox Restaurant will be sold by its owners who have operated the eatery for more than four decades. The Repici family wants to sell the restaurant before it opens for the summer tourism season. The restaurant suffered some…
A 22 year old man from our area was killed over the weekend in a motor vehicle accident. Pennsylvania State Police say Edward E. Harre Jr. was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on Route 30 early Friday morning and hit a barrier. Harre was a 2009 graduate of Ocean City High School…
A local doctor who lost his life in a plane accident reported problems before his fatal accident in Virginia. Dr. Gregory A. Volt reportedly told an air traffic controller that he would not make it to a local airport. Volt’s small plane crashed into the front yard of a house three miles away from the…
Four of the state’s previous governors have come out against a proposed pipeline that would run through the Pinelands. Govs. Brendan T. Byrne, Thomas H. Kean, James J. Florio and Christine Todd Whitman all penned a letter against the pipeline that would connect into the BL England power plant. The plan currently has the support…
Thousands throughout South Jersey are going to be losing their unemployment benefits at the end of the year. Emergency funding will expire then, though there is a vote after the start of the new year to add onto those benefits. With the question out there whether or not Washington will extend the benefits, many are…
An extensive advertising campaign is expected next year for the Atlantic City Airport. The South Jersey Transportation Authority has approved a half million dollars in advertising for 2014. Next year will include a second airline at the airport. It previously only had Spirit Airlines, but is adding United Airlines into the fold. United will offer…
The recall effort is expected to begin in Vineland right after New Years. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the committee trying to recall Ruben Bermudez decided to hold off starting until after the holidays. The group initially submitted paperwork nearly a year after he took office. Bermudez has gotten into public fights with…
Wrongly convicted inmates can now sue the state for more money. The minimum was $20,000 but that will now rise to $50,000. The maximum has been twice the person’s annual income before they became imprisoned. The bill sponsors say they felt it was a fair change considering what a person would go through if wrongfully…