A 29 year-old Mays Landing woman is behind bars after leaving her infant daughter locked inside a car with the windows rolled up. Police officers broke through the car windows to rescue the one month-old daughter of Sana Fatima, who allegedly left her daughter locked in the car in the parking lot of the Consumer…
he Ocean City Beach Patrol won the 74th annual South Jersey Lifeguard Championships on Friday in Margate. The team from Ocean City was tied with nine points with the Upper Township crew but won on a tiebreaker; a higher finish in the doubles row event. Ventnor finished in third place. Ocean City has won 34…
The price for a gallon of gas continues to inch downward. AAA Mid-Atlantic reports that the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline dropped to $3.58 per gallon Friday, a five cent drop in the past week. In Cape May County, the average price per gallon was $3.54. The national retail average is at the…
The news was not good for nine of Atlantic City’s twelve casinos, as revenue for July was down by four percent from last year. Revel, the Borgata and Resorts were the only casinos to show an increase in winnings for the month of July. Revel’s income was up by 33 percent over last year, due…
On Wednesday, the Borough of West Wildwood rolled out their new SUV police cruiser, made possible by a USDA grant. The 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe was purchased with $31,500 from the United States Department of Agriculture, which was 75 percent of the cost of the vehicle. West Wildwood is deemed a rural area by USDA standards,…
A dump truck overturned on the northbound Garden State Parkway Friday morning, causing traffic delays. The accident occurred near mile marker 30 just before 10 a.m., blocking both lanes of the roadway with gravel and/or sand. Traffic is being diverted to the shoulder of the road as the clean-up is underway. The driver of the…
Another dolphin has washed up along the Jersey Shore, this time in Wildwood Crest. Witnesses report that the dolphin was found on the beach between Faragut and Stanton Roads early Thursday evening. More than two dozen bottlenose dolphin have been found on New Jersey beaches since July 9th as federal and state agencies are working…
The Princeton Review has included Stockton College on it’s 2014 list of “Best in the Northeast”. The Review gave Stockton high marks for it’s small class sizes, eco-friendly campus and faculty-guided research. Popular programs mentioned on their website were the marine science and physical therapy programs. Stockton was also ranked in the top tier of…
Two teenage brothers on vacation in Atlantic City made a rescue while they were surfing Thursday evening. Nick and Dillon Smart, ages 17 and 15 respectively, of Thornton, Pa., saw a father and son holding onto a pole in the jetty about 50 meters off the North Carolina Avenue beach. The 36 year-old man and…
The investigation continues into the deaths of more than 125 dolphins along the east coast since early July. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared the deaths as an “unusual mortality event”. The federal declaration opens up funding to help local stranding centers continue their work. More than 100 bottlenose dolphins have been stranded…