The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the new preliminary flood maps for Cape May County on Tuesday, with some significant changes. The new maps reduced the size of the high risk velocity zones by about 80 percent, compared to the preliminary maps released in December. Overall, the maps show an increase over current maps for…
After two weeks of testimony, the fate of 27 year-old Kory McClary is in the hands ogf a jury. McClary is charged in the murders of two Atlantic City men on June 22, 2008, allegedly in retaliation for an armed robbery. McClary was later arrested in Alabama on separate charges and told his story to…
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration think they know what is causing hundreds of dolphins to wash up dead along the east coast. Four dolphins from New Jersey and 27 total have tested positive for morbillivirus, a disease that reached epidemic proportions back in 1987 among the dolphin population. Since July 1st of…
Four members of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the Bloods street gang pleaded guilty to racketeering, admitting they participated in a murder in Vineland in 2006. The four men were charged in “Operation Nine Connect,” a joint investigation by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice. The four include Almeen…
An Atlantic County man was arrested for allegedly shooting four species of hawks in the residential neighborhood where he lived. Robert Losasso, 68, of Somers Point, N.J., was taken into custody by special agents of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, and charged by complaint with six counts of violating the Migratory…
Wildwood Beach Patrol will provide limited life guard services during the week after Labor Day. Guarded beaches will be available Tuesday, September 3rd through Friday, September 6th at the following locations: Hildreth Avenue to Hand Avenue Andrews Avenue to Baker Avenue Garfield Avenue to Lincoln Avenue Pine Avenue to Poplar Avenue All City of Wildwood…
Gov. Chris Christie has been promoting the Jersey Shore this week in the lead up to Labor Day. The governor visited North Wildwood on Tuesday at Surfside Pier on Morey’s Piers. Christie was asked about the ads promoting the Jersey Shore, the governor said it was never meant to make everyone believe that everything is…
More than one million New Jersey residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home for the Labor Day holiday weekend in 2013; an increase of almost 5% compared to the 1,003,222 who traveled in 2012. According to AAA, The anticipated increase in holiday travel is predominantly due to increased consumer spending and…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 33-year-old man from a boat in Patcong Creek, in Great Egg Harbor Bay, Monday. The man’s wife called watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City at about 11:50 a.m. and reported her husband was experiencing back pain and unable to operate their 32-foot boat, and she did not know how…
Middle Township Police have found their suspect who was wanted in a stabbing. Bobby Wilson was arrested without incident on Sunday, according to police. Bobby Wilson was wanted for questioning in connection with a stabbing that occurred in the Linden Lane section of Rio Grande. Police thanked the public for their assistance with the investigation.