Forget all about another Hurricane Sandy in our lifetimes. Weather experts have retired the name “Sandy” for a hurricane due to the catastrophic killer storm that impacted the East Coast last October. The name “Sandy” will be replaced by “Sara” the next time an “S” name for a storm is needed. Sandy is the 77th…
If your property floods all of the time during storms, chances are FEMA will be knocking on your door soon. FEMA reps are telling municipal officials that they will fan out across Cape May County in the next two weeks to examine properties that are considered “repetitive losses” by the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA…
Bridgeton city police are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a dry retention pond on Wednesday afternoon. Police say the unidentified 60 year old man was found laying face down in the pond shortly after 4:00pm Wednesday. The body was found a short distance from the man’s home; foul play is not suspected.
Nearly 200 customers of Atlantic City Electric are without power around lunchtime in southern Cape May County today. The official outage map of the utility shows 170 customers without power in the Rio Grande area. This radio station was among the customers affected by the outage. When we have more details, we will pass them…
The 2013 hurricane forecast was released Wednesday by the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project. Their team of meteorologists predicts a 72 percent likelihood of a hurricane landfall along the Gulf States and East Coast of the United States, up from the historical average of 52 percent. The hurricane forecast also predicts 18 named storms for 2013, with a…
Those who suffer from allergies can expect a rough couple of weeks. Experts say that the pollen count will be very high in the near future as the temperatures have risen drastically. The cold temperatures of March have created the feeling of a more extreme allergy season because it wasn’t a slow build, but rather…
New Jersey Transit is paying up for a costly mistake. The authority is going to pay $28.5 million to fix 11 locomotives that were damaged during Hurricane Sandy. NJ Transit was criticized for leaving trains in rail yards that flooded during the storm. Many thought the trains could have been moved ahead of the storm…
The Avalon Borough Council voted unanimously on Wednesday evening, to approve a new study that will examine feasibility of a groin field and other protective measures that would provide greater resiliency for the Borough during future coastal storm events. The resolution to award the contract for the study was approved by a unanimous 5-0 vote.…
March marked the third straight month of double digit declines in Atlantic City gambling revenues. On Wednesday the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released numbers for March and they showed a decline of 11 percent from last year’s figures. The only casino to post gains over last year was the Atlantic Club, where slot…
A 12-foot deep sinkhole appeared Wednesday evening in Ocean City, at the intersection of Bay Avenue and 20th Street. Officials blocked off six blocks of Bay Avenue as gas company crews checked for leaks. No gas leaks were found but motorists are advised to avoid the area while crews work to repair the sinkhole. Ocean…