New Jersey will honor one of it’s own who passed away last week. Flags at all state buildings will fly at half-staff on Wednesday, in memory of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. The general was born in Trenton and raised in Lawrenceville. Schwarzkopf was the commander of coalition forces that drove Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces out…
The Wildwood City Commissioners voted on Monday to further streamline city government. Officials consolidated the city’s Planning and Zoning Boards into one body that consists of nine members. The action was taken due to a decrease in building applications, and therefore a reducedneed for two separate boards.
New Year’s Day will be a great day to explore state parks in New Jersey. Tuesday has been designated as America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative. New Jersey’s State Park Service will conduct guided hikes and other special outdoors activities at 10 locations throughout New Jersey, including the East Creek Trail, at the Belleplain State Forest in…
Middle Township Police report that a 44 year-old man was stabbed in an attack by two teenagers. The incident occurred at a residence on Linden Lane on Saturday. Police found the victim with stab wounds in his upper torso, after an altercation with several juveniles about being inside an abandoned house. The man was allegedly punched in…
A new way to celebrate the New Year took place Monday night at Bader Field in Atlantic City. A college-aged crowd, dressed mostly in white and neon colors, enjoyed a rave-style dance party under a heated tent. The DJ dance music was pumping from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. and featured side attractions by acrobats and aerial performers. What made this party…
On Monday night, Ocean City held it’s 21st Annual First Night celebration, an alcohol-free event with activities throughout the island. Organizers were expecting about 7,000 people, down about 3,000 from last year’s total, but a welcome amount for a town still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Local officials saw this year’s First Night as…
Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, while most people were celebrating, firefighters in Egg Harbor Township were called to the scene of a fire. NBC-40 reports that a barn was engulfed by flames in a wooded area near Mill Road and Ridge Avenue. It took several fire departments over an hour to put out…
A vicious assault sent a man to the hospital in Egg Harbor Township. James McBride was charged with aggravated assault. Bail at $25,000 cash. The victim, Rodney Smith, says he was attacked without provocation at the Library Pub at McCollough’s Emerald Links Golf Course. Smith was taken to the Shore Medical Center for treatment of…
Two Wildwood residents were arrested after a search warrant turned up heroin. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrests of Brittany Demott and Heriberto Aletriz-Soto. Both were placed in the Cape May County Correctional Facility in lieu of $35,000 bail. The bust netted 79 bags of heroin. Both could face up to five…
Its a new year and a new beginning for Susan Sheppard. She was sworn in on Monday as the first female surrogate of Cape May County. Sheppard was sworn-in by New Jersey Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Gibson at the Old Courthouse in Cape May Court House. Sheppard is replacing W. Robert Hentges who has…