No injuries resulted from a house fire in North Wildwood Saturday night that was caused by lightning. The fire started at a home on 25th Street in the city Saturday around 10:30pm. Lightning hit a three story house and caused a fire on the roof. Fire crews from Stone Harbor and Wildwood also responded to…
Even more power outages in southern New Jersey over the weekend thanks to a line of thunderstorms that rolled through the region Saturday evening. Atlantic City Electric was still reporting scattered outages throughout Atlantic County on Sunday morning after the storms brought lightning, high winds, and heavy downpours. Monmouth and Ocean counties were also hard…
Middle Township is not a place you want to have a few drinks and get behind the wheel of a car. Middle Township Police announced that they will participate in a new “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign for more than two weeks, starting August 17th. Local and state police will be conducting random…
The man who was in charge of the Wildwoods Urban Enterprise Zone has been canned, and now he’s filing a $2 million lawsuit. The Wildwood Leader reports that Lou Ferrara was fired as director of the UEZ, and now he’s filing a lawsuit alleging that Wildwood City Commissioner Pete Byran altered feasibility studies relating to…
Vineland Police are looking for a man who shot another man in the foot Friday night. Police will only say they are looking for a Puerto Rican male who is considered to be armed and dangerous. An 18 year old man was an innocent bystander and he was shot on the front porch of his…
More commissioners, but they would get paid less than the current commissioners. That’s the intent of a new petition that was handed in just before the weekend to Borough officials in West Cape May. A group received more than 100 signatures on a new petition that attempts to increase the size of the governing body…
Four counties in South Jersey may have to help foot the bill for the debt rung up by the South Jersey Economic Development District. The Press of Atlantic City reports that even if the counties elect to dissolve the organization, they are still on the hook for more than $1 million in debt. Former Cape…
Many South Jersey counties are going to be paying a pretty penny for what took place in the South Jersey Economic Development District, according to a new report. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties are responsible for the debt of the group, which could total more than…
Cumberland County officials are happy to report that Parsonage Road (County Rd 630) in Upper Deerfield Township has reopened. The North Bound Lane of Parsonage Road had become seriously compromised after severe thunderstorms and heavy rains produced flood waters that eroded the roadbed making it unsafe for travel. “The Freeholders and I worked with the…
A lawsuit has been filed to the tune of $25 million for a wrongful death. The Daily Journal reports that the family of Michael Anthony Burris has filed the lawsuit against the city of Millville. The lawsuit says that emergency personnel didn’t properly attend to Burris during an emergency medical call, which helped lead to…