The Wildwood Crest Board of Commissioners, at its regular meeting Dec. 5, authorized the reappointments of borough residents to various boards that serve the borough. Residents were reappointed as follows: Zoning Board: Dennis Travascio, William J. Carr and Alan Siejas as members for a four-year term commencing Jan. 1, 2012 and expiring Dec. 31, 2015;…
A Pleasantville man was fatally shot on Friday. At approximately 9 p.m., the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene of a fatal shooting at a residence located at 59 East Thompson Avenue in Pleasantville. The victim has been identified as Ellis Spell Sr., 51, of Pleasantville. No arrests have been…
The Wildwood Crest Board of Commissioners has changed the second of its two regular meetings in the month of December from Wednesday, Dec. 28 to Thursday, Dec. 22, the borough has announced. The Thursday, Dec. 22 meeting will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Municipal Court Room located on the first floor of borough…
Gas prices remained unchanged on average in the past week. Local and state averages held at the same price as one week ago. Locally, prices came in at $3.16 per gallon, which is two cents less than the state average, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Crude oil prices have been hovering around $100 per barrel for…
County officials will be in Sea Isle City next Tuesday as a new branch of the county library system officially opens. A ribbon cutting event will be held at the new Sea Isle City branch of the Cape May County Library on Tuesday, December 13th, at 1:00pm. The new branch is located at 48th Street…
Your local community may soon have the ability to move school board elections to the general election date in November. The New Jersey Assembly passed a measure on Thursday that would give local towns the power to move school board elections from the spring to November. Sponsors of the bill say the move would increase…
The popular Civil War statue in Bridgeton is headless, and reward money has been offered for the return of the head. Bridgeton Police are investigating the theft of the head of the Civil War statue that sits in Bridgeton City Park. On Tuesday, the head came up missing. Police Chief Mark Ott has offered a…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie continues to push lawmakers to approve a measure that would result in public employees not being paid for unused sick days. Chrisite is urging the legislature to act on the bill before the current voting session winds down this month. Christie says the issue of ending the practice of paying…
Wildwood’s Planning Board met this week and approved a couple of projects that could bring new hotel rooms to the resort. The board voted in favor of site plans for a new hotel called the Grand Wildwoodian which will be constructed where the former Rio Motel sat on Ocean Avenue. The new hotel will be…
The Press of Atlantic City reports today that Lower Township has formed a special committee to explore the possibility of moving police and court operations from the Cape May Airport to the Villas. Hosting police and court at the airport has become an expensive proposition, with a new roof on the building at the airport…