It may soon be illegal to purchase a laser pointer in Ocean City. The devices have been used to blind pilots and even interfered with a Coast Guard helicopter recently. Council is planning to introduce an ordinance on Thursday that would ban the sale of laser pointers in the city. Police have been dealing with…
Ridership into Atlantic City may end a train line. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the future of the ACES train line is in doubt, because of the low ridership numbers. To this point, no official involved in the operation has said it will, but analysts dispute the long-term future of the train line.…
A lawsuit is expected to be filed over missed pension payments by the state. The AP reports that the Communications Workers of America Local 1033 are filing a lawsuit against the state for their missed pension payments over the course of the past ten years. The union is among those fighting lawmakers and Gov. Chris…
Gov. Chris Christie pushed the positive of new reform bills, just a day before the Assembly will take a major vote. Christie was in Fair Lawn on Wednesday and touted the pension and health benefits reform bills that passed through the Senate. The Assembly is expected to vote on the matter on Thursday. The crowd…
Millville Police say they charged a man with sexually assaulting two juvenile females. The arrest was made on Monday on Steve Gonzalez. The Millville man is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old multiple times. He was placed in the Cumberland County Jail on $200,000 bail.
A defendant entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to possession of heroin, eluding, and possession of a weapon by a convicted person, in connection with three incidents that occurred in October and December 2010. He will be sentenced to nine years in prison in the fall, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. In accordance with…
The Wildwoods Vietnam Memorial Wall Foundation is pleased to announce a special event honoring America on the 4th of July. The Wildwoods Beach and Boardwalk Patriotic 5K Run and 1 Mile Family Walk. Hosted in the cities of Wildwood and Wildwood Crest on Monday, July 4, 2011 at 9am, along the Boardwalk. The Patriotic 5K…
If you’re too young to buy don’t even try that’s the slogan of the We Check For 21 Program which officially starts in Cape May County on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The event will take place at the Wildwoods Convention Center located at 4501 Boardwalk in Wildwood. Two training sessions on fraudulent identification documents such…
Cape May County Government is hosting a community blood drive on Friday, June 24, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The blood drive, which is open to the public, will take place at Crest Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center located at 12 Moore Road in the Crest Haven Complex (Exit 11 off the Garden…
The Borough of Wildwood Crest’s paper shredder will be shifted from the Crest Pier Recreation Center to the Joseph Von Savage Memorial Pool for the summer months. Beginning Monday, June 27, the paper shredder will be available for use for all borough residents at the Von Savage Pool Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to…