There was a shocking experience at the New York Jets/Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday night and we aren’t talking about the 14 point comeback in the fourth quarter. The Star-Ledger reports that three men were shocked by a stun gun that a man smuggled into the game and used on them. An investigation is on-going…
A bill to provide disaster relief to New Jerseyans who suffered damage from Hurricane Irene failed in the U.S. Senate. The vote took place Monday that would have brought $7 billion into the coffers of FEMA. The legislation only got 53 votes, it needed 60 to pass. Republicans were the ones mostly holding the measure…
An arrest has been made in the death of an Atlantic City man. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Louis Lopez, of Atlantic City, was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Sunday. The victim has been identified as Craig Giatto, of Atlantic City. Bail was set at $150,000. The victim had been taken to…
The new traffic pattern has been implemented at the Route 52 Causeway. The New Jersey Department of Transportation put the change into effect at 8 p.m. on Monday. Traffic will be placed in a single lane on portions of the bridge both north and southbound between Ocean City and Somers Point. The lane closures will allow…
A reported sexual assault took place in Middle Township. Police received a report of a woman who had come to his home on Orbit Dr. and asked that he call police. The woman reported she was able to break free and ran from the individual. The suspect is described as follows: white male, thin build, late…
Middle Township Police were contacted about a vehicle burglary in the Sunray Beach section of the township on Sunday. An investigation led to the arrest of a juvenile on burglary, and theft charges, and the juvenile was released into the custody of a parent/guardian. The Cape May County Sheriff’s Office and the Lower Township Police…
Cmdr. David “Lee” Petty took over command of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported here, from Cmdr. George A. Lesher during a change of command ceremony Monday. Petty reported from Coast Guard personnel allowance and pay accounts where he served as division chief within the Coast Guard’s headquarters office of resource management. The Dependable is a 210-foot medium-endurance…
Lessons learned. That was the message from the state’s Homeland Security Director Charles McKenna. McKenna did an interview with the newest show on Fun 106.7, “In Depth,” where he said many of the communication errors that took place prior to 9/11 have been fixed and showed during Hurricane Irene. McKenna credited the willingness for agencies…
They gathered to remember Andrew Alameno and the thousands that lost their life from the 9/11 terrostic attacks in the Wildwoods. A large gathering came together at Centennial Park in Wildwood Crest and then on the beach in the Wildwoods. The idea was to get 3,000 people to hold hands on the beaches in the…
The Cape May County Board of Social Services will be taking Disaster Food Stamp Assistance applications and assisting ongoing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients with replacement and supplemental food assistance at the Cape May County Board of Social Services building located at 4005 Route 9 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey from 8:30 a.m.…