A 34 year old Wildwood man was arrested Monday after he assaulted his wife with a wine bottle. City police say they arrested Scott Young on charges that he allegedly repeatedly hit his wife, 46 year old Karen Young, with a wine bottle early Monday morning. Karen Young suffered wounds on her head and leg…
A 26 year old South Jersey woman pleaded guilty Monday to drunk driving and other offenses in connection to a traffic accident that caused about one fifth of Cape May County to lose power back in March. Denise Pomkacz of Burlington City was in court Monday and admitted that she was intoxicated when her vehicle…
One man was injured during an electrical accident in Wildwood that knocked out power to nearly one thousand customers Monday evening. Atlantic City Electric confirms that over 900 customers lost power on Monday after a transformer issue. One man working on the transformer was injured; police plan to release further information about this incident later…
Some new budget figures that will be released Tuesday may signal even deeper cuts in the state budget. According to The Star Ledger, the state of New Jersey faces a $767 million budget shortfall over the next 13 months which may trigger deeper cuts in the budget by the Chris Christie administration. The state will…
A lawsuit has been filed by a Wildwood Police officer who believes Mayor Gary DeMarzo has not followed a court order. Lt. Rich Adair filed in Superior Court saying that DeMarzo did not follow an appellate court’s ruling that would force DeMarzo to either be the mayor, or a police officer, but not both. Coastal…
The Borough of Wildwood Crest will host a public meeting Thursday, June 3 to discuss its ongoing Oceanfront Management Plan, the borough’s Board of Commissioners has announced. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the courtroom at Wildwood Crest Borough Hall, located at Sweetbriar Road and Pacific Avenue. The purpose of the meeting…
Middle Township Police arrested a man who provided a false name, resisted arrested, and assaulted a police officer. James Testa, of Upper Township, was having bench warrants served to him at the Economy Motel on Route 9 in Rio Grande when the incident took place on Friday. Charged included Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer, Resisting…
The Middle Township Committee found some savings through contract negotiations. The dispatchers of the township agreed to take a pay freeze for this year and the two sides agreed to a two percent raise next year. Committeeman Dan Lockwood said that the dispatchers did their job to help the taxpayers of the township out. By…
A huge lottery drawing will be taking place this week after no one won the Powerball once again on Saturday. The next drawing for the Powerball will be for $190 million on Wednesday. No one held the winning numbers of 19, 20, 40, 47, 57 and the Powerball for 29 on Saturday. The Mega Millions…
A Pleasantville man has been indicted on manslaughter for selling heroin to a man that later died from that drug use. Levi Brown, faces the potential of 37 years in prison for the charges, that also include heroin possession, and other related charges. Eugene Murtagh Jr., of Lacey Township, died from the drugs he purchased…