The Coast Guard medevaced a 56-year-old woman from aboard a boat 48 miles off the coast of Ocean City Saturday. The Coast Guard received a call at 10 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the boat Virginia reporting the woman is diabetic and did not take her medicine causing her to go into diabetic shock. A rescue…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 61-year-old man from aboard an 88-foot boat 50 miles off the coast of Cape May Saturday. The Coast Guard received a call at 7:47 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Eileen Marie, homeported in New Bedford, Mass., reporting the man was accidentally hit by a scallop dredge and barely responsive. A rescue helicopter…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old man from aboard a dive boat 10 miles off the coast of Manasquan Saturday. The Coast Guard received a call at 9:30 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the Eagle’s Nest, homeported in Jones Beach, N.Y., reporting a passenger was coughing up blood. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet, N.J., arrived…
New gas price figures show a one-cent drop in the past week. AAA Mid-Atlantic reports that prices in Cape May County are $2.60, which remains three cents over the state average. Gasoline demand has been on the rise nationally, but prices continue to remain virtually unchanged.
The wild weather for the Jersey Shore is not over yet. The National Weather Service says a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for CApe May County will continue until 7:00pm. One line of strong storms pushed over the northern part of the county before 5:00pm; now, a second line of weather will largely impact all of the…
Thousands of customers of Atlantic City Electric are without power late Sunday afternoon thanks to a line of bad weather that moved across South Jersey. Most of the power outages are in Cumberland County in the Millville/Bridgeton area, west of route 347. There are some outages reported locally throughout the county, especially in Middle Township…
Atlantic City Electric is responding to several weather-related issues Sunday afternoon. A strong line of thunderstorms rolled through Cape May County around 4:15pm Sunday which knocked out power to thousands of residents. A transformer fire was reported near 7th Street and Ocean Avenue in Avalon this afternoon. A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect as…
A plan to have medical marijuana grown exclusively at Rutgers University will need changing. Rutgers has said no as it is concerned about protecting federal funds. Gov. Chris Christie wanted a controlled atmosphere where it could be grown. The state will now need to work on a place to grow the product in order to…
A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties. The National Weather Service has issued the warning through 4:45 p.m. for southern Atlantic County, northeastern Cape May County, and east central Cumberland County. The tornado warning goes along with the severe thunderstorms that are forecasted. The National Weather Service…
The National Weather Service has posted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cape May County for Sunday afternoon, until 5:00pm. A strong line of storms is moving across South Jersey this afternoon and will bring heavy rain, strong winds, and possibly hail to the region. The storm front will usher in lower humidity and more reasonable…