Up to two inches of hail landed in Bridgeton and mixed with lightening, knocked out power to thousands of customers. Power outages took place from Cumberland to Camden counties. The hail was spotted in Dennis Township as well. Atlantic City Electric was out working to fix the power problems. Trees, branches, and electric wires were…
A two-vehicle accident in Dennis Township sent one to the hospital. State Police say the accident took place on Friday when a vehicle driven by George Trexler Jr. crossed the yellow line heading south and struck a vehicle driven by Catherine Tierney that was heading northbound. The Upper Township woman was taken to the Cape…
Wildwood Police arrested a man who has been charged with luring. Arashdeep Gill, was charged with two counts of luring and one count of criminal sexual contact. Police say Gill tried to grab a 19-year-old female victim and drag her into his vehicle, but she was able to free herself and fled the scene on…
Vineland police are looking for someone who stole an ATV. Police said that the ATV was stolen from a home on South Orchard Rd. The machine is valued at $4,500. The theft took place sometime between midnight and 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
A robbery took place in Vineland on Tuesday. Police there say that James Ratliff, of Vineland, has been charged with using a knife in the hold up. Charlie’s Liquor Store was the store involved in the incident. He was charged with robbery and weapons possession charges. Bail was set at $100,000.
The layoffs of police officers in Millville is official. The News of Cumberland County reports that the layoff notices have been handed out. Nine officers and one dispatcherwill be let go as a result of budget cuts in the community. Millville’s government is cutting across departments in an attempt to avoid a tax increase. The…
A pilot who wasn’t monitoring his radio put a scare into officials on Thursday. Two NORAD jets flew towards the plane. Once the jets showed up, the pilot got on the radio. Authorities say the pilot wasn’t monitoring the radio channels. The pilot then continued on the flight once reaching contact with NORAD.
Legislation to examine the recent changes to New Jersey’s graduated license program — including the controversial teen driver decal requirement — was released Thursday 11 to 1 by the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee. Under the bill (A-2740), the state Office of the Attorney General would be required to spend the next…
Legislation Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Matt Milam sponsored to better protect the commercial fishing docks and fish processing facilities so important to New Jersey’s economy and the Cape May region was released Thursday by an Assembly panel. The bill would establish a conflict resolution procedure – similar to the Right to Farm Act for farmers…
A bill which would establish a pilot program to encourage private corporations to fund scholarships for low-income students in chronically failing public schools was approved by the Senate Economic Growth Committee by a vote of 6-0. The bill would establish a five-year pilot program to provide tax credits to corporations which contribute funding to create…