The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday an Atlantic City man who sexually assaulted two teenage girls will have to serve a full 25-year prison sentence. 28-year old Isaiah Banks-Carey admitted to the crimes on a 12-year old and a 13-year old girl. He got both of them pregnant and the following investigation eventually led…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is continuing their investigation into a balcony collapse in Sea Isle City Friday that claimed one life. 43-year old Jose Pereira of Philadelphia was working on the seventh floor balcony at the Spinnaker condominiums south tower when the eighth floor balcony collapsed onto him. OSHA said the crew,…
Beginning on Monday, February 27th and extending until Friday March 3rd, the Ocean Drive Bridge over Great Channel, which connects Middle Township to the south end of Stone Harbor, will be closed due to construction. During active construction hours, typically from 7:00am until 3:30 pm, those motorists wishing to use Ocean Drive (Cr 619) and…
Could a huge luxury resort hotel be coming to Ocean City? A developer who has successful resorts in three other shore towns is proposing it. Icona Resorts CEO Eustace Mita presented plans and an artist rendering of the resort, which would be on the boardwalk between 5th and 6th Streets, to Ocean City council Thursday…
NEWS ALERT: There are reports of a balcony collapse at 3700 Boardwalk in Sea Isle City with possible entrapment. The property address matches the Spinnaker high rise. Emergency crews have responded to the building. This is a developing story. More details as they become available. UPDATE: An eighth-floor balcony has collapsed onto a balcony on…
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center posted on Facebook it had to euthanize a dolphin after it had become stranded on the banks of the Shrewsbury River in Atlantic Highlands on Wednesday. Onlookers managed to push the dolphin back into the water, but the mammal’s condition had deteriorated to the point where it would not survive.…
The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of a Villas man who allegedly had child porn images on his laptop computers. 66 year-old James C. Warner was under investigation after a cyber tip. The investigation prompted Lower Township Police and the Prosecutor to seek a court authorized search warrant at Warner’s residence, which…
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has fined North Wildwood $12.8 Million for unauthorized beach projects that have already occurred, according to an NJ.com report. Documents from the DEP show the penalties are for offenses like beach replenishment work but also a restaurant and bar and bathrooms built in unauthorized areas, and other boardwalk…
The New Jersey office of the National Weather Service confirms the strong winds that hit Mercer County on Tuesday afternoon was a tornado that was considered to be a strong EF-2. Damage surveys conducted Wednesday of uprooted trees, and property damage to several buildings and vehicles in Lawrenceville are consistent with an EF-2, which can…
A third federal agency said in a statement released Tuesday that there is no link between the offshore wind turbine project and the deaths of whales in recent months. The Marine Mammal Commission follows the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in stating there is no evidence connecting…