A 30 year-old man who unsuccessfully tried to rob an Ocean First Bank branch was arrested on Wednesday by Wildwood Police. Brandon Ivens entered the bank at Maple and New Jersey Avenues on Tuesday and handed the teller a handwritten note demanding cash. Ivens left the bank empty-handed and was apprehended the next day, charged…
An emergency repair of an underground pipe for the Cox Hall Creek drain, will shut down Clubhouse Drive from Pinewood Road to Mallow Road, beginning Monday, Sept. 24th. This area will be closed to ALL pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic. This road closure will be 24 hours a day, until the completion of the project, which…
The remnants of Tropical Storm Florence left it’s mark on South Jersey, breaking the daily rainfall record for Sept. 18th. Late afternoon and evening downpours contributed to a reported 2.13 inches of rainfall for the day at Atlantic City International Airport, breaking the daily record by over one inch. In Cape May County, the southbound…
On Tuesday Gov. Phil Murphy revealed the more than two dozen New Jersey school districts to receive the millions of dollars in new funding to expand pre-K programs. Lower Township is getting $1.7 million and North Wildwood City $327,078 of the $20.6 million in Preschool Education Expansion Aid the governor is spreading across 31 districts for…
New Jersey lawmakers have written a bill to legalize marijuana and lay the foundation for a commercial weed industry in New Jersey. The details of the legislation were revealed by NJ Advance Media. The bill’s provisions call for what could be the lowest marijuana taxes in the nation, weed delivery and legalized possession and personal use…
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced on Tuesday that 24 men were arrested in early September for attempting to lure teenage boys and girls for sexual activity. A multi-agency undercover sting called “Operation Open House” caught the child predators, who used social media to contact teens and children for sex. Among the arrests were…
Tuesday was day two of the murder trial of 62 year-old Ferdinand Augello of Upper Township, who is charged in the murder of April Kauffman in 2012. The jury heard an hour-long recorded phone conversation and read the transcript of the recording between Augello and state confidential informant Andrew Glick. On the recording Augello denied…
Atlantic City Electric has called for a one-hour conservation period for Wednesday at 1 p.m. for customers participating in the Energy Wise Rewards Program. The company will cycle the participants’ air conditioner compressors off and on for short intervals from 1 to 2 p.m. while the fans continue to run. It may take up to…
Stockton University has commissioned a feasibility study for a new, $41 million Marine and Environmental Science Center to be built on Bader Field in Atlantic City. Stockton is planning to use the new facility for education and research, to compliment their $156 million campus in the city. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the…
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority in Atlantic City held their regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, one week after the state released a negative audit report. The audit of the CRDA criticized the organization for its fiscal management and millions of wasted dollars on several contracts, including those with the Miss America Organization and the summer’s Beach…