Yes, it was real, and yes, the cannonball found in the back yard of a home in the Villas was a live explosive. Lower Township Police say a homeowner uncovered the live cannonball while doing some work in his yard on Bates Avenue over the weekend. The Atlantic City Bomb Squad was called to the scene and found the cannonball to be live. The cannonball was safely removed from the yard to be detonated at another, unpopulated location. There were no injuries.
