News Staff The Township Committee voted last week to spend $616,625 to pave and restore West Jersey Avenue and other roads where work was done to prepare for an offshore wind project that never materialized.According to the Press of Atlantic City New Jersey utility regulators earlier this month canceled their preliminary approval of the Atlantic Shores offshore … Read more
An Atlantic City man who shot and killed another man at a city apartment complex nearly four years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 70 years in prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said. Umar Abdullah, 50, was found guilty of murder, unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose … Read more
50 year old Umar Abdullah of Atlantic City has been sentenced to an aggregate of seventy years in New Jersey State Prison for murder and weapons offenses following his June trial conviction for murder and other counts. On October 10, 2021, shortly after 4:00 A.M., Atlantic City Police Department officers and Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office … Read more
A Somers Point man was charged with assault by auto for an allegedly drunken-driving crash Friday night in Egg Harbor Township. Hector Merino-Garcia, 36, was driving a 2002 Buick LaSabre on Robert Best Road just after 8 p.m., when he failed to negotiate the curve as he approached the stop sign at Zion Road, reports … Read more
As Hurricane Erin churns up the ocean along the East Coast, Margate, Ventnor and Longport beach patrols have prohibited swimming. BreakingAC.com reports the massive storm is passing about 500 miles offshore, but the effects will be felt along New Jersey beaches. Atlantic City also announced bathing restrictions this week, with those entering the water limited … Read more
The redevelopment of the former Wonderland site on the Boardwalk is set to be on the agenda for City Council next week, but Eustace Mita is not.Mita has plans for a 252-room hotel for the site, and has asked the city to designate the former amusement park an area in need of rehabilitation to move … Read more
Two Philadelphia men were arrested Thursday after they allegedly possessed the same stolen handgun on separate occasions, police said. Paul Volpe, 35, and Jimmy Schultz, 24, were each charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of hollow-point bullets and receiving stolen property. Volpe was additionally charged … Read more
A Trenton man who killed his cellmate at South Woods State Prison nearly six years ago was sentenced to life in prison Monday, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said. Anthony Cole, 40, was convicted June 12 in the death of Keyon Wade, 25, of North Brunswick, Middlesex County. Cole has been in prison since 2017, … Read more
Swimming is not allowed on city beaches due to dangerous conditions from Hurricane Erin, police said Monday. The Press of Atlantic City reports the restriction includes when lifeguards are off duty. Public Safety Commissioner Steve Mikulski said in a statement. “When individuals ignore safety precautions and enter the water, our first responders are forced to … Read more
The Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control has scheduled a mosquito ground spray application for portions of Northfield as part of the county’s ongoing efforts to control adult mosquitoes and reduce the spread of mosquito-borne illness. The ground spray application will take place, weather permitting, between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM on Wednesday. The area … Read more