News Staff 25 year old Jerome Ford of Atlantic City has been sentenced to five years behind bars for unlawful possession of a handgun. On February 22, 2020, members of the New Jersey State Police Atlantic City Task Force conducted a motor vehicle stop after observing a traffic violation. Ford, who was seated in the passenger’s seat … Read more
A man was arrested Saturday night in North Wildwood after allegedly brandishing a handgun causing the temporary evacuation of an amusement park pier, police said. Surfside Pier, owned and operated by Morey’s Piers, was shut down at 7:15 p.m. while the incident, which was unrelated to the pier, was being investigated, according to Kyle Morey, … Read more
Despite pleas from city officials calling for safety to take precedence over all else, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority rejected a planned road diet to reduce the number of lanes in a section of Atlantic Avenue from four to two. Both city representatives and CRDA Board Chairman Mo Butler said the authority and the city … Read more
With the heat wave driving water consumption demands to much higher-than-normal and rainfall for the past 60 days being below average, the city’s water utility has to implement restrictions on when water can be used. According to the Press of Atlantic City because of the situation, we have three primary concerns said John Lillie, the … Read more
On Friday June 21st, 2024, from 6PM to 12AM, the Linwood Police Department conducted a DWI Checkpoint in partnership with the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Officers from Margate, Ventnor, Galloway, Hamilton, and the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Department assisted. Enforcement and educational efforts like this are made possible by federal funding from the National Highway Traffic … Read more
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. says a backpan ban in the vicinity of the boardwalk in the evenings and overnight is helping to curb youth unruliness. The Cape May County Herald reports the idea behind the June 12th passage was to give the police another tool to help them do their job. Troiano said the … Read more
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced that it has joined more than 350 law enforcement agencies from across the country and globe in receiving certification as a partner in Safe Place. Safe Place is a law enforcement initiative that promotes safety, provides training, education, and supports victims and targets of biased incidents and hate crimes … Read more
In Plesantville a person was seriously injured Saturday afternoon after becoming stuck in a tree while cutting branches, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to North Woodland Avenue at 12:16 p.m. and located a person who was pinned eight feet up in the tree by a large branch, fire officials said in a Facebook post. A … Read more
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority appears set to say no to a city plan for a second phase of work reducing the lanes on Atlantic Avenue from four to two. According to the Press of Atlantic City described as a road diet, the plan would include improvements to the road as well as the lane … Read more
In Lower Township, the AJ Meerwald, New Jersey’s official tall ship, is set to make two port stops at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal this summer.The first will be occur June 26 to July 7, and the second will be from Aug. 2 to Sept. 12. The ship will set sail from the ferry terminal … Read more