News Staff Reconstruction work on the Wildwoods Boardwalk can continue after the company that bid on the project sued over what it considered deficiencies in a contract between the city and its competitor. According to the Press of Atlantic City, L. Feriozzi Concrete Company sued on Oct. 11 to invalidate a contract between Wildwood and Fred M. … Read more
Authorities were investigating a double homicide in Barnegat Township that drove local schools into temporary shelter-in-place orders on Thursday. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the double killing happened on Lincoln Avenue in the township, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The agency said a suspect was in custody, and the … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City a majority of voters in the state support term and age limits for elected leaders serving at both the state and federal levels, according to a poll released Wednesday by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University.Nearly 72% of residents polled said elected officials … Read more
A Pleasantville man is accused of robbing a bank in late September. Jamarl S. Johnson, 34, was charged with robbery, terroristic threats and theft in the alleged robbery of the PNC Bank in the 900 block of the Black Horse Pike on Sept. 29, police said Wednesday in a news release. He is being held … Read more
Authoirities in Atlantic City say another hearing is scheduled for Friday morning since Political organizer Craig Callaway was a no-show at a hearing before Superior Court Judge Michael Blee on Wednesday, where Atlantic County Democrats were asking for an injunction to keep him from assisting any more voters in this election. The Atlantic County Democratic … Read more
Robbery and terroristic threats charges fadce a Pleasantville man charged with a late-September bank hold up. 34 year old Jamarl S. Johnson is accused of going into the PNC Bank in the 900 block of the Black Horse Pike on Sept. 29, and robbed the bank. Police were summoned there by a silent hold up … Read more
Political organizer Craig Callaway failed to appear at a hearing in Superior Court Wednesday, where Atlantic County Democrats were asking for an injunction to keep him from assisting any more voters in this election. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the Atlantic County Democratic Committee filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Callaway, of Atlantic … Read more
Gov. Phil Murphy used his taxpayer-funded expense account for nearly $12,000 worth of food and drinks at MetLife Stadium — including at a Taylor Swift concert and a hip-hop music festival, now, after it’s come to light, the governor’s office says it is asking the state Democratic Party to reimburse taxpayers for the entertainment. Murphy’s … Read more
Before North Wildwood can address expansive shore protection issues that date back a decade, the Jersey Shore town has a more immediate problem. NJ.com reports near the 15th Avenue section of the beach, a breach — the result of recent rough waves from severe weather including the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia — stretches to … Read more
A Manahawkin man who stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to two months of incarceration for interfering with police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters. The Press of Atlantic City reports 22 year old Larry Fife Giberson, who graduated from Princeton earlier this year, was among the rioters who … Read more