In Somers Point Shore Medical Center honored the year’s 61 Guardian Angels, employees who impacted patients and families in a positive way, during its 18th annual pinning ceremony Dec. 11.Throughout the year, Guardian Angels are recognized individually at staff meetings, where they receive a certificate and hear personal messages from the patients who honored them. … Read more
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. was found not guilty Thursday of abusing his 17-year-old daughter and later telling her to recant her claims. “Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, jury!” an emotional Small, 51, shouted as he broke down in tears. And according to the Press of Atlantic City this is the third time Small … Read more
An Atlantic City man faces a theft charge after police say he took a nursing home employee’s vehicle for a short time earlier this month. Jersey Shore Online reports Stafford Township police said officers were called to the Manahawkin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center shortly after midnight Dec. 9 for a report involving a stolen motor … Read more
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small has been found not guilty on all counts in a trial in which he was charged with verbally and physicall assaulting his daughter. BreakingAC.com reports he jury needed only a short playback of testimony Marty Small gave about what happened during “the tussle with the broom” between him and his … Read more
Jurors in the child abuse trial of Atlantic City’s mayor have started their first full day of deliberations. BreakingAC.com reports first, they reheard audio recordings of an argument between Marty Small and his then-16-year-old daughter. Small is accused of assaulting and threatening his daughter, along with ignoring alleged abuse by her mother, Atlantic City Schools … Read more
Seven hospitals in New Jersey have received the Leapfrog Group’s “Top Hospital Award” for excellence in patient safety and quality of care.The national watchdog organization announced the recipients of its prestigious award on Monday at the 2025 Leapfrog Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. A total of 156 hospitals in the United States earned the 2025 … Read more
Wildwood has become the latest municipality to join the Cape May County shared emergency dispatch service, in the process “closing the Wildwood Police Department Communications Division for the first – and final – time,” according to a police statement.The move took nearly a year to accomplish, after the city announced the changeover at the Jan. … Read more
Schooner Landing Road is scheduled to be closed and detoured at Route 47 from Thursday morning until next spring as part of a bridge replacement project, the state Department of Transportation said.The closure will allow for drainage and roadway work related to the bridge replacement, the DOT said Tuesday in a news release. Motorists on … Read more
A Pleasantville man was sentenced to five years in prison last week, wrapping up three criminal cases spanning a little more than two years. According to BreakingAC.com, Naeem Wilson’s charges include stealing a vehicle and two gun cases, with one reported stolen out of Egg Harbor Township. Wilson, 20, has been jailed since April, after … Read more
The child abuse case against Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small now heads to the jury. BreakingAC.com reports defense attorney Lou Barbone and Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Fischer presented those two vastly different views Tuesday morning, as they wrapped up their cases. Small is accused of verbally and physically abusing his daughter and then urging her to … Read more