The Upper Township Board of Education this week approved a $41.38 million budget that increases property taxes, but by less than the district could have.According to the Press of Atlantic City, the budget approved Monday is actually a little over state caps on tax increases, because of an adjustment due to increases in state health … Read more
In North Wildwood the city unveiled the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument and reopened Veterans Memorial Park in front of several hundred people over the weekend.The granite memorial is a tribute to all Gold Star families and relatives in the U.S. A Gold Star Family is one that has lost a loved one who died … Read more
A suspect in two armed robberies of the same Atlantic City liquor store was arrested at a Ventnor apartment with a gun more than two months earlier. According to BreakingAC.com, 39 year old Robert Arroyo who lists a Pleasantville address, was arrested Tuesday, outside that same apartment on North Weymouth Avenue where he was found … Read more
The public is invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Atlantic County Parks and Environment Advisory Board where guest speaker Monica Cahill of Pinelands Adventures will provide a presentation about the Pinelands Preservation Alliance’s programs and events. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 7 at 7 pm at the Anthony “Tony” Canale … Read more
State officials have declined meeting with all of the communities that would be part of a proposed beach project for the Wildwoods, reports the Press of Atlantic City. The $54 million project would rebuild beaches in North Wildwood and construct a dune the length of the island, which includes North Wildwood, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, … Read more
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in publishing an open letter supporting law firms that have opposed President Donald Trump’s actions against legal firms.”The President’s unconstitutional attempts to target lawyers and law firms pose a grave threat to the rule of law. That’s why I am … Read more
A Pleasantville man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly robbed a city liquor store at gunpoint on two occasions last month, police said. Robert Arroyo, 39, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of robbery, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and two counts of possession of a weapon for … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City two men died Wednesday afternoon following a head-on collision on Millville Avenue, police said. Caleb T. Morris, 21, of the Cedarville section of Lawrence Township, was driving a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west at 4:19 p.m. when the vehicle crossed the centerline and struck an eastbound 1995 Jeep Cherokee … Read more
Two men died Wednesday afternoon following a head-on collision on Millville Avenue. The Press of Atlantic City reports 21 year old Caleb T. Morris of the Cedarville section of Lawrence Township, was driving a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west at 4:19 p.m. when the vehicle crossed the centerline and struck an eastbound 1995 Jeep Cherokee driven … Read more
A 19-year-old Waretown man charged with setting a massive forest fire that burned 15,300 acres in Ocean County says he did not light the fire, reports the Press of Atlantic City. Joseph Kling told investigators he was part of a large group attending a bonfire before the blaze broke out on April 22, and maintains … Read more