The City Council of Ocean City voted 6-1 Thursday against a resolution asking the Planning Board to consider naming the former Wonderland Pier as an area in need of rehabilitation.A “yes” vote could have been a first small step toward a proposal for an Icona hotel, which owner and developer Eustace Mita has campaigned for … Read more
The state Department of Transportation has scheduled underground electrical work and traffic signal installation beginning today along parts of Route 40, from Mays Landing to the highway leading into Atlantic City, county officials announced.The closures, which will run through Thursday, have been scheduled for these areas along Route 40:Temporary right lane closures from Franklin Boulevard … Read more
A man died after being struck by a boat that had lost control in Barnegat Bay off Little Egg Harbor Township on Sunday.According to the Press of Atlantic City at around 9:57 a.m., a 27-foot Robalo vessel struck a large wake and caused two people to be ejected from the boat, State Police said. The … Read more
On Monday, August 25 through Friday, August 29, a detour will be in effect in the northbound lane of Shore Road in Somers Point between New York Avenue and Maryland Avenue, 6 am – 2:30 pm, weather permitting, for work by the City of Somers Point. The southbound lane will remain open. Northbound motorists should … Read more
A Pleasantville man arrested after he allegedly brandished a stolen gun at a Dollar General was ordered held in jail. BreakingAC.com reports 19 year old Javont Bell Lowe faces 10 charges in the case, in which he allegedly returned to the store on South New Road following a verbal altercation Aug. 13, armed with a … Read more
An Atlantic City man with a 40-year-old Megan’s Law conviction was ordered held in jail for alleged thefts while on pretrial release. According to BreakingAC.com, 60 year old Albert Louis is accused of burglarizing the LandShark Bar & Grill in Atlantic City on July 19, just a week after he was released from jail on … Read more
A Hammonton man was killed in a crash on the Atlantic City Expressway on Thursday night. According to BreakingAC.com, State Police were called to milepost 17.6 westbound in Egg Harbor Township just before 8 p.m. 36 year old John Warlow was driving a Ford sport utility vehicle west on the expressway, he struck the toll … Read more
City Council on Wednesday night unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance to rename City Hall after late Atlantic County Commissioner Ernest Coursey.According to the Press of Atlantic City Coursey, 62, who was also Mayor Marty Small Sr.’s chief of staff, died Aug. 5 after battling colon cancer.Coursey’s brother Ed said his brother broke … Read more
For those riding the fastest e-bikes, that speed is immediately accessible with the assistance of an electric motor. That speed can mean accidents, and more significant injuries.“You have a body that is moving at a rate of speed that is much greater than that of a pedaled bicyclist. That kinetic energy has to be disbursed … Read more
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development met with residents of Stanley Holmes Village Thursday morning a little more than a week after taking over the city’s housing authority. According to the Press of Atlantic City the meeting took place in the complex’s community room and lasted a little more than an … Read more