The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a service offered through Cape May County Division of Aging and Disability Services in partnership with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), is actively seeking volunteers for the upcoming tax season. No prior tax experience is required. Free training and certification are provided by the IRS and the … Read more
An Atlantic City man with a criminal history spanning decades pleaded guilty Friday to two separate burglaries. According to BreakingAC.com, 56 year old Angel Ortiz-Caraballo faces three years in prison under the plea agreement. He has been jailed since April 7, a day after he broke into a liquor storage case at A Dam Good … Read more
State Police are investigating after possible human remains were found in a wooded area Thursday morning. The Press of Atlantic City reports troopers responded to Tuckahoe Road about 9 a.m. and discovered the suspected remains. No additional information has been made available about the person or how they ended up there.
Two homes were destroyed and two others damaged in a fire in Mays Landing on Monday afternoon. BreakingAC.com reports Hamilton Township police arrived on the scene at about 1:10 p.m., and found heavy fire to multiple residences, police said. Volunteer fire companies from Mays Landing, Laureldale, Bargaintown and Cardiff, along with N.J. Forest Fire responded … Read more
Beginning Tuesday, September 2 through Friday, September 5, a full closure will be in effect on Shore Road in Linwood between Ocean Heights Avenue and Seaview Avenue, 9 am – 5 pm, weather permitting, for utility work by NJ American Water Co. Also, Tuesday through Friday, drainage work will take place on Union Road between … Read more
An Atlantic City man who allegedly had his wife in a headlock on the beach before brandishing a knife at an off-duty police officer who intervened after participating in a charity race was released from jail until trial Friday. The Press of Atlantic City reports 27 year old Xontae Glass is charged with simple assault, … Read more
An Atlantic County child is one of the state’s first human cases of West Nile virus this year, the New Jersey Department of Health said Thursday. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the child, who has since been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home, reported symptoms the third week of July. … Read more
Dozens of Atlantic City residents, community leaders and environmental advocates rallied for action Wednesday, in what they called a climate crisis. Atlantic City Councilmember Kaleem Shabazz said “Under-resourced communities face the greatest impacts, and our goal must be to build a growing coalition of environmentally conscious people to fight for a cleaner, more just future.” … Read more
26 year old Ibn Demps of Atlantic City was sentenced on two separate indictments after pleading guilty to committing second-degree aggravated assault and second-degree certain persons not to possess weapons. Demps was sentenced to an aggregate term of eight years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a 2022 shooting in the area of … Read more
Atlantic County health officials are urging residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites and to remove standing water from their properties after more mosquito pool samples tested positive this month for West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis.Samples collected Aug. 20 from the 100 block of Shore Road in Somers Point and the 300 block … Read more