A drunken-driving checkpoint is set for Friday night in Egg Harbor Township. According to BreakingAC.com, the initiative is being done in conjunction with the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, which has been leading the County of Atlantic Reduction and Enforcement for Fatal Crashes task force, or CARE for Fatal Crashes, a collaborative effort designed to reduce … Read more
Weather again postponed the aerial spray for mosquitoes originally set for last week in parts of Galloway Township and Port Republic. The treatment by the Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control now is scheduled for between 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, as part of the office’s ongoing efforts to reduce the population of adult mosquitoes … Read more
The Atlantic County Library System Ventnor Branch is reopening Monday. The library has been closed for about three weeks to accommodate the emergency replacement of an HVAC chiller. The closing was necessary because the chillers are located on the roof of the building, which also houses the city’s Cultural Arts Center, and would have posed … Read more
An Atlantic City man who previously pleaded guilty in a gang-related killing nearly two decades ago is now accused of fatally shooting a man in Atlantic City. BreakingAC.com reports, 37 year old Kelsey Smith was charged with murder Friday, just over two weeks after Robert Stanley Davis was found with a gunshot wound to the … Read more
An Atlantic City man was quickly arrested in a shooting that wounded a man inside a casino parking garage Saturday night. According to BreakingAC.com, police were called to the Ocean Casino parking garage just after 9 p.m. for the report of a man shot,. Officers located 41-year-old Robert Phillips, with multiple gunshots to his lower … Read more
A lawsuit filed under the Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights looks to finally reopen the investigation into the death of a Mays Landing teen a decade ago. According to BreakingAC.com, family and other supporters contend it was not suicide when 18 year old Tiffany Valiante was struck by a New Jersey Transit train headed to … Read more
Law enforcement officials have charged a 26-year-old Atlantic City, New Jersey, man with 13 counts of animal cruelty after, police claim, he tortured, beat and killed stray cats. News 10 reports on Tuesday, police in Atlantic City arrested Edwin Sanabia, after investigating reports of stray cats being killed in Sanabia’s neighborhood. According to police, Sanabia … Read more
The Dorset Avenue Bridge in Ventnor is currently restricted to operating in the down position, allowing vehicles to travel over the Intracoastal Waterway between Ventnor Heights and Absecon Island, but limiting marine travel for taller boats that cannot fit through the passage without raising the drawbridge. The bridge is owned and operated by Atlantic County … Read more
The CARE for Fatal Crashes Task Force has completed its second enforcement operation as part of an ongoing effort to reduce fatal traffic accidents and improve road safety across the region. This latest operation, which took place on July 7th, 2025, saw coordinated efforts across several towns, including Egg Harbor Township, Linwood, Northfield and Pleasantville, … Read more
A planned replacement of the Middle Thorofare Bridge at the south end of Five Mile Beach, and two other spans leading to the Garden State Parkway, is expected to cost $350 million and replace the draw bridge with a much higher fixed-span bridge. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Cape May County officials say … Read more