With only about four weeks before Memorial Day weekend, New Jersey lawmakers are optimistic that a bill lingering in Trenton will end confusion over whether surfers and fishermen need a beach badge to use the water. But some Jersey Shore towns are hoping the measure doesn’t get passed. NJ.com reports Sea Isle City said the … Read more
Atlantic County employers looking for workers to help with the busy summer season have a place to go. According to BreakingAC.com, the Atlantic County Workforce Development Board will provide reliable, quality workers for employment between May and September at no cost to the employer. The board’s Summer Youth Work Experience Program is seeking to match … Read more
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is in talks with the owners of Renaissance Plaza over expanding the supermarket at the site to help address city residents’ food needs. According to the Press of Atlantic City, some of the discussion centers on the lease between Pay Less Liquor store and the plaza, said state Sen. Vince … Read more
An Atlantic City man, Andrew Williams, 45, has pleaded guilty to eluding and burglary in connection with an incident that occurred in Brick Township on Dec. 16, 2021, according to an Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office press release. Williams also pled guilty to a second count of burglary in connection with an incident that occurred on … Read more
In Egg Harbor Township Marco Polo Smigliani – his time in the Marines during the Vietnam War or what he has done as a volunteer veterans advocate during the past 24 years is being recognized.For Smigliani’s military service and veterans advocacy, he will be honored with the renaming and dedication of Swift Drive as Marco … Read more
A Millville man and a teenager were charged with homicide and weapons offenses Monday in the death of a man and the assault of his daughter, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said.Eric Hannah, 55, of Leamings Mill Road, and a 17-year-old identified as J.H. were charged in the death of 54-year-old Louis Serbeck on Easter … Read more
The detention hearing for a Waretown man charged with arson in the wildfire that has destroyed more than 15,000 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Ocean County is set to take place next Tuesday. Joseph William Kling, 19, is scheduled to appear in Ocean County Superior Court at 9 a.m. He also … Read more
Former Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 3 after admitting accepting state health benefits he wasn’t entitled to last September, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Byron, 69, was originally scheduled to appear Friday in front of Cape May County Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury. He pleaded guilty Sept. 27 … Read more
19 year old Joseph Kling, of Waretown, Ocean Township, was charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection with a wildfire that started in Waretown April 22 and continued to spread throughout the Southern Ocean County area. BreakingAC.com reports the fire has burned approximately 15,000 acres in Waretown and Lacey Township and has destroyed a … Read more
In Beesley’s Point a $300 million to $400 million development project that will replace the former B.L. England power plant on Beesley’s Point has taken a key step forward in the long process of developing the 377-acre waterfront site.Chad Parks, a principal in the Beesley’s Point Development Group, said the proposed development would include a … Read more