Work on exterior improvements for the Atlantic City Aquarium began earlier this month, and the City of Atlantic City is now looking at a September reopening date. Expectations earlier in the year were that the Atlantic City Aquarium would reopen this month once the exterior work was complete, but there were delays in the process. … Read more
An indictment has been handed up by a federal grand jury in the case of a Guatemalan man accused of traveling to Cape May County last year to kidnap a child for sexual activity. 22-year-old Sergio Gomez faces one charge each of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, transportation of a minor … Read more
Stone Harbor Police racked up 771 parking tickets in June, far higher than in June of 2022, when the number was 48, but lower than the 843 they wrote up in June of last year, after the Park Mobile app went into effect. Cape May County Herald reports the two two-month for May and June … Read more
39 year old Shawn P. Duffy from Egg Harbor Township was indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury for second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash and second-degree vehicular homicide related to an incident that occurred on February 6, 2024 in Egg Harbor Township. On February 6, 2024, at approximately 6:34 P.M., … Read more
Atlantic city will consider longer hours for bicycling on the Boardwalk, officials told residents who came to Wednesday’s council meeting to ask for a 24-hour bike lane on the boards. From May 15 to Sept. 15, bike riding is allowed on the Boardwalk from 6 a.m. to noon daily (except from Connecticut Avenue to Gardner’s … Read more
Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini said Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center’s surgical unit expansion project is crucial as it will allow for patients to not have to drive an hour or more for critical treatments. “This has been long overdue,” said Mancini, who is also the fundraising chair for the project. “The operating … Read more
The family of a 49-year-old Mays Landing man are calling him a hero after he died Wednesday saving two children from drowning in the Great Egg Harbor River at Weymouth Furnace.According to an article in the Press Of Atlantic City Pablo Hernandez Cruz was a “selfless” and hardworking man who “obviously put everybody first,” Joe … Read more
Police were called to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City on Thursday afternoon for what turned out to be an unfounded threat. NJ.com reports at 3:55 PM, Atlantic City Police Department received a call from an unidentified man who claimed he was inside the building and was in possession of guns and … Read more
The search continues for a fire that damaged an unoccupied one-story home early Thursday morning on East Thompson Avenue in Pleasantville. The Press of Atlantic City reports at 3:47 a.m., firefighters responded to East Thompson for reports of a house engulfed in flames. Upon arrival, firefighters found smoke and flames coming from the front of … Read more
The Weymouth Furnace county park in Hamilton Township will be closed Friday, July 19, to allow public work crews to remove a tree along the river bank that fell into the water Thursday. The park is expected to reopen on Saturday, July 20.