Lower Township Council has renewed the license for the Sunset Beach Sportsmen’s Club over the objections of the state Department of Environmental Protection. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the club sits just off the beach in the gravel parking lot of the Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area, more than a thousand acres stretching … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting incident that wounded a male. On July 16, 2023, at 11:21 PM, patrol officers responded to the 1000 block of Brigantine Boulevard for a ShotSpotter alert. Arriving officers located evidence of gunfire. Shortly after, the victim, 19, of Atlantic City, arrived at the … Read more
Atlantic City Police recovered two illegal firearms from suspects in separate incidents. On July 16, 2023, at 10:14 AM, Officers Adrianna Petinga and William Harned responded to an abandoned residence in the 100 block of south Massachusetts Avenue for a report of a man that threatened to shoot a woman. On scene, the officers observed … Read more
A passenger was killed in a one-car crash Saturday night on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County. BreakingAC.com reports 19 year old Jessica Molina-Colmenares of Egg Harbor Township, was thrown from the vehicle , which was traveling south in the area of milepost 64.4 in Stafford Township, when it went left off the road … Read more
The search is on for whomever shot a man in Atlantic City Saturday afternoon. At just before 3pm, police went to the area of Indiana and Hummock Avenues for a man that was shot. Sergeant Mohammad Kaiser located the man suffering from a gunshot wound. An officer applied his department issued tourniquet to the man … Read more
A 15 year old boy is under arrest in Atlantic City on weapons counts. Friday night, police saw the teen inside a convenience store in the 600 block of New York Avenue. The juvenile was arrested after officers observed and recovered a loaded handgun from the male’s waistband. The handgun was loaded with hollow-point ammunition … Read more
The Atlantic City Housing Authority has approved a contract with Anchor Pest Control of East Brunswick to start extermination services again after a six-week delay. The Press of Atlantic City reports the one-year contract is for $142,836 for regular scheduled maintenance services, and up to $180,000 for supplemental services to treat existing serious infestations. Resolutions … Read more
In what’s known as an approval in airside to airside American Airlines customers traveling from Atlantic City International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport using the Landline bus service can now check in, go through security at ACY and board the bus on the secure side of the airport. With this plan, passengers who use this … Read more
Several ocean beaches are under swimming advisories for high fecal bacteria levels. Albany Avenue beach in Atlantic City,Philadelphia Avenue beach in Cape May and Hollywood Avenue beach in Wildwood Crest. In addition to the ocean beaches, six bay beaches in Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean counties and four river beaches in Ocean County also were … Read more
The nation’s first lady Jill Biden shared memories of growing up in South Jersey and defined “Bidenomics” as a way to create good-paying jobs for the middle class in a brief speech Thursday at the National Governors Association’s meeting at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. According to the press of Atlantic City she encouraged governors … Read more