New Jersey will invest $51.9 million in federal grants toward 30 projects to expand preschool availability. The Press of Atlantic City reports Murphy announced the first of two rounds of funding while welcoming hundreds of state educators to the 2023 New Jersey Education Association Convention at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Locally, the money will … Read more
On Wednesday November 8, 2023, Marc J. Snead, 30, of Vineland, was indicted on one count of second-degree Official Misconduct by an Atlantic County grand jury. Snead was originally charged in June following an investigation into the introduction of contraband items, including cellular phones, into the Harborfields Youth Detention Center, where Snead was employed as … Read more
Three Atlantic County residents have indicted on multiple counts for their roles in the theft and unauthorized use of an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card issued by the Atlantic County Department of Family and Community Development. Corie M. Pittman was indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury on several counts alleging second-degree Official Misconduct and … Read more
According to the PRess of Atlantic City a Cumberland County school worker accused last week of contaminating cafeteria food and performing lewd acts while at work is now facing child pornography charges.Giovanni Impellizzari, 25, of Vineland, is scheduled to have a detention hearing today. Prosecutors said Wednesday they will move to have him remain in … Read more
In Dennis Township two firefighters were hurt while battling a three-alarm house fire Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in a two-story home with an attached garage in the 400 block of Petersburg Road, township firefighters said in a news release. The home’s occupants and pets evacuated safely and were uninjured, firefighters said. firefighters summoned … Read more
A serious accident when a Galloway township man was hospitalized after his car crashed into a wooded area off Jimmie Leeds Road and turned on its roof, police said Wednesday. Jonathan Cross, 32, was eastbound in a 2004 red Mercedes about 5:15 a.m. when the vehicle left the road and landed in the woods, police … Read more
The office manager at a Galloway Township business has been indicted for theft. 49 year old Suzanne Conover of Brigantine, was indicted on one count of second- degree Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition by an Atlantic County Grand Jury on Wednesday. Investigation into the theft arose when an office assistant at Giegerich Orthodontics … Read more
An Atlantic City man died Wednesday from injuries sustained by gunfire the day prior. On November 7, 2023, at approximately 8:05 pm, a shooting incident occurred in the area of Florida Avenue, between Atlantic and Pacific Avenues, in Atlantic City. Luis Rosa Rodriguez, 23, was located and transported to the AtlantiCare Hospital, City Division, where … Read more
A mobile home went up in flames in the Delsea Woods Mobile Home Park, leaving a family of five without a place to live. Cape May County Herald Reports the Middle Township Police Department confirmed that at around 2:15 p.m., Nov. 5, it received a report of the fire. Police said no one was home … Read more
Officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a scathing rebuke of the Atlantic City Housing Authority during a meeting with the local agency’s residents, board members and former staff, who described poor conditions at the authority’s communities. According to the Press of Atlantic City, a recent HUD-commissioned audit of the local … Read more