Atlantic City Police are investigating a Sept. 4 shooting that wounded two men and your help is needed. According to the Press of Atlantic City Officers responded to a gunshot alert in the first block of South Presbyterian Avenue at 9:17 p.m. They found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, police said Monday in a … Read more
Lower Township Police will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign. Beginning December 1, 2023 and continuing through January 1, 2024, local, county, and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking … Read more
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is set to meet in person for the first time Tuesday since going remote for the COVID-19 pandemic, and a cannabis business is again on the agenda. The Press of Atlantic City reports CRDA staff has recommended the authority board reject an application for a cannabis dispensary at 1926 Atlantic … Read more
The Dennis Township Committee passed an ordinance that would extend a prohibition on loitering to “quasi-public” places and ban sleeping in cars and changing clothes in such places. The Cape May County Herald reports the measure prohibits loitering as well as obstructing people or vehicles and contains the presumption that anyone under 18 who is … Read more
he Atlantic City Police Department recovered more than 1,200 bags of heroin stemming from a motor vehicle stop. On November 18, 2023, at 6:19 PM, Police conducted a motor vehicle stop in the 200 block of north South Carolina Avenue. During the stop, K9 Gee indicted to presence of narcotics in the vehicle. The driver, … Read more
This year’s recently-concluded International Fraud Awareness Week is an annual, global effort to minimize the impact of fraud through awareness and education. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office – including the Financial Crimes Unit – continues its efforts to raise awareness on fraud and scams affecting individuals across our county. Last month, defendant Wei Song of … Read more
In Egg Harbor Township the shut down of an illegal “Open Mic Night” being hosted in a warehouse Friday resulted in the arrest of five people, the seizure of over 57 pounds of drugs, and the recovery of three guns, police said.Among those arrested were two men in their 20’s of Jackson Township and alos … Read more
As proposed, a new seawall in Cape May along Beach Avenue would rise at least 11 feet above base flood elevation, increasing long-term protection from coastal storms. While the original proposal for the seawall was basically a big block wall. Since then, Mayor Zach Mullock said, the proposal has been amended with aesthetic improvements, to … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City will be one of three New Jersey cities to take part in a $15 million pilot program providing grants for construction upgrades to commercial buildings to increase energy efficiency.The city, along with Edison, and Newark were selected because of their high commercial energy use, because they … Read more
An open mic night in Egg Harbor Township was shut down Friday, and in the process, five people were arrested and 57 pounds of drugs and three guns were seized. Under arrest are 20 year old Michael Garofalo Jr., 22 year old Brandon Moore, also, 21 year old Daegan Leithmann, 21 year old lJonathan Vega, … Read more