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
A forest fire burning through the New Jersey Pinelands could become the largest fire in the state in almost 20 years, officials said Wednesday. The blaze in Barnegat, Ocean and Lacey townships had burned 12,500 acres as of 5 p.m. and forced 5,000 people to flee their homes.Yet only one business – a garage door … Read more
Two men from Middlesex County have been charged in the fatal overdose death of a Barnegat Township woman, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.Jeffrey Zachary, 56, and Ronald Zackery, 59, both of South River, were charged with strict liability drug induced death in the Feb. 26 death of the 34-year-old woman.According to the Press … Read more
An Atlantic County jail inmate is facing assault charges after he allegedly punched a corrections officer 11 times last weekend, knocking him unconscious, reports the Press of Atlantic City. 28 year old Unique Tyson of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with aggravated assault. He is due in court Friday for a detention hearing, records show. … Read more
The wildfire in Ocean County that began yesterday and has burned more than 13,000 acres, is 50% contained and is impacting the air quality for the surrounding areas, including Atlantic County where air quality is expected to slightly improve to moderate Thursday. Atlantic County public health officials remind residents to take precautions as wildfire smoke … Read more