By THOMAS BARLAS, Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, May 7, 2010 | 0 comments

By THOMAS BARLAS, Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, May 7, 2010 | 0 comments

HAMMONTON - Authorities have identified the woman who died in a house fire Thursday as Lois Press, 90, who had been married to the former owner of Ideal Manufacturing Co., a popular women's clothing store.

Also injured was Press's caretaker, Bonia Chikoyani, who suffered minor burns. Chikoyani was treated and released from AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's Hammonton campus.

Firefighters were called to the 600 block of Fairview Avenue at......Continue Reading

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From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 2 comments

Three people were taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon following a head-on crash on Mays Landing-Somers Point Road in Egg Harbor Township.

Police said township resident Glenn Shirley, 53, and a 5-year-old passenger were headed....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 0 comments

PORT REPUBLIC - A local fire department was one of 11 emergency response organizations across the state to share in $872,663 in federal grants, the offices of U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez announced Wednesday.

The grants, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program included $118,890 to the Port Republic Volunteer Fire Company for operations and safety expenses.

The senators said the grants are awarded to fire departments and EMS organizations unaffiliated with hospitals. They are designed to improve the responders' capacity to protect the health and safety of the public and themselves during a fire.

Posted in ABSECON GALLOWAY PORT-REPUBLIC | ATLANTIC on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:04 pm

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By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer | Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 0 comments

ATLANTIC CITY — Police said they are looking for a suspected drunken driver who fled the scene Tuesday night after he crashed his car into a utility pole on the White Horse Pike, setting off a marsh fire.

The man was driving west on Route 30 at about 9:30 p.m. when he went....Continue Reading

WILDWOOD- The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday when the personal watercraft they were aboard became aground in a marsh Sunday near west Wildwood.

The Coast Guard received a call at 4:18 p.m. from...Continue Reading

By DEREK HARPER and ELAINE ROSE Staff Writers | Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 1 comment

SOMERS POINT - A fire that burned two people in a condominium in the Captains Quarters complex was caused by cooking an illicit substance, probably methamphetamine, police said Thursday night.

The registered tenant, Samantha Godelski, 26, was taken to the trauma unit of....Continue Reading