By DEREK HARPER Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 2 comments

SOMERS POINT - A bird's nest laid an egg for a popular restaurant in the middle of lunch Thursday, catching fire and forcing about 150 patrons to evacuate.

Fire Chief Frank Denan said the nest, in an electrical junction box at the Crab Trap, 2 Broadway, caught fire at about....Continue Reading

ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 1 comment

SOMERS POINT — A man was airlifted to a Pennsylvania burn center Wednesday night, and a woman suffered less serious injuries, in a two-alarm fire in the Captains Quarters housing complex, a fire official said......Continue Reading

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DENNIS TOWNSHIP-- Two motorcyclist were injured, one seriously here on Route 9 in front of the Avalon campground in a three vehicle crash. The crash occurred at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 24.

John (Jack) Valerio Jr., 51, of Hammonton was airlifted to the trauma unit at Atlanticare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City by Medevac 5. State Police said the man suffered a head injury. His condition is serious but stable.....Continue Reading

By DAN GOOD and TOM BARLAS, Staff Writers | Posted: Monday, April 26, 2010 | 18 comments

A  standoff in Hammonton involving an armed man ended with a body being removed from a house at Messina and Fairview avenues just after 9 a.m. Monday.

The standoff began at about......Continue Reading

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NBC40 is reporting police standoff ended early Monday morning when witnesses say they saw police fatally shoot a man who was believed to have taken hostages at gunpoint

(The Hammonton Fire and Rescue squad responded for emergency stand by.)

From Press staff reports | Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010 | 0 comments

An electrical fire forced seven Atlantic City residents out of their home Sunday evening, Fire Chief Dennis Brooks said.

A fuse box ignited about 6 p.m. in a three-story brick house on the unit block of South Mansion Avenue. Electrical service was shut down and firefighters quickly controlled the fire, confining it to a small space.

The residents are temporarily displaced, Brooks said. It was not clear exactly what caused the fire.

From Press staff reports | Posted: Saturday, April 24, 2010 | 0 comments

Two small fires off of the Atlantic City Expressway in Atlantic City on Saturday afternoon were under control by 6:45 p.m., State Police Sgt. Paul Steiner said.

One was just north of the expressway at mile marker 1.5, by the railroad tracks, and was possibly started by a spark off of a train, Steiner said. Another was a bus that caught fire in Hansen's Bus World, in between the expressway and Route 322, with no immediate cause available.

There were no reported injuries, Steiner said.

Posted in BREAKING on Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:57 pm Updated: 9:09 pm.