By EMILY PREVITI | Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 3 comments

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Police are investigating a four-vehicle accident that sent a dozen people to the hospital Monday afternoon.

Traffic was reduced to one lane on Route 30 near the crash site at Fir Avenue until about 3:52 p.m., one hour after the collision, according to a statement from Galloway Township police....Continue Reading

By MICHAEL CLARK Staff Writer | Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 | 1 comment

About 400 Atlantic County residents remain without power Monday, and some might not get it back until as late as Tuesday, a spokesman for Atlantic City Electric said today.

The outages are the result of this weekend's severe storm and high winds. At the height of Saturday's storm, 42,000 customers were affected by outages, said Matt Likovich, a spokesman for the company.....Continued Reading

Listen to the volume of calls on 3/13/10 below

This is a VOX recording. It is condensed and not in real time.

By DEREK HARPER Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 | 11 comments

LONGPORT — A firefighter who had responded to a house fire at Atlantic Avenue and 28th Street collapsed about 15 minutes into fighting the fire Saturday.

Fire Chief Levon S. "Lefty" Clayton said Capt. Richard Hirsch, 57, was taken to Shore Memorial Hospital. Clayton said he has been a member of the borough's volunteer squad for 39 years.....Continue Reading

     NBC40 Video

ATLANTIC CITY-- The high winds plagued Atlantic City created one very large problem. It was a problem that loomed over 700 feet above, on the side of the future Revel Casino. Earlier part of the cranes jib collapsed on the building, and officials feared that the entire crane would fall.

“We know there has been damage to the straps that hold the crane to the side of the building. We know that there's an issue with the counterweights, they are technically unbalanced because the jib has collapsed onto the building,” said Atlantic City Police Chief John J. Mooney....Continue Reading

      NBC40 Video

From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 | 0 comments

Atlantic City Expressway, accident involving an overturned vehicle, east of Exit 28 (Hamilton Township). Police say the accident happened after 6 a.m., and that no one was seriously injured. Police are still investigating and clearing the scene.

From Press staff reports | Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | 0 comments

Police are investigating a late-night fire that damaged a Hamilton Township townhouse building.

The fire broke out after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at Brandywood Townhomes, located in the 6100 block of Hoover Drive near Harding Highway, Route 40.

The fire damaged a series of connected townhomes, and forced the residents of unit 6114 to find somewhere else to stay.

No one was injured. Mays Landing Fire Department, Mizpah Fire Department, and Laureldale Fire Department extinguished the fire.

Posted in BREAKING on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:00 am Updated: 8:41 am.