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VILLAS, Cape May County - Firefighters responded to an electrical fire at 19 E. York Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday March 18.

Wires to the two story home were arcing, popping and producing showers of sparks igniting the wood framed structure. No one was home at the time of the fire. Firefighters responded from companies from Villas, Erma, Town Bank and Green Creek.

A dog was believed to be in the home during the fire.

The fire was under control by 11:15 and out by 11:53 a.m. The county Fire Marshal was on the scene.

By DEREK HARPER, Staff Writer | Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 4 comments

Officials in Ventnor and Margate are again considering consolidating their separate fire departments into one fire company.

Fire and elected officials from the two cities are scheduled to meet Thursday at noon at Margate's City Hall to begin preliminary discussions about joining the two departments together.

"Can this happen and should it happen without it hurting anybody?" Ventnor Mayor Theresa Kelly asked Tuesday....Continue Reading

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

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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

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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

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