Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:15 am | 0 comments
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WEYMOUTH TOWNSHIP - A man was injured Wednesday evening when his dirt bike collided with a vehicle on 11th Avenue in the Dorothy section, State Police said. The biker, whose name was not released, apparently tried to make a U-turn on 11th Avenue at about 6 p.m. and rode into the path of the car, according to State Police, Buena Vista Station.
The biker was airlifted to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, where he was being treated for injuries not believed to be life-threatening, police said.
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By STEVE LEMONGELLO Staff Writer | Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:35 pm | 2 comments
SOMERS POINT - A fire that started in a boy's room at the Jordan Road Middle School is being investigated as a possible arson, Schools Superintendent Gerald Toscano said.
The fire, which was reported at about 2 p.m., was isolated to the boy's room in the seventh and eight grade wing of the building, Toscano said.
It was extinguished by the Somers Point Fire Department with minimal damage to the bathroom, he said. No injuries were reported.
"Obviously, with security cameras in the seventh and eighth grade hallways, we know who goes in and out of the bathrooms at specific times," Toscano said.
He added that the Department of Health assured the district that the school would be safe to reopen Thursday morning as scheduled.
The faculty and student body was evacuated onto the recreational fields and dismissed from there at its regular time, Toscano said.
"It was very organized," he said of the evacuation. "You don't like to see these things, but all that practice (of fire drills) paid off."
EGG HARBOR TOWNSIP - A crash on the Garden State Parkway on Friday night caused only minor injuries, but the vehicle caught fire and the highway had to be closed temporarily, State Police said.
The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. at milepost 31.8 in the southbound lanes.
Because the car was engulfed in flames, the parkway had to be shut down to allow firetrucks to reach the scene, according to State Police, Bass River Station.
Firefighters from Bargaintown and Somers Point responded. Traffic was backed up for miles more than an hour after the crash.
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NEW YORK - Hundreds of police officers and firefighters and vehicles blaring sirens will fill the World Trade Center site on Sunday for its largest post-Sept. 11 emergency drill.
Officials planned to buy TV ads and plaster the neighborhood with posters to avoid the panic that gripped Lower Manhattan last month when a jet used by the president flew over the site unannounced....Continue Reading
MAYS LANDING - An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted an Egg Harbor City man Thursday on one count of terroristic threats in connection with an act of domestic violence, First Assistant Prosecutor Murray Talasnik stated.
Robert Wenzel, a former Atlantic City firefighter, threatened to kill his ex-wife, their daughter and himself on March 14, 2009...Continue Reading
Longport - A woman was displaced Thursday night when her Evergreen Avenue house caught fire, but she and her puppy escaped unharmed, a fire official said.
The Fire Department was called at 7:47 p.m. to the first block of North Evergreen Avenue and arrived to see fire coming from the rear of the building, Capt. Patrick Armstrong said. Firefighters quickly put out the outside fire, but opened the door and saw more smoke and fire in the kitchen...Continue Reading
By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:10 am | 0 comments
HAMMONTON - Illegal chemicals found at a North Washington Street home Tuesday were confirmed to have been explosive.
Federal, state and local authorities seized 200 marijuana plants, illegal weapons and chemicals that are illegal to possess from the home of 52-year-old Anthony R. Restuccio during a daylong search, police said....Continue reading & listen to the call recording
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