From the Atlantic City Press Published: Saturday, January 12, 2008

By LYNDA COHEN Staff Writer, 609-272-7257

PLEASANTVILLE - It wasn't the usual view for one motorist traveling the Atlantic City Expressway on Friday afternoon. A man was in the marshes, the driver told State Police in a call made after 12:30 p.m.

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From the Atlantic City Press Published: Thursday, January 10, 2008

By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, 609-272-7215

BRIGANTINE - Police rescued five people from a burning building late Wednesday night in a fire that snarled traffic to and from Atlantic City, police said. Police said they received a report of a possible porch fire in the 4700 block of Brigantine Boulevard at 10:16 p.m. Officers arrived to find the front of the duplex engulfed in flames, said Lt. Robert Rubino.

Officers William Hoffman and Brian Feehan and Detective Frank Hewett entered the building and helped three residents out of one unit and two people from the other outside to safety, Rubino said. There were no reported injuries.

One of the two units was badly burned and appeared to be uninhabitable.

"It seemed to go really, really fast," said neighbor Margie Newton, who saw one woman exit the building with her two dogs. "It blew up fast and they got it out fast."

Both directions of Brigantine Boulevard were closed for about an hour while crews worked. Atlantic City police blocked traffic from getting on the Brigantine bridge. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Rubino said.

From the Atlantic City Press Published: Thursday, January 10, 2008

OCEAN CITY - A city firefighter who is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault has been suspended without pay from his job.

Police last week arrested Bartholomew Allegretto, 49, at an Ocean Avenue home. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a juvenile and was lodged at the Cape May County jail on $150,000 bail. Police said the assault occurred between January and October of 2007.

Allegretto has been an Ocean City firefighter for about 12 years. Business Administrator James Rutala said Allegretto has been suspended without pay from his job with the city until the trial.

From the Atlantic City Press Published: Wednesday, Jan 9th 2008

By Elaine Rose staff writer

Two people were injured, one of them seriously, when two vehicles collided Tuesday evening at the intersection of Route 30 and Elwood Road, police said. The driver of one vehicle, a 70-year-old man from Egg Harbor Township, was taken to William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton as a precautionary measure, investigating Lt. Paul Register said.

His passenger, a woman from Egg Harbor Township, was air-lifted to the Regional Trauma Unit at AltantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlatnic City, but her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. An 18-year-old man from Mullica Township was issued a summons for failure to yield at an intersection Register said The names of the people involved were not release.

The cause of the accident, which happened at 4:59 p.m., is under investigation, Register said

From the Atlantic City Press Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Add this to the indicators of our fast-paced and self-absorbed culture: Area rescue squads report that motorists increasingly refuse to move over when emergency vehicles approach. That's pretty appalling.

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Walter Fagan's funeral will be held at McBride-Foley Funeral Home in Paulsboro at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.

From the Courier-Post Sunday, December 30, 2007

By LEO STRUPCZEWSKI
Courier-Post Staff

EAST GREENWICH, NJ
A 48-year-old volunteer firefighter suffered a fatal heart attack late Friday night while responding to a call in the town's Mickleton section, officials said.

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