June 30th 2008 at 4:10am

The Elwood Fire Company along with Sweetwater, Nesco, and Weekstown were called to the report of a structure fire at The Sweetwater Casino at 4:10am on June 30th. On arrival crews found heavy fire through the roof. Mutual aid was immediately called in from Hammonton, Egg Harbor and Lower bank. Shortly after the Tanker Task Force was called. The fire continued to rage out of control for hours. Over 12 other fire companies were called in to assist in battling the blaze. Unfortunately the restaurant and bar were destroyed.

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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - A local radio personality was killed Tuesday afternoon when his vehicle went off Tremont Avenue and hit a tree, police said.

Michael Ray, 43, of the Bargaintown section of the township, was driving south on Tremont Avenue near Bates Avenue at about 3:54 p.m. when his vehicle crossed the road and struck a tree on the northbound side, police said.

Ray, a longtime radio DJ, was known to listeners as....Continue Reading

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BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP — Fewer firefighters were needed to watch over a still-burning 900-acre Barnegat Township forest fire Tuesday, but the fire still was not under control, officials said.

A Monday evening storm dropped nearly a half-inch of rain on the fire, said Steve Holmes, assistant division fire warden for the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

“Some places had an inch, some had nothing,” Holmes said.

About a dozen firefighters patrolled the fire’s perimeter Tuesday, after......Continued Reading 

For the third time in three days Tuesday, fire destroyed a Mays Landing home.

Police and firefighters responded to a call around 3 a.m. and found heavy smoke and fire coming from.....Continue Reading

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