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Egg Harbor Tow Truck Crash
The girl was hiding in the shoulder of Ocean Heights Avenue heading north, the same direction as the 2021 Ford tow truck next to her, when she lost her balance and fell off her bike around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, Egg Harbor Police Chief Frederick Spano said. The girl...
Naji Hart Of Mays Landing Arrested
Naji Hart, 24, of Mays Landing, was arrested on Saturday, May 11, the Atlantic City Police Department said in a news release. He was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of hollow-point ammunition, and possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia. Atlantic City police stopped a...
Family sues 'drunken criminal' after mother, 79, killed by boat while swimming in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The family of a 79-year-old woman is calling for justice after a boating crash claimed the life of their beloved mother nearly a year ago. Norma Michaels was struck and killed while swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway near the Dorset Avenue Bridge in August 2023. On...
Ducklings stranded in storm drain reunited with mother in Galloway Township
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - As good "duck" would have it, a concerned resident in Galloway Township, New Jersey, helped reunite several ducklings stuck in a storm drain with their mother, according to police.Police say a neighbor reported that several ducklings had fallen into a storm drain as the mother duck "nervously paced above," the department wrote on Facebook.Officers responded to the scene but were not equipped to open the storm drain."But we knew who to call," police wrote.Enter Matt Ayers, the director of Galloway Township's Public Works department.Ayers came to the rescue, flipping over the storm drain and fishing out the ducklings with a net, according to police.Police did not specify exactly how many ducklings were rescued, but the story had a happy ending. "After what was surely a very anxious hour apart, Mama and her brood were reunited and walked off to safety," police wrote.
Daughters are suing the N.J. boater who allegedly killed their 70-year-old mom
The family of a woman killed in a marine crash allegedly involving an intoxicated boater at the Jersey Shore has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man behind the wheel, two months after he was indicted in the criminal case. Norma Michaels’ three daughters announced their lawsuit, and warned...
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