New Jersey has formally requested emergency federal assistance to repair beaches and dunes damaged by September's powerful nor'easter. According to SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com, Governor Mikie Sherrill's administration announced Friday, October 16, that it has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite assistance for eight federal coastal storm protection project areas across New Jersey. Five of those project areas directly involve Atlantic and Cape May counties, including the shorelines of Brigantine, Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Longport, Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor.
Two Women Cuffed In AC Casino Hotel Incident
A Middle Township Middle School teacher is among two Cape May County women facing criminal charges following an alleged encounter at an Atlantic City casino hotel in which authorities say a man was restrained while $1,250 was transferred from his cellphone without permission. BreakingAC.com reports Amanda Crafts, 35, of Wildwood, and Veda Engel, 23, of Cape May, are each charged with second-degree theft and conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the October 9 incident.Engel also faces a prostitution charge.
14 Year Old Seriously Injured In Black Horse Pike E-Bike, Minivan Crash
A 14-year-old Mays Landing girl was seriously injured Friday evening after her electric bicycle collided with a minivan on the Black Horse Pike. According to SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com,the crash occurred at approximately 5:50 p.m. October 16 along eastbound U.S. Route 40 near Walmart Drive, according to Hamilton Township police.Investigators said the teenager was riding her e-bike eastbound along the shoulder of the roadway when she entered the travel lane and collided with a minivan traveling in the same direction.
Deadly Crash In AC Early Friday
On Friday, at approximately 12:19 a.m., the Atlantic City Police Department was dispatched to U.S. 40 (Black Horse Pike), westbound, for a crash involving two vehicles resulting in the death of the driver of one of the vehicles. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office's Crash Investigations Unit and the Atlantic City Police Department are cooperatively and actively investigating this incident.
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