Atlantic City police and firefighters came together last week to rescue a mother and son from the ocean. A call for two people in distress in the water off the Tropicana came in at about 6:24 p.m., Wednesday, Public Safety Director Sean Riggin said. BreakingAC.com reports eight police officers and four firefighters jumped into the water to bring the pair to safety.
Body Found In Waters Off Sea Isle
Authorities recovered a body floating in the water Friday off Sea Isle City, but no details have been disclosed yet about the person's identity. OCNJ.com reports the body was found around 9:30 a.m. far out in the Intracoastal Waterway off 72nd Street in the south end of Sea Isle. The State Police recovered the body using a boat and turned it over to the medical examiner's office. State Police said Saturday that the body was a male. No other details were released.
Local Activist Says Atlantic County Shut Down Request For Jail Tour
Atlantic County officials are facing fresh heat over conditions inside the Gerard L. Gormley Justice Facility in Mays Landing, after Steven Young, director of the South Jersey chapter of the National Action Network, said the county shut down his request for a formal tour. Young had asked to inspect the jail following a wave of complaints about overcrowding, poor food and limited religious accommodations from inmates and community advocates. Hoodline.com reports Young sent a letter to the Atlantic County Board of Commissioners on June 16 asking for a walk-through that would include NAN members, county commissioners, the Atlantic County sheriff and representatives from each housing unit, according to NJ.com. He argued the visit was necessary after inmates reported overcrowding and deteriorating conditions, and he compared the jail to Delaney Hall, a privately run immigration-detention facility in Newark.
Sea Isle Beach Project
As a slurry of sand and salt water sprays onto the beach, a line of bulldozers shape the accumulating sand and the 43rd Street beach in Sea Isle is briefly turned into a playground for heavy equipment rather than sunbathers.Work is underway on a $21.6 million beach project, one of several summertime projects set to take place this year and the first to get underway.
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