A teenage lifeguard's instincts kicked in at exactly the right moment earlier this month, turning what could have been a devastating tragedy into a story of heroism at our Jersey Shore.Ryan Gibson, a 19-year-old member of the Cape May Point Beach Patrol, had just wrapped up his shift on August 12 and was enjoying an evening volleyball game with friends on the beach. At 6:33 p.m., he spotted an 11-year-old girl being swept into the ocean by dangerous currents. SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com reports Gibson managed to pull the child onto a nearby rock jetty, sustaining minor scrapes and scratches in the process.
Toms River Man Sentenced In AC Road Rage Incident
A Toms River man will spend three years in state prison following a violent road rage confrontation in Atlantic City last fall.Twenty-nine-year-old Frank Marin was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to third-degree terroristic threats in connection with a road rage incident in Atlantic City. Authorities say Marin nearly struck another vehicle that had stopped for an ambulance, sparking a heated argument between the two drivers. Marin then blocked the victim's car, threatened to kill him and his dog, and approached the vehicle with a taser before driving away.
Atlantic & Cape May Counties Have Higher Suicide Deaths Than State Average
Atlantic County averaged 34 suicide deaths per year from 2019 through 2023, with an age-adjusted suicide death rate of 11.7 per 100,000 people, according to federal mortality data compiled by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. According to SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com, Cape May County averaged 12 suicide deaths annually, with a rate of 12.4 per 100,000.Both were well above New Jersey's statewide rate of 7.3 per 100,000 during the same five-year period. Atlantic County's suicide death rate also showed a statistically significant rising trend during that period, according to the federal data.
Plan To Build 55 New Housing Units In EHT
A proposal to build 55 new housing units along West Jersey Avenue is scheduled to go before the Egg Harbor Township Planning Board Monday, adding another project to a continuing discussion over residential growth in the township. The application calls for 24 single-family homes and 31 duplexes along West Jersey Avenue. The proposal comes as township officials are already confronting questions about how continued residential development could affect schools, municipal services, traffic and infrastructure. In a previous interview featured by South Jersey NewsBeat, Egg Harbor Township Committeeman Patrick Ireland pointed to development as one of the significant issues facing the community.
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