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Human Remains Found At NJ Construction Site Not Believed To Be Suspicious: Prosecutors Human Remains Found At NJ Construction Site Not Believed To Be Suspicious: Prosecutors
Human Remains Found At NJ Construction Site Not Believed To Be Suspicious: Prosecutors Foul play was not suspected after human remains were found at a Jersey Shore construction site, authorities said. An analysis of the skeletal remains hasn't shown any evidence of the people's deaths being suspicious, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago and Wall Township police Chief Sean O'Halloran said in a news release on Friday, Apr. 19.  The remains were found on the 1100 block of Narrumson Road in Wall Township on Tuesday, Mar. 12. Work had just started on the foundation of a new home when the remains were discovered. A state police anthropologist perf…

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by Chris Spiker
Traffic
Busy Atlantic City Bridge To Be Closed Overnight Next Week Busy Atlantic City Bridge To Be Closed Overnight Next Week
Busy Atlantic City Bridge To Be Closed Overnight Next Week A busy bridge in Atlantic City will be periodically closed overnight next week as part of a major construction project. Crews for the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will work on the Route 30 drawbridge over Beach Thorofare from Monday, Feb. 26 to Friday, Mar. 1, the Atlantic City Police Department said. The bridge will be raised for 30 minutes an hour between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. each day. State police will be near the construction area to help with lane closures. Portable electronic message signs have been installed at the bridge to warn drivers about the closures. Drivers are as…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Ground Level Beach Club Among Highlights Of Luxury Athletic Club Coming To Jersey Shore Ground Level Beach Club Among Highlights Of Luxury Athletic Club Coming To Jersey Shore
Ground Level Beach Club Among Highlights Of Luxury Athletic Club Coming To Jersey Shore A massive athletic club complete with a ground-level, resort-like beach club is under construction in Monmouth County. The Life Time facility in Middletown, its eighth in New Jersey, is expected to be complete in 2024. Click here to get on the wait list. Once finished, Life Time Middletown – Red Bank will provide a highly personalized, luxury approach to health and wellness with modern architecture, beautiful spaces and an abundance of amenities.  Highlights include: Three-floor building with an additional 50,000-square-foot, ground level outdoor beach club and bistro with leis…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
DREAM TEAM: Tiger Woods, MLB Star Mike Trout Building NJ Golf Course DREAM TEAM: Tiger Woods, MLB Star Mike Trout Building NJ Golf Course
Dream Team: Tiger Woods, MLB Star Mike Trout Building NJ Golf Course Baseball superstar Mike Trout has found the perfect teammate for his new golf course in his South Jersey hometown: Tiger Woods.  The two are collaborating on Trout's National — The Reserve, an 18-hole private course in Vineland, offering world class amenities, including a wedding chapel. Construction is set to begin this year with an opening expected in 2025. "We are so excited to be able to make a longtime dream of mine a reality," Trout, a three-time American League Most Valuable Player for the Los Angeles Angels, said on social media. Trout promised this would not be your grandpare…

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by Sam Barron
News
This NJ Hospital Is Getting $2 Billion Expansion This NJ Hospital Is Getting $2 Billion Expansion
This NJ Hospital Is Getting $2 Billion Expansion A major $2 billion expansion to Cooper University Hospital was announced Monday, Sept. 19 in Camden.  Gov. Phil Murphy and former Gov. Chris Christie were among the prominent officials at a ceremony welcoming the new venture that will take a decade to complete, hospital officials said. The new investment – the largest in Camden County’s history – will dramatically expand the academic health system’s Camden campus to meet the current and future projected demand at Cooper University Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. The $2 billion expansion will add three new clinical to…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
2 Dead In Route 73 Steamroller Crash: Report 2 Dead In Route 73 Steamroller Crash: Report
2 Dead In Route 73 Steamroller Crash: Report Two people died in a crash involving a steamroller Friday, April 15 on Route 73, NJ Advance Media reports citing police. The fatalities were those of two people in the car that collided with the construction machine in the southbound lanes of the highway in Voorhees around 9 p.m., the outlet says. The steamroller operator was hospitalized in stable condition. Click here for more from NJ.com.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Contractor Used $75K Downpayment To Gamble In AC, Buy Boat, Bogus Rolex: Prosecutor Contractor Used $75K Downpayment To Gamble In AC, Buy Boat, Bogus Rolex: Prosecutor
Contractor Used $75K Downpayment To Gamble In AC, Buy Boat, Bogus Rolex: Prosecutor A 51-year-old contractor from South Jersey has been arrested for taking nearly $75,000 for a construction project then blowing it in Atlantic City, a new boat and a new car, authorities said. An investigation into Richard A. Smith Jr., of Williamstown, began in December 2021, after a Riverton resident told police that Smith, who owns Beyond Renovations LLC, took two payments for wok on an addition, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Riverton Police Chief John Shaw said. Instead of doing the work, Smith used the money to visit Atlantic City casinos to play in a poker tournament, …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NY Developer Admits Crimes In South Jersey Construction Project: Prosecutor NY Developer Admits Crimes In South Jersey Construction Project: Prosecutor
NY Developer Admits Crimes In South Jersey Construction Project: Prosecutor A New York developer has admitted using the credentials of a potential subcontractor to fraudulently gain approval for electrical permits to renovate a historic building in South Jersey, authorities said. Raphael S. Weiss, 61, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to second-degree computer-related activity and third-degree forgery in exchange for a suspended five-year sentence, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Weiss purchased a historic seven-story commercial building in Riverside Township to develop luxury apartments, Coffina said.  Weiss’s attorney and Ri…

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by Jon Craig
News
Jersey Shore Contractor Gets 19 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $1M In Taxes Jersey Shore Contractor Gets 19 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $1M In Taxes
Jersey Shore Contractor Gets 19 Months In Fed Pen For Ducking $1M In Taxes A Jersey Shore man was sent to federal prison for 19 months for dodging nearly $1 million in taxes at his Manhattan construction company. Bilal Salaj, 55, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, will have to serve out nearly the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Salaj admitted in U.S. District Court in Manhattan last October that he avoided the payroll and personal income taxes for five years, in part, by putting the company in an associate’s name and paying workers under the table. The cash came from $3.2 million in business checks that should’ve gone int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Morris Thief Stashed $1M In Heavy Equipment, Arms, Ammo At Rural Sussex Site Bergen Prosecutor: Morris Thief Stashed $1M In Heavy Equipment, Arms, Ammo At Rural Sussex Site
Bergen Prosecutor: Morris Thief Stashed $1M In Heavy Equipment, Arms, Ammo At Rural Sussex Site Managers at one of the country’s most renowned construction companies were confounded when they discovered a piece of heavy machinery gone from one of their Bergen County yards and its GPS device attached to a battery. “Usually by the time you realize something like that is stolen, it’s already been shipped out of one of the ports,” a veteran investigator said. On Wednesday, however, authorities announced that they’d recovered a bulldozer and other pieces of stolen equipment – valued at more than $1 million combined -- along with a trove of illegal guns and more stashed on a rural property …

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by Jerry DeMarco