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Lightening Strike: Cape May County Family Gets Boost After House Fire Lightening Strike: Cape May County Family Gets Boost After House Fire
Lightening Strike: Cape May County Family Gets Boost After House Fire The community is rallying to support a Cape May County family who lost everything including their pets in a house fire. A GoFundMe page has been organized to help Chloe and Cora Pinkerton of Palermo, ages 16 and 11, get ready to return to school.  Their grandmother, Linda; father, Tony; and his daughters were not home when it was struck by lightning on July 29.  "Both girls are worried about not having clothes and shoes and all of the things you would expect to start school with," the GoFundMe page says. "They were absolutely devastated and brokenhearted to learn that their …

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by Jon Craig
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Visitation, Funeral For Drowned North Jersey HS Student Comes Quickly Visitation, Funeral For Drowned North Jersey HS Student Comes Quickly
Visitation, Funeral For Drowned North Jersey HS Student Comes Quickly UPDATE: Visiting hours are scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Sunday followed by a 10 a.m. funeral service on Monday for an 18-year-old New Milford High School senior who drowned trying to help a group of local kids. Both the April 25 service and visitation for Clinten Ajit the day before are at St. Peter's Mar Thoma Church, 56 Ridgewood Road in Washington Township: (201) 837-2200. The service will be followed by interment in Westwood Cemetery, 23 Kinderkamack Road, Westwood: (201) 664-7161. Ajit was born in Niranam, Kerala, India on Jan. 22, 2004. He emigrated to the U.S. with his family in Septembe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Social Media Post Threatening To Kill Blacks Under Investigation In South Jersey Social Media Post Threatening To Kill Blacks Under Investigation In South Jersey
Social Media Post Threatening To Kill Blacks Under Investigation In South Jersey Police in Salem County are investigating a racist social media post that threatens to kill blacks, NJ Advance Media reported. The post depicts a young person wearing a mask with text on the photo saying: “(N-words) need to die they need to Dieee," the outlet said. It was being circulated on Facebook and among Woodstown High School students, the outlet said.  Woodstown police said they are aware of the screenshots being circulated and are investigating. "These type[sic] of incidents are taken very seriously and will be fully investigated," they said. Click here for the complete s…

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by Jon Craig