The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of an injured 62-year old man and tended to the others on his boat after it ran aground Saturday near Barnegat Light.
The United States Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City along with a good samaritan helped six people to safety after their boat began taking on water about 34-miles east of A.C.
Families of those graduating from the Coast Guard can't be present for the ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Cape May residents are filling the void with a special way of celebrating.
The Coast Guard was called about a crew member aboard a fishing vessel who was exericening severe abdominal pain and needed to be medevacked from the boat which was at the time 50 miles off Manasquan Inlet.
Federal employees in New Jersey who have missed paychecks amid the government shutdown are receiving new offers of help from businesses and fellow NJ residents.