Ronald Kelly and Dianna E. Hughes

Ronald Kelly, the vice president of the Pleasantville High School choir, passed his audition for the All-South Jersey Chorus and will perform with the group at the All-South Jersey Concert Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26 and 27 at Eastern Regional High School. Kelly is a student at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in Mays Landing. Here, he joins Dianna E. Hughes, who has been involved with the Pleasantville School District and local church choirs for many years.

ABSECON – Representatives of the bank that owns the failed Visions development say they are hopeful the Zoning Board will approve lifting the project’s age restriction at the Dec. 18 meeting.

“It’s the best for everybody,” said Jack Plackter, an attorney representing Amboy Bank, which took back the property from developer Vince Simonelli.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP _ Police charged men from Pleasantville and Hamilton Township in connection with the July death of an Atlantic City man, acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said Nov. 26.

Kahlil S. Blackwell, 20, of Corwen Court in Hamilton Township and Demarice G. Bennett, 25, of Adams Avenue, Pleasantville face murder and conspiracy charges in the death of Sedrick Lindo, 25, of Massachusetts Avenue.

ABSECON - For at least the third time in recent weeks, the Absecon Police Department is investigating a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident.

This time police are searching for the owner and driver of a Dodge minivan that struck a  55-year-old female at 5:37 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 while she walked through the Shoprite parking lot.

Suspicious vehicle leads to warrant arrest

Kyrie L. Johnson, 20, of Atlantic City was arrested by Absecon police Oct. 22 and charged with hindering apprehension and with having outstanding warrants after residents notified them of a suspicious vehicle on Beach Drive.

Police said Johnson, one of the occupants, provided false information, and police determined he was wanted on two warrants out of Atlantic City. Bail was set at $1.600.