Cape May is taking a big step towards the possible elimination of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. The Cape May Gazette reports that Cape May’s city council held a closed door session on Tuesday and emerged to authorize a request to the New Jersey Department of Education to dissolve the school district. The…
Upper Township Committeeman Tony Inserra will not seek re-election this year. Inserra failed to submit a petition for the June primary election. Two republicans will battle each other for a seat in the June 3rd primary. They are Jeffrey Pierson or Marmora and Orvis Leopardi of Beesley’s Point. Pierson served as a brigadier general in…
Two boys basketball standouts at Wildwood Catholic High School have made their choices for college. The Gazette Leader reports that Jordan Robertson has accepted a full athletic scholarship from Colgate University, a Division I school. Eddie McWade has earned a full scholarship to attend Division II Chestnut Hill College. Both players will sign their letters…
The Middle Township Planning Board is once again ready to tackle an issue involving a potential expansion of Walmart in Rio Grande. The Board has been dealing with the issue for a few months and it’s once again on the agenda for the Monday night meeting. If approved, Walmart could become a so called “super…
A popular Jersey Shore beach community will repay $652,000 that it received in Hurricane Sandy relief funding. The federal government is getting the funding back from Beach Haven because the town really didn’t need the emergency funding. The feds say nearly half of that funding was allocated incorrectly because Beach Haven could not document the…
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will be arraigned in Atlantic County on April 28th. You may remember Rice was indicted on one count of aggravated assault following an alleged assault against his former fiancee at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City in February. Since the incident, Rice and Janay Palmer were married. A video…
Sun Bank has a new president and CEO. Sun Bancorp announced on Wednesday that its new leader is Thomas O’Brien, a long time New York banking veteran. O’Brien now leads up a struggling bank that lost over $10 last year, and $50 million the year before. O’Brien’s appointment still needs regulatory approvals.
The best shot of defeating presumed democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the swing state of Virginia may come from Chris Christie. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Clinton would beat Christie in the swing state of Virginia, 45 percent to 41 percent. But Christie performed the best out of any republican candidates, besting…
Where will you find the second highest state and local tax burdens in the entire country? You guessed it, New Jersey. A report by NJ.com quote a study by the Tax Foundation that shows New Jersey residents paid a collective 12.3 percent of their incomes on state and local taxes in 2011, the most recent…
Cops and rescue personnel in two New Jersey counties will carry a drug that counteracts a heroin overdose during a trial program. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced a new program that will be tried in Ocean and Monmouth counties as a way to save lives more quickly following a heroin overdose. Every police officer…