The second of two home elevation workshops for property owners in four coastal communities will be held Saturday in Ocean City. Residents of Avalon, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, and Ocean City are eligible for FEMA funding to help elevate their homes if they are located in flood zones. ##
Sea Isle City has a new municipal budget. Council met earlier this week and approved the spending plan that totals just under $24 million. Council also formed a subcommittee that will share ideas regarding a new community center that will be situated at the former public school building on Park Road. ##
Elizabeth Terenick has been hired as Middle Township’s new business administrator. Committeeman Tim Donohue announced on his social media page that Terenick has been hired for the job held on an interim basis by former County administrator Steve O’Conner; she previously worked in Middle Township as a professional planner and recently worked in Atlantic City.…
Richard Harron failed to secure the GOP nomination for County Sheriff, so now he’s running as a democrat. Harron announced via social media that he will run against republican pick Bob Nolan, and he secured the endorsement by the Cape May County Democratic Organization. ##
Governor Christie’s office has pushed back against comments made by Federal Judge Susan Wigenton regarding comments she made about the Christie administration. Wigenton said Christie’s office “lost its way” which allowed Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly to cause traffic delays by a bridge for political retaliation. ##
A remembrance ceremony was held at the Naval Air Station in Wildwood on Thursday for Andrew P. Hamilton who was killed in a plane crash near the runway at the station in March, 1945. Hamilton’s family visited the site for the first time on Thursday, and a sign introduced on Breakwater Road to commemorate Hamilton’s…
More corruption in the Atlantic City government. 55 year old William Hadley admitted to taking money paid by the public to rent meeting rooms at the All Wars Memorial Building. Hadley will receive probation and pay thousands of dollars in restitution. Hadley will be sentenced in about seven weeks. ##
Atlantic City Police Sgt. Frank Timek has received a $40,000 settlement from a jury in connection with a whistleblower case. A jury gave Timek cash for loss wages and distress after he was moved from a K9 until for reporting another officer’s bad behavior. ##
There has been a deadly shooting at a New Jersey Turnpike service plaza in Cranbury. State Police say the service area was closed Thursday afternoon at the rest step, and at least one person is confirmed dead. No State Troopers have been injured. ##
A 49 year old man from Cape May Court House has been arrested and charged with practicing psychology without a license. County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that Ronnie P. Erricson was charged with the unauthorized practice of psychology and endangering the welfare of a child. He could face up to three to five years in…