A tax increase is coming to Upper Township. The Township Committee met Monday night and introduced a new municipal budget that includes a 1.1 cent increase in the local purpose tax rate. The budget totals just over $13 million; a final vote on the budget will be held in about a month.
Longtime Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek is now unemployed. The Eagles have released Celek after an 11 year career with the Birds. Celek would have counted $5 million against the cap next season.
To no one’s surprise, higher spending and higher taxes are all part of Governor Phil Murphy’s new state budget. The $37.4 billion budget is a whopping $2.7 billion higher than last year’s budget and calls for a one percent increase in the sales tax, putting that tax back to seven percent. He also wants higher…
Potheads, rejoice..Governor Phil Murphy wants legal marijuana sales in the Garden State by the end of this year. Murphy has included $60 million in tax revenue from the legal sale of marijuana in this year’s state budget. Murphy says he’s committed to working with lawmakers to make legal pot a reality.
Governor Phil Murphy’s first state budget puts $242 million in additional funding into New Jersey Transit. Murphy outlined the increase to NJT during his first budget address on Tuesday. Funding for the transportation agency will be tripled.
Despite federal corruption charges and a resulting trial, United States Senator Robert Menendez leads his republican opponent Bob Hugin by 17 points in the first poll of the political season. Menendez had 49 percent among voters in the Garden State; on Monday night, the Cape May County GOP backed Hugin during its annual endorsement meeting.
Jason Kessler has resigned as the girls’ basketball coach at Millville High School. The Daily Journal reports that Kessler gave up that coaching job, as well as being the head coach of the track and field team, in order to assume a new position as Vice Principal at the school. Kessler was given the new…
New Jersey State Police announced the arrest of a 25 year old Egg Harbor Township man on charges that he had a gun during a DWI stop on Sunday. Police charged Kevin Vick was in possession of a .38 caliber handgun and some pot when he was pulled over in Little Egg Harbor Township. The…
A former leader in the Pagans motorcycle gang has told a Canadian newspaper that he has been an informant in connection with the investigation into the murder of April Kauffman in Atlantic County, and a major drug distribution network. NJ.com reports that Andrew Glick of Egg Harbor Township has admitted to being an informant. Kauffman’s…
Another member of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl winning team is departing. ESPN reports that tight end Trey Burton is leaving the Eagles to sign with the Chicago Bears. Burton threw a touchdown pass on a trick play to quarterback Nick Foles in the Super Bowl.