A new baby giraffe was born at the Cape May County Zoo. Two of the zoo’s adult giraffes, Joanie and Sterling, had a female calf born on Dec. 13. The calf is the second for the two. The first one was born on Oct. 30, 2006. Due to the cold weather, the calf will not…
A man who was wanted for a robbery in Middle Township and a burglary in North Wildwood was taken into custody by police. North Wildwood Police say that Daniel Spencer, of North Wildwood, was arrested and charged with burglary and theft for the North Wildwood incident. A victim on the 1400 block of New York…
A new poll shows Donald Trump’s lead continuing to grow in New Hampshire. The new Monmouth University poll puts Trump at 32 percent, well above Ted Cruz and John Kasich, who were tied at 14 percent. Gov. Chris Christie registered at eight percent. Trump came in at 26 percent in November, the last time this…
Ocean City is seeking to do even more work to its infrastructure. The city will be holding a workshop on Jan. 19 to go over its five-year capital plan. The information will be presented at the Ocean City Free Public Library. Because of a good bond rating and low interest rates, the city is updating…
Early ticket sales are being offered on the Wildwood Catholic and St. Augustine Prep game at Wildwood Catholic on Wednesday night. The Wildwood Leader was the first to report that the presale for the boys basketball game is taking place during school hours and if any tickets remain they will be sold at the door.…
A drug bust took place at a bus stop in Rio Grande on Friday. Middle township Police say they observed a narcotics transaction going down at a bus stop along Route 47. Police say that Sean P. Hillegass was detained and found to be in possession of 137 bags of heroin and $1172 in cash.…
The record breaking Powerball Lottery jackpot continues to grow. Lottery officials confirm that the new jackpot for the Wednesday night drawing is $1.4 billion. The top prize could very well increase again before Wednesday night. The nation has Powerball fever as there were heavy lines in many stores on Saturday, during the last drawing, to…
The fight over which proposal the state will go with to expand casino gaming just got more involved. Gov. Chris Christie said he favors the proposal by Senate President Steve Sweeney over the proposal by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto. The Sweeney bill is kinder to Atlantic City but would still allow new casinos in North…
Three bills aimed at helping Atlantic City recovered were sent to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk last week. The measures included the provision to have the eight casinos pay $120 million in lieu of property taxes for 15 years. Leaders in the city say this will help stabilize the tax base and avoid tax appeals. Another…
Its possible Gov. Chris Christie has been caught in a lie about donating the Planned Parenthood. Presidential contender Marco Rubio has blasted Christie for comments he was quoted as making in the mid-90’s that he donated to Planned Parenthood. Christie and his presidential campaign deny that a donation was ever made. When Christie was running…