A sad day in Stone Harbor. Borough Councilman Albert Carusi passed away. Stone Harbor Mayor Suzanne Walters announced the news. He passed away on Tuesday at Cooper Medical Center in Camden following complications due to cardiac arrest. He was 74-years-old. “It is with extreme sadness that we must announce the passing of a true leader…
A ratings firm thinks the Atlantic City Expressway needs to increase its toll price by 50 percent. Fitch Ratings said that will the decline of traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway needs to be made up by a 50 percent toll increase in 2019. The last time tolls were pushed on the road was in…
A bill that would attempt to look for new revenue sources at rest areas moved ahead in the Assembly. A bill passed the Assembly to direct the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services of rest areas and service plazas. The services would include,…
Fare free transportation will not be running on Tuesday Dec. 15 in Cape May County. The staff will be using it as an in-service training day. Normal bus service would resume on Wednesday Dec. 16. The office will also be closed on Dec. 15, so no one will able to take reservations at that time.…
A dredge spill in Stone Harbor has shut down a project there. The borough said that they expect the project to resume in the next few days following a corrective plan to deal with 20,000 gallons of slurry being discharged back into the water on Dec. 1. A tear took place on a geotextile tube…
“Pigs will be charging down State Street” if a Democrat becomes the next governor. These are the words of Gov. Chris Christie during the New Jersey Business and Industry Association Public Policy Forum. Christie said that if Democrats control all of the government in New Jersey that the unions will be looking for handouts which…
The former leader of the Cumberland County Republican Party needs to pay back almost $149,000 in money or he could go to jail. Robert Greco plead guilty to stealing money from the East Creek Manor Rehabilitation Center in Cape May County back in June. Greco was in court this week and it was determined he…
Legislation aimed at helping the sale of the Showboat Casino could lead to legal ramifications. The State Senate approved a bill to remove deed restrictions and land covenants on properties owned by a government agency in the tourism district of Atlantic City. Caesar’s Entertainment slapped a deed restriction on the property that would not allow…
Legislation Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo sponsored to help property taxpayers whose homes were damaged in natural disasters received final legislative approval last week and now heads to the governor’s desk. The bill establishes a special grace period that provides taxpayers additional time to make payment on installments of municipal property taxes, without accruing interest on the…
A constitutional amendment could be up for vote on making the state pay its pension obligation. Senate President Steve Sweeney introduced the measure on Monday that would allow voters to decide if the state should be obligated to make the necessary payments every year. The proposal would have the state pay roughly $3 billion by…