A Vineland man was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death last year of a 14-year-old female. Nicholas Garreffi, 40, of the 300 block of Brookfield Street, Vineland, NJ, was arrested at the Hamilton Township Police Department by detectives from Hamilton Township and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Collision Unit and charged…
On Monday the Lower Township Council selected a new municipal prosecutor to replace Peter Tourison, who recently resigned after being charged with drunk driving in Cape May on July 12th. The new prosecutor will be Frank Guaracini, who also serves as prosecutor for Stone Harbor and Avalon. Three other candidates applied for the position, including Ron Gelzunas, who…
A new survey looking at a number of different factors places New Jersey as the eighth best state for children to live in. The information comes from the 2015 Kids Count Data Book. The Garden State did well in education and kids health, but falling in areas like economic well-being. The report notes that areas…
A new outlook for businesses in New Jersey doesn’t show good news. The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s biannual Baker Tilly Spring Economic Outlook Survey said that 14 percent of the state businesses are currently considering leaving the state. High taxes were listed as the top reason that businesses were thinking about leaving the state.…
A pair of lawmakers are working on a bill that would void conflicting deed restrictions on the Showboat property. The measure would specifically attempt to eliminate deed restrictions on properties inside of the tourism district of Atlantic City when the property is owned by a public entity. The former Showboat property is owned by Stockton…
Gov. Chris Christie says there won’t be any funding available to Planned Parenthood if he is President. Christie was speaking in South Carolina and he said if he was elected President he would do as he did in New Jersey and defund Planned Parenthood. The governor has veto funding for the group in the last…
The major teacher’s union in the state says they won’t negotiate with Gov. Chris Christie over additional pension reform. Christie said at a recent campaign stop that the only way he would talk about pensions is if the unions were willing to talk about additional givebacks. NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer said those discussions wouldn’t take…
The North Wildwood Police Department is attempting to identify suspects from an incident of third degree theft and criminal mischief that occurred on Morey’s Pier at 25th & Boardwalk on July 11. The three suspects, pictured here from Morey’s Pier surveillance video, are white males and approximately 16-20 years old. Suspect 1 was wearing a…
A new poll looking at the GOP field in Iowa doesn’t look too good for Gov. Chris Christie. Christie doesn’t even make the top 10 of a new Monmouth University Poll. The governor pulled in just 1 percent from the new data. Scott Walker was the top choice at 22 percent, followed by Donald Trump…
On Monday a moist air mass and temperatures in the 90’s drove the heat index well above 100 degrees in many areas of South Jersey. By mid-afternoon the air temperature in Vineland and Millville was 92 degrees, but the heat index was at 100 degrees. The thermometer hit 95 in Chatsworth, Burlington County, as the…