A suspect in a gas station robbery turned himself into police. Egg Harbor Township Police say that Christopher Crouch, turned himself in on Tuesday. He was taken in without incident and the stolen property was discovered. Bail was set at $75,000 and Crouch was turned over to New Jersey State Parole.
High school football teams will have limited practice time beginning this fall. The NJSIAA has ruled to make practices only 90 minutes for this upcoming season to combat growing concerns over concussions. The rule will officially go into place after the first football game of the season, meaning summer practices will not be impacted.
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrat Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak to allow New Jersey taxpayers to make donations to nonprofit veterans’ organizations via their gross income tax returns recently cleared its final legislative hurdle. The bill would establish the Fund for the Support of New Jersey Nonprofit Veterans Organizations, to which taxpayers may indicate they would like…
President Barack Obama outlined a plan on Wednesday to use military force against ISIS to Congress. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez applauded the move and released a statement. “I welcome the administration laying out the type of authorization they are seeking, and look forward to their continued involvement and engagement in order to achieve congressional approval,”…
The Press of Atlantic City reports that a North Wildwood doctor is suing Cape May County for malicious prosecution after he was acquitted of distributing illegal painkillers. Dr. John Costino, 70, and his wife Barbara Haas, claimed the case destroyed their medical practice and caused turmoil for them, their patients and employees. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert…
On Wednesday the Wildwood Commission voted to accept a proposal for a new beach bar this summer near the Wildwoods Convention Center. The project will be a collaboration between Philly based Vibrant Development Group, and Imian Partners of Connecticut along with landscape architects Groundswell Design Group, of Hopewell Township. No representatives from the companies were in attendance at the meeting on…
Here’s this weeks “Ask #TheMorningAfter”: Hello Morning After, I have an odd problem that I’m not even sure I should be totally offended by but well let me explain before I get ahead of myself. I’m a mother of a 16 month old and a nurse and my husband works in a business that keeps…
Three winning tickets matched Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot drawing of $584 million. The winners came from Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico. The winning numbers were 11-13-25-39-54, with 19 as the Powerball. Players in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania matched all five numbers for a prize of one million dollars. Saturday’s Powerball jackpot has…
It appears Cape May County won’t be finalizing its county budget this month. Initially, the plan was to approve its budget during the second meeting of the month. Freeholder Director Gerry Thornton says the county will hold off till March because Gov. Chris Christie had requested that everyone hold off until his budget address, which…
The Cape May County Board of Freeholders unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday, opposing ocean drilling in the Atlantic Ocean off the New Jersey coast. The Freeholder resolution came as a reaction to the Department of Interior releasing a draft of a new offshore energy plan that includes opening up parts of the Atlantic Ocean…