A single vehicle accident temporarily shut down Rio Grande Blvd. into Wildwood. At about 1 p.m. Friday afternoon a single car struck a utility pole on the eastbound side of Route 47 just west of the MUA sewage treatment plant. Traffic is reopened at this time. Middle Twp. Police and the Rio Grande Fire Co.…
Some improvements will be coming to the Cape May County Animal Shelter sometime this year. Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer confirmed that this year will be the year that a new building is built for the shelter. Schaffer said he was proud because the building won’t cost the taxpayers a dime. The money was…
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak and Vince Mazzeo that would allow veterans attending a public college or university in New Jersey to pay in-state tuition rates gained final legislative approval in the Senate on Thursday. The measure now heads to the governor’s desk. The bill, to be known as the “New Jersey…
Over 200,000 people could be at risk regard a hack into Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Jersey. A data hack made personal information vulnerable. A subsidiary of the company, Amerigroup, had policies with 209,000 state residents and they could be impacted by the hack. The key concern is social security numbers, because they are…
A leader from Canada stopped by the statehouse on Thursday for a visit with Gov. Chris Christie. Alberta Premier Jim Prentice visited with Christie as he tours the country in promoting the Keystone Pipeline project. While the pipeline would not go near New Jersey, Christie has been a supporter of the project and has been…
A key Assembly committee advanced a bill to make a UEZ zone in Atlantic City for ten years. Atlantic City would be New Jersey’s 33rd Urban Enterprise Zone, and under Assembly Vince Mazzeo’s bill it would also help generate property tax relief for Atlantic City residents and businesses. Qualifying retail businesses in the zone would…
An Assembly panel on Thursday advanced legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Sgt. Bob Andrzejcak to allow New Jersey residents enlisted in any branch of the United States Armed Forces to qualify for the deferment of any property tax amount that becomes due during the period of deployment for active duty in time of war. The deferment…
Gov. Chris Christie’s trip to London was supposed to show him as someone that can work on diplomacy issues. Instead it became what he said about vaccinations that stole the headlines. Generally, the governor would brief the press following a trip out of the country on his return. Instead, Christie stayed in his office and…
On Thursday the N.J. Senate approved three bills that would help combat the state’s heroin and prescription abuse efforts. The bills are part of a bipartisan 21 bill package to educate, prevent and treat the state’s growing opiate addiction problem, which has seen an explosion of abuse and deaths throughout the state over the past…
Mayor William Pikolycky announced that the Borough of Woodbine was cited in an article this week in the Star Ledger as the municipality with the third lowest average property tax rate in the State of New Jersey, according to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Woodbine actually had an average decrease of $14 between 2013…