The Boardwalk Basketball Classic tips off on Tuesday and the highlight will be the Wildwood/Wildwood Catholic girl/boy doubleheader. The game is tentatively scheduled to tip off at 6:30 p.m., with the girls game first and the boys game to follow. Both will be broadcast on 98.7 The Coast. The game’s start time is tentative, as…
Good news at the Trump Taj Mahal. The casino announced it would reopen its Chairman Tower hotel rooms on Christmas Eve. The tower was closed about a week prior to the casino’s scheduled closing date on Saturday. The casino got a $20 million investment from Carl Icahn to remain open while the negotiations continue to…
Wildwood city officials gave the nod approving two four-year contracts with police officers that gives a zero percent increase during the first year and 1.5 percent salary increase for each of the following three years. The contract also calls for a change of work schedules that will put an increased police presence on city streets…
An on-going event fee dispute between Morey’s Piers and the City of Wildwood has resulted in events moving to North Wildwood. Morey’s Piers announced that its Beach Jam events in 2015 will move to North Wildwood. The organization had threatened to move its 2014 events out of Wildwood over a dispute regarding beach event fees…
The Middle Township Police Department is looking for Thomas McNemar. He is wanted for multiple violations of a final restraining order and stalking. He is entered N.C.I.C. with extradition from surrounding states. McNemar is a (30) year old white male, 5’11”, 175 lbs, with visible tattoos on both sides of his neck. If anyone has…
Gov. Chris Christie penned a letter to President Barack Obama to demand the return of a cop killer. The woman, Joanne Chesimard, was found guilty in 1977 of murdering a state trooper in 1973. Chesimard found political refuge in Cuba and has not answered for the penalties of the conviction. Obama announced last week that…
There will be a bit of a shake up in the finance department of Middle Township. John Clifford, who joined Middle Township on November 17, will assume the role of Temporary Chief Financial Officer, effective December 24. The move was prompted by the resignation of current CFO Tracey Taverner. Clifford, who holds a degree in…
Legislation Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak sponsored to prohibit advertisers from sending unwelcome and unsolicited text advertisements to consumers was approved 76-0 Thursday by the Assembly. The Legislature approved the bill earlier this year, but it was conditionally vetoed by the governor to remove violations from the Consumer Fraud Act. Under the changes, violators would be subject…
A single vehicle accident sent a man to the hospital in Absecon. Police there say a vehicle operated by Russel Bergeron Jr., of Galloway Township, struck the concrete median at the intersection just prior to Delilah Rd. The vehicle final came to rest upside down. Bergeron was taken to an area hospital for non-life threatening…
The full Senate gave its approval for a new education commissioner. David Hespe is serving in the role for the second time in his career. He previously held the title during the tenure of Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. Hespe had been the acting commissioner for the past nine months, but hadn’t been given a confirmation…