Holiday travel in New Jersey is expected to be higher than last year. AAA Mid-Atlantic predicts that almost 2.5 million New Jersey residents will travel 50 or more miles for Christmas and New Year’s. Overall the company expects it to be about a .3 percent increase over last year. The increase is due to higher…
One of the biggest chamber lunches of the year will be taking place on Jan. 11. The Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 2017 Financial Forecast, with Jay Ford, the President of Crest Savings Bank. The lunch is always held at the Wildwoods Convention Center and it always draws a big crowd.…
A letter was written to have the Air Force consider the Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing considered for future basing decisions of the F-35 fighter jets. Last week the U.S. Air Force announced it had narrowed to five (5) the possible locations for initial F-35 basing. The 177th Fighter Wing was among the eighteen…
The City of Atlantic City has declared a Code Blue from 8:00 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 though 8:00 pm on Friday, December 16, 2016. The Atlantic City Rescue Mission will open its doors to all who need shelter and food. The Atlantic City Police Department, as available, will give rides to the Mission.…
A new study says toddlers from poor families has a smaller obesity rate than before. The study was done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The group found that there was an improvement in New Jersey, along with 30 other states. Obesity rates has been an issue across the country, in a wide range of…
A new report says a State Police sergeant was indicted for his handling of DWI tests. NJ Advanced Media reports that Sgt. Marc Dennis was indicted on Wednesday for second-degree official misconduct, third-degree tampering with public records, and fourth degree falsifying records. The report says that Dennis missed a step that has to take place…
The early leader to become the Democrats gubernatorial candidates in 2017 made around $7.3 million in 2015. Phil Murphy released his tax returns on Wednesday to the media and it showed that his wife and he paid $2.4 million in federal and state taxes. Murphy is a former executive at Goldman Sachs. He owns a…
A group of workers in new Jersey are suing Bed Bath & Beyond for not complying with New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law. The class action lawsuit claims the company uses a “fluctuation OT” formula to bring down the amount of overtime hours it pays its employees. They allege the formula they use is an…
The death rate for heroin is much higher than the national average. NJ.com reports that the death rate in 2015 was 2.5 times the average in the United States. Those deaths that included Fentanyl in the drug, which is an extremely more powerful mixture included in some heroin, killed more than double the national average…
A man was found to have skimmed over $7 million from ATM’s in the state. The U.S. Attorney’s office announced the arrest of Robert Mate, a Romanian national. The majority of the banks targeted were in Monmouth and Ocean counties, but also included some other North Jersey counties. Mate is alleged to have conspired with…