The second of two ballot questions about the Lower Cape May Regional school district will be voted on Tuesday. The district voted on Election Day not to change the school funding formula. This time voters will decide if Cape May can leave the school district. The polls will be open from 2 p.m. to 9…
A new list of potential presidential contenders on the GOP side names Gov. Chris Christie as number two. He trails only U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky in a list complied by the Washington Post. Christie was 5th in the same list back in June, but his job of heading the Republican Governor’s Association has vaulted…
The good news at the pump continued for drivers. AAA Mid-Atlantic put the average price at the pump at $2.67 per gallon, and they are expected to continue to fall. While some states have seen prices already drop below $2 per gallon, don’t expect to see that here anytime in the near future. Analysts don’t…
A bill advanced Monday that would create a study to see how revenues could be enhanced along the state’s roadways without raising taxes. The measure sponsored by Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo would direct the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and prepare separate reports concerning potential opportunities for increasing current, and…
North Wildwood Police were called just after midnight on Monday morning to a New Jersey transit bus. Police received a disorderly person call and when they arrived they saw the accused, Thomas Sexton, trying to hide under the seat. As officers approached Sexton, they could see him trying to conceal several pills that were scattered on…
The Absecon Police Department is announcing they have arrested three individuals in November 2014. After a lengthy investigation along with several other area police departments, Detectives have made arrests in 13 burglaries which occurred during the months of June through September. Arrested were Carlos Soler, Tyler Gallagher, and Richard Souder, all of Mays Landing. As a result…
A local man was one of 28 defendants charges with child porn possession. Juan Carlos Alvarez was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the possession. The state’s attorney general’s office announced he pleaded guilty on Aug. 4 to second-degree distribution of child pornography and third-degree possession of more than 100 files of child pornography…
The next installment of the Atlantic City Airshow will include the US Navy Blue Angels. The announcement was made on Friday as apart of a press conference to announce the date for the 2015 event. Next year’s airshow will happen on Sept. 2. According to organizers, this is the second time that the Blue Angels…
20 years in jail. That is the prison term for Jerome Byrd, who was sentenced in the death of Scott Godfrey. Godfrey was gunned down outside of a convenience store in Pleasantville in 2010. Byrd was indicted by a grand jury in 2013 and plead guilty in Sept. As apart of the plea deal, Byrd…
A rainy forecast has change the date for one of the more popular parades. West Cape May’s Christmas parade has been moved from Saturday to Sunday as a result of the forecast. The parade will again begin at 5 p.m. but the date moved to Sunday in hopes of providing better weather for the event.