The vote was down party lines, but a proposal to allow gay marriage in the Garden State cleared a key Assembly committee on Thursday. The vote was 5-2, right down party lines with democrats supporting the measure and republicans opposing it. The proposed bill will now face a critical vote on the floor of the…
He could be armed, and he’s very dangerous. That’s what Millville Police are saying about Jayson A. Vasquez, the man wanted in connection with the murder of a 21 year old man who sat inside a car at the Delsea Village Apartments on Tuesday. City police say they are looking for the 23 year old…
How old should a student be before he or she drops out of high school? That age could be upped by two years. An Assembly committee met on Thursday and approved a new law in New Jersey that would raise the minimum dropout age from 16 years old to 18. The Assembly Education Committee approved…
Three men were arrested in a joint drug bust. Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Lower Township Police Department worked on the undercover investigation together. Mark Brown, Devionne Graves, both of the Villas and Jonathan Foye, of Burgleigh were arrested after a search warrant was executed at 27 East Pacific Ave. in the Villas.…
The dog attacked a woman, and then turned on a police officer. The Press of Atlantic City reports that West Wildwood Police shot a dog on Wednesday that attacked a woman and then began attacking the police officer. The report says the dog was not on a leash and attacked the woman sometime on Wednesday. …
Middle Township Police have identified the woman who lost her life in a fatal motor vehicle-pedestrian accident earlier this week. 40 year old Nancy Camp of Rio Grande was killed when an SUV driven by 77 year old Rocco Cocchiola of Goshen struck her while she was walking across Rio Grande Boulevard in Rio Grande…
At long last the facilities at the Ocean View rest area on the Garden State Parkway will be upgraded. Assemblyman Matt Milam broke the news to Coastal Broadcasting on Thursday that the current building at the rest stop will be demolished and replaced with a new, modern rest area with a store and Visitor’s Center.…
$200 million..that’s how high the Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to be on Saturday night. No one hit the big drawing on Wednesday night, which means the estimated jackpot for Saturday night will be around $200 million. Two lottery tickets sold in New Jersey for last night’s drawing each had four numbers; they are worth…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has over 1.6 million reasons to be thankful for the political clout of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. New campaign figures released today show that $1.6 million has been donated from New Jersey to the Romney campaign during the final three months of 2011. Christie has supported Romney from the…
State officials say they will step up drunk driving patrols Sunday night during and after the Super Bowl. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa says that increased patrols will be implemented on Super Sunday. The last time the Giants played in a Super Bowl was in 2008 and police nabbed 176 drunk drivers, the highest total among…