Vineland taxpayers may not see an increase in their taxes this year. Mayor Robert Romano spoke exclusively with Coastal Broadcasting and said that he believed the budget presented to council will include a zero increase over last year’s budget. Romano said it has been a goal of his during his term in office but financial…
The unemployment numbers hit a significant mark in New Jersey for December. Unemployment is down to nine percent, which marks the best showing since May 2009. The labor numbers decreased by .1 percent since the month prior. The state is still above the national average of 8.5 percent. Improvement has been seen in four out…
Its that time again…tax filing season has officially opened. The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 electronic tax return filing season. IRS e-file has surpassed the milestone of 1 billion returns processed. More than 112 million income tax returns were e-filed last year, or 77 percent of all individual returns filed. The deadline to file…
A senior citizen addition is likely coming to the Community Center in Woodbine. Advertising of bids will take place on Feb. 1 The scope of this project is construction of a 600 sq ft addition to the present Community Center to be dedicated to Senior Citizen activities. The Cape May County Department on Aging will…
A beach fill in Cape May is officially complete. Inter-agency partners held a ceremony to mark the completion of a more than $9 million beach replenishment project aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Wednesday at 1 p.m. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection…
A second vessel was near the Mandy Ness at the time of capsizing. Coast Guard officials say they are continuing their investigation into the incident. Coast Guard investigators will interview the crew of the second vessel at anchorage near Houston Thursday and conduct a dockside inspection of the vessel upon its arrival in port later Thursday.…
Survey says…52 percent of New Jersey voters support gay marriage while 42 percent of voters don’t like it. The new survey was released this morning by Quinnipiac. This is the all time record high for support of gay marriage in the Garden State. Poll Director Maurice Carroll says democrats are making gay marriage a big…
Firefighters in Ocean City responded to a two-alarm fire at a single-family home on the 3500 block of West Avenue in Ocean City. NBC-40 reported that the fire broke out about 6:15pm Wednesday and spread to the duplex next door. Fire officials said that one of the residents went back into the burning building to…
Firemen responded to a house fire in Ocean County on Tuesday, and what did they find inside the home belonging to a professor? Child pornography. The Press of Atlantic City reports that State Police have charged 76 tear old Gamal El-Zoghby with child endangerment. Authorities went to his home in Eagleswood to fight a fire…
He will make it official today. Republican State Senator Joe Kyrillos will challenge democratic United States Senator Robert Menendez for Menendez’ senate seat. Kyrillos is expected to unveil his plans to the media later today. Kyrillos is 51 years old and reports say he will email his supporters today and announce that he’s in the…