U.S. Senator Robert Menendez spoke Wednesdat on the Senate floor in support of legislation to help New Jersey’s veterans get back to work. The “VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011,” of which Menendez is a co-sponsor, combines components in the President’s American Jobs Act and additional initiatives to boost employment opportunities for veterans. In…
The push is on to get sports betting in New Jersey. A non-binding referendum showed that New Jersey residents overwhelming want sports book. Congressman Frank Pallone has already gone on record to say he will author a bill to get an exemption in the federal law to allow sports betting in New Jersey. Only four…
Offshore drilling should not be coming off the coast of New Jersey. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg applauded the Administration’s decision not to drill off the East Coast. The Senators also remain skeptical about the five year plan’s potential lease sales off of Alaska, however. The Department of Interior announced its 5 year…
Now that Middle Township is in control of the Republicans, the plan is to keep the budget level. Committeeman Dan Lockwood talked to Coastal Broadcasting and said the campaign promise made during Tim Donohue’s campaign, where he said there would be no tax increase, would be kept. Donohue was elected to take Nate Doughty’s seat…
Cape May County will be hosting a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton is pleased to announce that Veterans’ Day Services will be held at the Cape May County Veterans’ Cemetery on Friday, November 11 at 2 p.m. Speakers will include: Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton, Staff Sergeant Andrew Jackson, Iraqi Veteran…
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in a case where he crossed state lines to have sex with an underage child. Curtis Miglionico II was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 months in prison for traveling from his home in Pennsylvania to New Jersey to engage in sexual conduct with a 13-year-old with whom he had been chatting…
An Ocean County woman was sentenced in case involving fraud. The former office manager of a law firm based in Lakewood, N.J., was sentenced to 33 months in prison today for defrauding her former employer by improperly diverting funds, stealing more than $1.1 million from the firm, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Kathleen Baker, 54,…
Cape May County will again celebrate Disabilities Awareness Day in November in Avalon, an event designed as a day of information, food, music and fun not only for people with disabilities but for all who are interested in the agencies and organizations that serve the citizens of Cape May County. Although Disabilities Awareness Day is…
A new pilot program was unveiled in Atlantic County on Wednesday. The program is aimed at identifying and providing community-based services to veterans and active duty military personnel who become involved in the criminal justice system. Attorney General Dow announced that the two-year Veterans Pilot Initiative will provide community-based programs such as mental health and…
A man was arrested for sexual assault from the Wal-Mark in Rio Grande. Jose Vargas, a Walmart Loss Prevention Officer, of Villas, was charged with Sexual Assault, Sexual Contact and Impersonating a Police Officer. The investigation was initiated after multiple female victims came forward and reported the incidents. The investigation by police said the incidents…