The issue over assessments and a potential reevaluation have been discussed for some time in Middle Township. Officials are moving forward with a compliance plan, which will allow the tax assessor to look at data within communities to make adjustments to assessments, without ordering a costly reevaluation. Committeeman Dan Lockwood estimated that a reevaluation could…
A fight is brewing over patrolling the Atlantic City casino parking garages. Mayor Lorenzo Langford had ordered police officers to stop the patrols via executive order, only to have the Prosecutor’s Office step in and overrule the mayor. Police began the patrols after a carjacking and murder in one of the garages during Sept. A…
A Morris County accountant pleaded guilty to charges of attempted luring and attempted endangering this morning in connection with online chats with persons whom the defendant believed were two girls, ages 13 and 14, but who were in fact undercover officers, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. On June 14, Stephen Bubniak, 56, of Florham…
In an effort to draw more job development and enhance green energy, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-2) introduced bipartisan legislation to encourage offshore wind power investment off the coast of New Jersey. The legislation: – Requires the Secretary of Treasury to consult the Secretaries of Energy and Interior when establishing…
Cape Assist will be presenting Alcohol Awareness to youth between the ages of 9 -13 yrs from 5:00 until 5:45 pm at Lighthouse Deliverance Ministries 215 Washington Ave. Woodbine on Wednesday October 26, 2011. Coalition Against Rape and Abuse will present for domestic violence awareness, as well as, to remember those who lost their lives as…
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay crewmembers met with a group of delegates from the Republic of China at the sector Tuesday, as part of the Coast Guard’s International Port Security Program. The delegates viewed a presentation about Sector Delaware Bay’s operations and spent the day touring area port facilities. The program’s objective is to engage in discussions…
A major U.S. clothing chain is closing nearly 200 stores. Gap has announced that 189 locations will be closed down by 2013. The company is making a global push to open more stores overseas, while trying to cut back on some lesser producing stores here. No word yet on what locations will be impacted.
A bare majority of New Jersey voters are aware that the state legislature is up for election in a few weeks, and fewer really care. The results of the latest Monmouth University poll suggest that statewide opinion of the legislature as a whole will translate to very little change in the 40 district contests. When…
The Press of Atlantic City reports a local judge ruled that a murder suspect voluntarily waived his Miranda rights prior being questioned by Wildwood Police. Alberto Martinez is charged with the murder of 19 year- old Vincent Desario of Middlesex County, who died after being struck in the head with a baseball bat in May…
Gov. Chris Christie isn’t running for President, but what about Vice-President. Christie said in a national radio interview on Monday that he would be willing to listen to an offer should one present itself. The Republican Governor said numerous times he had no interest in running for the state’s highest office. But Christie recently came…