The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that an additional 50 community banks across the country received a total of $767 million as part of the next wave of funding provided through the Small Business Lending Fund. Crest Savings Bancorp, Inc. received $2.5 million. The SBLF is one part of the Obama Administration’s comprehensive agenda…
West Wildwood Mayor Chuck Frederick is back to work. The Cape May County Herald reports that Frederick returned to work on Monday and is back on a regular schedule. Frederick was working outside at his home when he hit his head after falling off a latter. The mayor was hospitalized on July 18 and recover…
The Wildwoods are making a serious effort at bringing everyone back down the shore this weekend. The Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority hired a banner plane to fly over Philadelphia for three hours on Thursday reminding potential tourists that the shore and beaches are open for business. Tourism leaders have been trying to…
The 7th Annual Wildwood Block Party and Music Festival, originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 27, is going to take place this Sunday, September 4 over Labor Day Weekend. The event is scheduled to begin at noon at Fox Park, located across from the Wildwoods Convention Center on Ocean Avenue between Burk and…
The Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders will hold Cape May County’s tenth Annual September 11th Memorial Ceremony on Patriot Day, Sunday, September 11th at 1 p.m. outside the front entrance of the County Administration Building. The Memorial Ceremony will be a solemn event hosted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders and featuring comments…
Atlantic City Electric officials have nearly completed restoration to all customers who were without power. As of 10 p.m., there were 20 customers without power in the entire electric grid. One of those outages remains in Cape May County. Officials from the utility have told the media that their plan is have power restored by…
Construction crews have begun what’s expected to be a one-month repair job on storm-damaged West Park Drive, an important travel route through Bridgeton and Upper Deerfield that was severed during the August 14th floods. Crews from South State Inc. began the work this morning, which will rebuild the eroded embankment and re-establish the paved roadway…
Some lawmakers are very critical over NJTV, the newly created television station to replace NJN. One Assemblyman, Patrick Diegnan, Jr., said the network did a horrible job during Hurricane Irene. “NJTV has failed their first test miserably,” Diegnan said. “While Hurricane Irene was battering our state, NJTV was airing cartoons and cooking shows. They couldn’t…
Newly hired public employees will be required to live in New Jersey or to move to the state within one year of taking a public position under a law that took effect on Thursday. The “New Jersey First Act” provides one year for individuals hired on or after Sept. 1 to locate within the state.…
Governor Chris Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno announced that the Board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) will review a temporary expansion of its Main Street Business Assistance Program on Tuesday, September 6, to support disaster recovery efforts. The Main Street Disaster Relief Program was specifically designed to ensure that New Jersey…