All of the lanes will be open at the Route 52 Causeway beginning this weekend. Department of Transportation officials announced that lane restrictions will be lifted this weekend in order to ease the flow of traffic into Ocean City. Some final work is being done that will continue on West and Bay Aves. until just…
Internet visitation is now being offered at the Cape May County Jail. It is the first jail in the country to offer this kind of program. A press event is going to be held on Thursday to further show how the program works. This program varies from others by allowing someone to visit online from…
A new report says the push to reform state pensions is on. The Star-Ledger reports that Senate President Steve Sweeney is going to push for pension reform by the end of June. The end of June is when the legislature typically recesses for the summer. Sweeney needs to find enough Democrats to give the Republicans…
The fate of 106 workers in Cumberland County has been put on hold. The Daily Journal reports that the delay has been put into place so that the United Auto Workers Local 2327 can work with the county to try and come with concessions that will keep them employed. There is a $1.6 million shortfall…
A man has been charged for two shootings in MIllville. Millville Police say that Lequint Allen, has been charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession charges from an April 4 shooting. Bail has been set at $200,000. Two people were shot during the April 4 incident. Police concluded the investigation this week.
A Cumberland County man was sentenced to 14 years in jail for stabbing his former girlfriend multiple times on Tuesday. In accordance with a March 2011 plea to one count of attempted murder, Jimmie Whitfield, 36, of Millville, must serve 85-percent of the prison term. Upon release from prison, Whitfield, who has an extensive prior criminal…
The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water after their 64-foot fishing boat capsized here, Wednesday. Rescued were William Hill, 38, from Brick, N.J., Matthew Morris, 19, from Point Pleasant, N.J., and William A. Lewis, 30, from Marshallberg, N.C. The Coast Guard recieved a call over VHF-channel 16 at 4:53 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the Atlantic…
It wasn’t even close. Mayor Len Desiderio won his reelection bid in Sea Isle City by a 2 to 1 margin. Desiderio was running with William J. Kehner Sr. and Frank P. Edwardi Jr. for reelection. Kehner and Edwardi will continue to serve council-at-large. Sea Isle City had a flat tax rate this year and…
A man who was recalled from office has won back the position he once held. Wildwood voters elected Ernie Troiano back to the city commission. He will be joined by his two running mates, Pete Byron and Tony Leonetti. All three incumbents, Gary DeMarzo, Ed Harshaw, and Al Brannen have been voted out of office.…
A man said he passed out, which caused his vehicle to hit curbs and eventually a house. A 2000 white Ford Ranger struck a home at at 3 Lochalsh Lane. The driver, Brian M. Neill, age 30, of Wildwood Crest, was out of the vehicle when officers arrived. The accident took place just prior to…