A special offer is being presented for a popular local show. The Harlem Globetrotters will be coming to the Wildwoods Convention Center in August, but a discount is being offered next week. The deal is available from Wednesday May 11 to Friday May 13. The discount is not available on court side seats. The link…
Five Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to attack the high gas prices. The Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act will end tax breaks to major oil companies. United States Senator Robert Menendez was among those who sponsored the bill. Those legislatures say that oil companies are recording record profits, but average people are paying around…
Several new traffic patterns have been implemented on the Atlantic City Expressway (ACE) in response to a significant accident involving a truck at the ACE Bridge over Route 50 that took place yesterday afternoon. The area impacted is approximately one mile before the new Express E-ZPass lanes that are on schedule to open on or…
A pedestrian was killed in Egg Harbor Township. Police there confirm that the death took place on Tuesday along the Black Horse Pike. The pedestrian was hit by a vehicle during the morning hours. An investigation is continuing. No other details have been released.
The head of the Assembly Budget Committee wants towns to have more control of what types of tax they collect. The Star-Ledger reports that Lou Greenwald is pushing for towns to be able to set the sales tax and income tax in their municipality in order to cut down on the reliance on property taxes.…
Losing is common in gambling, but casinos are not supposed to lose at higher rates. New gambling numbers in New Jersey show the 11 Atlantic City casinos lost another 7.1 percent off of last year’s numbers in April. The slide continued at all but two casinos. Caesars and Resorts both posted numbers above last year.…
Many key reforms have not been passed This was the message of Gov. Chris Christie as he continued his town hall meetings across the state on Tuesday. Christie pointed out that sick-time payouts for public employees has not yet been capped and there has been no reform to health benefits. There is 50 days as…
A beach fill in Avalon is progressing and should be wrapped up before the Memorial Day weekend. Borough officials say the beach fill is expected to be done in the next 10 days. Currently, the fill is at 20th St. and working its way south. The project continues to place nearly 40,000 cubic yards of…
Wildwood: Commission: Peter Byron – 719 (elected) Anthony Leonetti – 693 (elected) Ernie Troiano Jr. – 738 (elected) Sandra Richardson – 412 Al Brannen – 405 Gary DeMarzo – 452 Edward ‘Chip’ E. Harshaw Sr. – 395 Dara Baltuskonis – 280 Ballot Question #1 – Regarding whether residents support the restructuring of the police department.…
A new plan would move the Presidential primary to June. The Assembly passed legislation that would move the Presidential primary to the June primary election date in order to save money. The primary date will be the same as it was in 2005. The change could save between $8 and $12 million per election. The…