A one-cent budget increase in Lower Township will be voted on for adoption on Monday. Council reduced the proposed increase down to a penny in an attempt to be responsive to the economy. Some of the cuts include overtime in two departments equaling $25,000, and tipping fees have gone down and these that reflected a decrease…
Tickets are going on sale for the Fabulous 50’s concert in Wildwood on Monday. The show on Oct. 15 will feature Little Anthony and the Imperials. Tracey Dufault, the executive director of the Greater Wildwoods Chamber of Commerce said that many people who saw Little Anthony perform a few years ago at the chamber’s event…
Toll collectors will keep their jobs, but only with a two year promise. Concessions have been agreed to which will reduce the average pay of a toll collector 25 percent over the two-year period.. This decision allows the union workers to keep their job, but the state says it is planning to move to an…
The state’s highest health officials are warning of two probable cases of measles. The two cases took place in Camden and Morris counties. The Cumberland County Health Department is warning residents and visitors to the county to be careful and check with your doctor if any of the symptoms, like cough, rash, or high fever…
Two major hospitals could be looking at a merger. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that there are “serious” talks between South Jersey Healthcare and Underwood-Memorial Hospital to have a merger. The report cited sources, neither hospital is willing to make public comment. Underwood-Memorial Hospital is in Gloucester County.
The federal government is demanding the money it says New Jersey owes. Gov. Chris Christie cancelled the ARC Tunnel project, which had $271 million in federal aid attached to it. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says New Jersey owes the money back to the federal government. Gov. Chris Christie has said the state will not repay…
A New Jersey woman was killed by her own vehicle. Police say the 79-year-old woman did not put the vehicle completely in park when she arrived at a restaurant in Livingston. According to police, Sally Simmons was walking behind the automobile when it came backwards and ran over her. The elderly woman was pronounced dead…
A new report says nearly $230 million was spent in overtime during 2010 by the state government. The Star-Ledger reports that $227 million was dished out, with an employee earning twice as much overtime as salary. The report suggests that the overtime payouts were in line with previous years. Gov. Chris Christie has emphasized running…
A man will be placed in state prison for conspiring to set his aunt’s automobile on fire so she could collect insurance proceeds. The State’s Attorney General’s Office announced that Kristopher Wynder, of Vineland, was given five years in jail for his guilty plea to second-degree conspiracy to commit aggravated arson. In pleading guilty, Wynder…
Senator Jeff Van Drew, Assemblyman Matt Milam and Assemblyman Nelson Albano (all D-Cumberland/Cape May/Atlantic) sent a letter to Governor Christie asking that he request federal disaster assistance for the South Jersey region – particularly, Cumberland County – to offset cleanup costs associated with the April 16 storm that battered the area. The lawmakers said the…