Taxpayers in Cape May will be happy. A proposed two cent tax increase is down to six-tenths of a cent. Mayor Ed Mahaney said council approved the changes on Tuesday and that all members of council are happy with the budget. The cuts came across departments and represented a group effort, according to the mayor.…
A naked man was arrested on a porch in Millville. Police there say that Edwin Rodriguez of the 500 block of Richard Drive, was knocking on doors in the nude on Friday. He was charged with obstruction of justice and hindering apprehension. Rodriguez had five previous warrants as well he was arrested on. Police say…
Could a future President debate in South Jersey? Stockton College has submitted a bid to host a Presidential debate in 2012. The Commission on Presidential Debates are taking in the applications and will make the final decision on the three Presidential and one Vice-Presidential debates. No timetable has been announced for when a decision is…
Being governor in New Jersey is powerful, but not powerful enough for Chris Christie. Christie is proposing legislation that would give him more veto power over boards and commissions in the state. Certain groups, like the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, were able to abuse their power and were unchecked by gubernatorial veto. Most water and…
An information session will be held on the release of census data. Cape May County Freeholder Leonard Desiderio and the Cape May County Complete Count Committee will host an information session on the results of the 2010 Census on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The discussion, led by Leonard Preston from the New Jersey State Data…
Senator Jeff Van Drew yesterday sent a letter to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority expressing concern that the authority gave incorrect information to the public regarding the purpose of a project that has resulted in mass tree removal along the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County. A recent news report revealed that after the Turnpike…
Two local teachers won grant money. Atlantic City Electric sent $1000 checks to Woodbine and Middle Township schools for the utility’s Mini-Grant Program. The program is designed to support public and private classroom teachers with funds for new, innovative projects and extensions of currently funded projects within the schools. The Mini-Grant Program is now in…
Wildwood voters will have a chance to better know who they want to vote for. The Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce is going to hold a candidate’s night on Tues. April 12. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. with networking and move to a question and answer period starting at 7:00 p.m. Greater Wildwood Chamber…
Middle Township Police say it was all a lie. A man fabricated a story of a robbery on Wednesday. 24-year-old Anthony Anderson, from Philadelphia, reported just being robbed by four (4) white males in the area of Game Stop, located in the Rio Plaza Shopping Center. Anderson reported the men robbed him of an undetermined…
So long, Luis Castillo. The veteran second baseman was released today by the Philadelphia Phillies. Castillo was a castoff from the New York Mets and brought in by the Phillies to see if Castillo could hold down a roster spot while second baseman Chase Utley recovers from an injury. Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel announced today that…