A new bill that has created quite a stir advanced in Trenton. The legislation would implement a school voucher program for some of the state’s failing district. The measure made it past a key committee in the Assembly on Thursday. The 40,000 scholarships would be available in 13 of the state’s worst districts. It would…
Four members of a mortgage fraud and money laundering scheme involving condominiums in North Wildwood, N.J., appeared in court to face federal charges, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Patricia Smith, Jamilah Smith, Ollie Rudolph Thaxton, and Carol Ashley are charged in a 10-count superseding Indictment for conspiring with others to obtain more than $1…
New census data has been released and Cape May County lost a lot of residents in the past 10 years. The numbers show the county lost 5061 residents in the past 10 years. Middle Township was the only town to see a significant increase, with 2,506 new residents to the town. Ocean City took the…
A bill made it through the Assembly Commerce Committee to make all towns legal notices to be posted online, instead of advertised in the newspaper. The measure is intended on saving taxpayers money. Newspaper heads went to Trenton on Thursday to testify, pleading for the committee to reconsider. Newspapers have been struggling with attracting advertisers…
The eight annual Friend in Need Super Bash will happen this Sunday at the Princeton in Avalon. The money goes every year to assist local causes. This year the money is going to help a child in Avalon who has muscular dystrophy. Raffle tickets will be sold for prizes including a trip to Phillies Spring…
The budget projections for this fiscal year in the state appear to be on track. David Rosen, from the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services, says that the projections appear to be more or less on track for the first half of this fiscal year. Rosen says some numbers are up more than projected, and some…
Governor Chris Christie signed a conditional veto of a civil service reform bill advanced by the legislature, citing its failure to include the critically needed opt-out and furlough options for municipalities. “This bill represents tepid, ineffective and meaningless change,” the Governor said in his veto message on the bill, A-3590. “I proposed real reform which…
Governor Chris Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno brought together Fortune 500 CEOs and industry leaders from New Jersey and neighboring states to have a frank dialogue on how businesses can grow and create jobs in today’s economy, and the role policymakers and government can have in encouraging long-term investment. “New Jersey is on a…
A Ventnor man charged on Tuesday with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree sexual assault for manually touching a child, appeared in court Thursday and formally heard the charges against him, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. Pascual Lopez, of N. Marion Avenue, allegedly assaulted a 7-year-old girl…
An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted a Milmay woman on second-degree charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. It is alleged that on July 3, 2010 around 9:30 p.m., Linda Demarest, 46, struck and killed David Brown, 38, of Newfield, on Tuckahoe Road in…