If you plan on driving northbound on the Garden State Parkway this weekend, beware: State Police will be looking for drunk drivers. Police say they will have a DUI checkpoint near the PNC Arts Center on Holmdel, the site of a Toby Keith concert. Nearly 200 motorists were stopped during the DUI patrol during a…
Christopher Porrino has been nominated to serve as the New Jersey Attorney General for New Jersey by Governor Chris Christie. Porrino has previously served as Christie’s Chief of Staff before the nomination made on Thursday. If Porrino is confirmed by the Senate, it would give the Garden State it’s first full time attorney general in…
The competition for Miss New Jersey has officially begun, as the 30 contestants in this year’s competition rode down the Ocean City Boardwalk to the delight of spectators. The annual Miss New Jersey Parade kicked off at Sixth and the Boardwalk Wednesday night and was led by current title holder Lindsey Giannini of Hammonton. Preliminary…
Tuition is going up at Rowan University. The school announced that both tuition and fees are going up by two percent next year which will cost the average student slightly less than $250 per year. The new rates were approved during a trustees meeting on Wednesday. The University announced that more than 130 new faculty…
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are blasting a proposal to increase the fuel tax by 23 cents per gallon in order to finance the Transportation Trust Fund. Democrats say an increase in the gas tax for an estate tax cut is a “shell game”, while republicans say the deal doesn’t seem fair.…
Two defendants with close political ties to Gov. Christie in the Bridgegate scandal will go on trial this fall. On Tuesday U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton denied the motions to dismiss the cases against ex-Christie Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni, ex-deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York…
Gov. Christie has announced his intention to nominate the current Atlantic County prosecutor as a Superior Court Judge. Jim McClain, a 58 year-old Mays Landing resident, became acting prosecutor for Atlantic County in 2012, after working in the county office since 1983. Also nominated by the Governor were Atlantic City Administrative Law Judge William Todd…
A 48 year old New Jersey man was arrested this week after he told a teacher he was going to blow up an elementary school. Edgar Perez of Bergenfield was dressed in black when he approached a teacher at the Lincoln Elementary School Tuesday and told the teacher he was going to blow up the…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie believes our country should have a strong military response following the terrorism shooting in Orlando that claimed 50 lives. Christie told reporters on Tuesday that radical Islamic terrorists are out to kill us and a strong statement needs to be made by the United States. Christie is sounding every bit…
The fight against North Jersey casinos has begun, as leaders from South Jersey announced their intentions in Trenton on Monday. The No North Jersey Casinos Coalition was formed from business and labor leaders, public officials and citizens, who vow to put forth a “formidable” spending effort to defeat the referendum for casino expansion to North…