A big fire late Wednesday afternoon in Ocean City destroyed a two level home. The fire was reported around 6:30pm in the 5200 block of Simpson Drive. It took fire crews about two hours to douse the flames; there were no injuries.
Lawmakers in Trenton are getting an earful this week over funding requests as they fear major federal funding cuts courtesy of the Trump administration. Some groups appeared before the Assembly Budget Committee as the committee begins to tweak Governor Christie’s proposed budget. It will likely take until June before the budget is finally adopted.
Atlantic City police have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent cuts to the city’s police department. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday shortly after the state announced that it was making changes to the police officers’ contracts. Both the PBA and the Superior Officers Association filed lawsuits.
Thousands of Atlantic City Electric customers who lost power during Tuesday’s winter storm have gotten their power back. The utility announced that the outages totaled 30,000 at one point, largely away from the shore where only rain and wind occurred. Most of the customers who lost power in Salem and Gloucester counties will have power…
Congressman Frank LoBiondo and other republican lawmakers in Washington have introduce a new resolution that calls for stewardship of the environment. The resolution calls on lawmakers to work together on many initiatives, including climate change. It also calls for solutions to come from both the public and private sectors.
Right now, New Jersey residents have no information on the two candidates who may succeed Governor Christie. A new poll released this week by Quinnipiac shows that 70 percent of the state’s voters do not know Phil Murphy, the presumptive democratic candidate, or Kim Guadagno, who may secure the republican nomination; Guadagno is the current…
Immigration enforcement should not be conducted by the Cape May County Sheriff’s office. That message was again delivered to the freeholder board on Tuesday night as residents spoke out against a plan that would provide this type of training for three corrections officers. No action was taken by the board on the so-called “Ice” proposal
Vince Mazzeo has dropped out of the race for a State Senate seat in Atlantic County. Mazzeo will be replaced at the top of the legislative ticket by Freeholder Colin Bell. Mazzeo cited the recent death of his father and his increased duties with family and business as the main reason. He will instead run…
Wildwood Crest Police have announced the arrest of 39 year old Joseph Bimbo of Lower Township on charges that he allegedly stole $23,000 worth of jewelry from a home in Wildwood Crest. Bimbo was part of a crew hired to paint the interior of the home. Bimbo has been charged with theft and was taken…
A very chilly day at home Tuesday for thousands of South Jersey residents who lost power due to Winter Storm Stella. Most of the outages occurred away from the coastline and were located in Salem and Gloucester counties. There were only scattered power outages in Cape May County shore communities.