New federal regulations of overtime pay will be taking effect on Dec. 1st and could effect the paychecks of 4.2 million employees. The new regulations require overtime pay for hours worked for anyone making up to $913 per week, while the current threshold is $455 per week. A coalition of 21 states have filed suit…
It was on Oct. 29th, 2015, when shots rang out at a Pleasantville Jokers football practice field, next to a youth football game where stands were filled with parents and children. Initially there were no reports of anyone being shot, but a short time later a shooting victim showed up at a local hospital. Police…
Halloween would be a great day top top off your car’s gas tank, as New Jersey’s 23 cents per gallon gas tax takes effect on Tuesday. You won’t get any extra time by visiting the Sunoco gas stations on the state’s toll roads. Those stations typically adjust their rates only once a week, on Fridays.…
Atlantic City Police arrested a 16 year-old male after responding to a report of an armed robbery in the 1600 block of Atlantic Avenue on Saturday evening. Officers were searching for a robbery suspect when they observed the teen grab his front waistband and hurried away. He was stopped by the officers and found to have…
A very big win for the Middle Township football team Friday night. Middle dominated Pitman and picked up a 42-12 win on the road in a game broadcast live on WCZT. The Panthers are now 4-3 on the season. In other action, Ocean City shut out Lower Cape May, 34-0 while Maple Shade upended Wildwood,…
A fire at the Beachcomber Campground in Lower Township damaged six campsites last weekend. Lower Township Police say the fire broke out on October 23rd at the campground, located in Erma. Fire was coming from one trailer and it spread to six sites. There were no injuries in the blaze.
An 84 year old woman from Sea Isle City was killed last week in a motor vehicle accident. State Police say Blanche Mazurie was killed when the car she was riding in was forced to swerve into a head on collision with a pickup truck near the Seaside Cemetery in Upper Township, on Route 9.…
A major traffic issue in Stone Harbor as the 96th Street Bridge has been closed indefinitely due to a large crack discovered in a main span girder. Cape May County Engineer Dale Foster says all trucks in Stone Harbor will have to use Avalon Boulevard and Ocean Drive as a detour. The crack was discovered…
An armed robbery began the weekend in Ocean City. Police arrested 24 year old Harry Legette of Mercer Place who was charged with brandishing a butcher knife when he held up the Sunoco Gas Station on 9th Street Friday morning. Legette was taken to the Cape May County Jail on $100,000 cash bail. Legette made…
Bridgegate is nearly over. Attorneys argued in court on Friday during closing arguments. An attorney for one of the defendants, Bill Baroni, claimed that all roads in the scandal ran through David Wildstein who came up with the plan to shut down the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee for political retaliation. A verdict is…