The Pinelands Preservation Alliance has filed a formal appeal regarding the Pinelands Commission’s approval of a natural gas pipeline that will run to the B.L. England Generating Station. The group argues that the approval of the pipeline goes against the management plan that governs the Pinelands. ##
Tuition is going up at Atlantic Cape Community College this year and layoff notices have been issued to two dozen employees. College officials say there has been declining enrollment at the school for the past seven years and this year, a tuition increase and layoffs were necessary. Tuition will increase by four dollars per credit,…
Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly will both appeal the sentences handed to them in federal court on Wednesday for their participation in the Bridgegate scandal. Both were handed prison sentences for causing a massive traffic jam in Fort Lee for political retaliation. Kelly said she will not allow herself be the scapegoat for the…
Vineland Police are investigating a shooting incident early Wednesday morning that resulted in nearly ten bullets being fired in the 500 block of Crystal Avenue. Police say a woman pulled her vehicle into her driveway when she heard the repeated gunfire. Her car, a house, a tree, and a stop sign were all hit; she…
Bill Baroni gets two years, Bridget Anne Kelly 18 months, for their participation in the “Bridgegate” scandal. The sentences were handed down Wednesday by Judge Susan Wigenton in Newark who called the case “an abuse of power”. Both Kelly and Baroni participated in a scheme to cause a large traffic jam in Fort Lee as…
Five people have been indicted on charges they committed a kidnapping and held a woman against her will in Wildwood in February. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced that two people from Ewing and three from Wildwood held the woman against her will at a residence on East Leaming Avenue. All five face lengthy…
Welcome to the opening day roster for the World Championship Chicago Cubs, Matt Szczur. Various media reports have the Cubs confirming that Szczur has made the opening day roster for the Cubs as a reserve outfielder. Szczur is a graduate of Lower Cape May Regional High School and is batting nearly .300 during spring training.…
Lower Township Police arrested two local men on drug charges during a traffic stop. Police announced that drug charges were filed against 30 year old Kris Beckman of the Villas and Richard Zulla III of Rio Grande while both were in a pickup truck. Both had warrants and they were in possession of three separate…
It’s two years in prison for Bridgegate defendant Bill Baroni. Baroni was sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiring to force a traffic delay on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge for political retaliation. His co-defendant Bridget Kelly will be sentenced later in the day on Wednesday. Baroni admitted that…
Cape May County is the 16th most healthy county in the State of New Jersey. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new survey this week that puts Cape May County fifth from the bottom in the state on 35 different factors. The same report puts Atlantic County 17th, and Cumberland County, dead last. ##