No selfies in the voting booth next week. New Jersey is one of 18 states in the country where taking a selfie in the voting booth is illegal. Fear not, one state lawmaker is trying to make the practice legal and he says voters are never prosecuted for taking selfies when they vote.
98.7 The Coast WCZT was present to cover the 2016 Cape May County Freeholder Debate, which is available for online streaming right here!
A group of about 40 people rallied outside the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office in Mays Landing Monday morning to protest the heroin and opiate overdose epidemic in Atlantic County. The group, called Stop the Heroin, was led by Tammy Schmincke of Egg Harbor Township, who co-founded the organization with her husband Bill, lost their son…
A 37-year-old woman died Sunday evening after the car in which she was riding with her family crashed into a utility pole in Egg Harbor Township. Marie Roe of EHT was a passenger in the front seat of a 1999 Ford Taurus when the driver lost control of the car and it spun off the…
The East Lynne Theater Company will be receiving a $16,020 Cooperative Marketing Grant from the New Jersey Department of State’s Division of Travel and Tourism. This is the tenth year that the theater group from Cape May has received the award, based on the scores of an independent evaluation and funding review committee. This year the East…
The Middle Township Police Department is one of many police departments nationwide that will be participating in this year’s “No Shave November”. Officers will let their whiskers and hair grow all month and donate the money they typically spend on shaving and grooming to help educate the public about cancer prevention, saving lives, and aiding…
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…