Three people were found dead inside of a home in North Jersey but there are no clues that authorities have released at this time. Two men and a woman were killed in Maplewood, Essex County over the weekend and were found during a wellness check on Sunday morning. The victims were identified as Michael Davis,…
People still don’t like Gov. Chris Christie. A new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll shows that Christie only had an 18 percent approval rating. In fact, within his own party there isn’t even a majority of voters that approve of his job (37 percent). To this point Christie has mostly addressed drug addiction…
A new resolution is being considered in the Senate that would ask the President to intervene in the proposal to reduce the flounder catch this summer. Senator Jeff Van Drew is a sponsor of the measure that made it through a key Senate committee on Monday. The reduction would be around 40 percent and lawmakers…
The McCracken sisters scored every single point in Wildwood’s win over Cedar Creek Monday night. Mackenzie McCracken scored 34 points, and her sister Madde scored 13 as Wildwood knocked off Cedar Creek, 47-46. Wildwood improved to 13-2 on the season.
Major cuts in the summer flounder catch could be approved by regulators as soon as Thursday. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in Virginia on Thursday and could consider reductions in the summer flounder catch totaling 40 percent. The proposal has received a huge backlash here…
Your natural gas bills could be going up. South Jersey Gas has asked the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities for a rate increase of approximately 17 percent, or $20 per month for the average customer. The increase would cover the costs of prior work that the utility has already conducted. South Jersey Gas says…
Legislation to impose a $2 per room surcharge in Atlantic City advanced in the Assembly on Monday. The bill is sponsored by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and the money raised would go to fund public safety services in the city over a two year period. At that point, the surcharge would sunset. Prieto said the…
A North Jersey man has been sentenced in a violent crime spree in which he seriously injured a State Police detective when the detective tried to stop him from committing a carjacking and was ejected from the moving vehicle. Terry Saunders, 28, of Newark, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, including 8 ½…
An arrest was made in a 2014 murder. Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Alexander Campbell, of Atlantic City in the shooting death of Kenneth Sandoz, of Absecon. The shooting took place in Atlantic City on Dec. 22, 2014. Campbell is charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon, and unlawful…
Two people were injured during a house fire before sunup Monday in Pleasantville. Authorities say two people inside the home suffered smoke inhalation during the house fire, but they will be ok. The fire broke out in a home in the 1500 block of Sixth Avenue; no word yet on what caused the fire.