This year will mark the 40th year of Lower Township’s Kids Christmas. What started out in 1976 as one phone call from an upset mother, whose children’s presents were taken, has grown into a community-wide effort to help Lower Township children and families in need at Christmas time. Dottie Crawford and Jim Dietterich, both retired…
Many communities are mourning the loss of a State Trooper who was killed in the line of duty on Monday night. An accident took place on Route 55 that claimed the life of Frankie Williams. North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello ordered flags at half staff in the city to honor Williams. “I am deeply saddened…
Some changes could be coming to abortion laws in the Garden State. Some republican lawmakers say they will push for a change in the law that would ban most abortions on any fetus who is older than 20 weeks. Two lawmakers held a press conference in Trenton Monday to discuss the changes, saying President-elect Donald…
73 percent of New Jersey’s registered voters disapprove of the job performance by Governor Christie. A new Farleigh Dickinson University Public Mind poll gives Christie the second-lowest approval rating in State history, trailing one poll conducted on former governor Jim Florio. 89 percent of democrats in the State believe Christie is doing a poor job…
Nearly an inch of rain should fall on Cape May County today. The National Weather Service reports that a steady rain should develop by this afternoon and continue into the evening hours. Temperatures will approach 50 today and tomorrow before a sharp turn to colder weather both Friday and Saturday.
A two-car accident on Route 55 has claimed two lives, including a New Jersey State Trooper. The accident occurred shortly before 7pm when a man driving a Toyota southbound crossed the grass median, entered the northbound lanes, and collided with the trooper’s vehicle. State Police have identified the trooper as 31 year old Frankie Williams…
One of the longest serving public officials in the State has passed away at the age of 87. Longtime State Senator and former Surf City Mayor Len Connors died over the weekend at the age of 87. Connors served as mayor of Surf City from 1966 through 2015. Connors son Chris currently holds the legislative…
It sounds crazy, but New Jersey just now has a law on the books that says a student who dies after borrowing money for education no longer has to pay the loan back. Governor Christie signed the bill into law on Monday. One woman told lawmakers this summer that she continued to make payments…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving New Jersey seven more years to complete various dredging projects following Hurricane Sandy. FEMA says the State now has until the end of 2024 to dredge 130 channels that were damaged by the storm. FEMA agrees with State officials who say bad weather and the lack of contractors…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill this week that would limit solitary confinement given to inmates at state prisons. Civil liberties leaders in the State want the practice to be limited, but Christie disagrees. Christie blistered democratic Senator Ray Lesniak who sponsored the bill, saying Lesniak has “no idea about law enforcement”.