Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez have both asked President Obama for a ban on offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast. Both Senators say the proposal would threaten the environment and coastal economies. The two New Jersey democrats were joined buy a dozen other senators who penned a letter to Obama asking for the prohibition.
Now that Steve Sweeney has removed himself from next year’s gubernatorial election, let the endorsements begin. Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson announced that he will support democrat Phil Murphy for governor in 2017. The formal announcement of the endorsement will be made late Friday afternoon during a press conference in the State House Annex.
Bridgeton Police are asking for the public’s help with solving a shooting that killed a local man Wednesday morning. The body of 25 year old Dehaven Jackson was found laying in the back yard of a home on Spruce Street; Jackson was killed with a single gunshot wound. Police are investigating if Jackson’s murder had…
A retired tax assessor for Galloway Township has been identified as the 61 year old man killed during a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident last night. Police confirm the identity of the victim as 61 year old David Jackson. He was struck by a vehicle being driven by Bria O’Brien of Galloway on Jimmie Leeds Road. O’Brien…
Senate President Steve Sweeney is the latest Democrat to drop his interest in running for governor. Sweeney said on Thursday he didn’t plan to run for governor and will support Phil Murphy, according to the Star-Ledger. Murphy used to work for Goldman Sachs and is the U.S. ambassador to Germany. He would now be the…
Ocean City officials began the summer by issuing a public notice that feeding of seagulls would not be tolerated. Looking back at the season, Ocean City Police issued no tickets for gull-feeding, a violation that carried a $500 fine and the threat of up to 90 days in jail. Instead, what police observed was the…
After an investigation of several months, 21 people were arrested for their alleged roles in a drug and trafficking organization in Cumberland County. Officers from local, state and national agencies worked together in “Operation That’s All Folks” that netted ten guns, various drugs including heroin and cocaine, and over $12,000 in cash. The arrests were…
Future air-traffic controllers could someday get hands-on training at a control tower in their own backyard. Atlantic Cape Community College has authorized an $8,000 feasibility study to look at installation of a control tower at the Cape May Airport. The old tower was destroyed by a storm many years age and never replaced. The new…
A 27 year-old Atlantic City man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with a murder that occurred in the city back in January. After a nine-month investigation, The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office charged Kevin D. Quince with murder and robbery for killing Steven Loughney with a shotgun during a robbery at his home on Metropolitan…
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle at about 8 p.m. Wednesday night on East Jimmy Leeds Road near Bella Court in Galloway Township. Police have not released the identity of the victim and are investigating the accident. The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene.