At Rutgers University, Coke is it..or it will be it starting with the fall semester. Rutgers announced this week that it will dump Pepsi products as the official soft drink of the university and bring back Coca Cola and other related beverages. Rutgers has already began swapping out Pepsi for Coke in vending machines in…
A veteran republican lawmaker thinks shootings and attacks on police and first responders should be considered hate crimes. Senator Joe Kyrillos will introduce legislation in Trenton that will expand the State’s hate crime status to include violence against police. Kyrillos says the State cannot allow an entire class of public servants to be targeted for…
The former Middle Township man who was convicted of killing his 18 year-old cousin in February of 1990 was denied an appeal by a state appellate court on Friday. Jesse Watkins was denied post-conviction relief on his 45-year prison sentence for killing Craig White, over 20 years after White’s disappearance. Watkin’s conviction was based on…
Two South Jersey communities that postponed their July Fourth fireworks displays to Saturday, July 9th, successfully launched their shows despite the threat of more bad weather. Thousands of people lined the Wildwoods Boardwalk between Pine and Ocean Avenues to view the Independence Day Fireworks show that ran twice as long as the weekly Friday Night…
New Jersey hospitals are facing a major cut to their state charity care funding in the new 2017 budget. The charity care program helps hospitals recover losses from uninsured and low-income patients who need emergency care and other services but have no means to pay for it. The charity care funding in the new budget…
On Friday the Ocean City Beach Patrol won their 17th overall Cape May County Lifeguard Championships at the Rambler Road beach in Wildwood Crest. Ocean City won it’s fourth straight team title by one point over the Wildwood Beach Patrol, who were leading going into the final event after wins in the doubles and singles…
The hiring of a new Pleasantville superintendent of schools will be decided in the courts. Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez will decide if the hiring of Clarence Alston as school superintendent by the Pleasantville Board of Education was legitimate, since only four of the nine member board voted to approve. Three of the…
She may not be on this year’s U.S. Olympic Team, but a 27 year-old Ocean City native won a huge triathlon event in Hungary on Sunday. Renee Tomlin won the Tiszaujvaros ITU World Cup triathlon over an international field for her second ITU World Cup victory. Joe Maloy from Wildwood Crest did not compete Sunday…
Nearly two years after the Showboat Casino/Hotel closed it’s doors in Atlantic City, the Showboat Hotel reopened on Friday without casino games. The hotel has 852 oceanfront rooms and suites and has retained it’s Mardi Gras theme. Amenities include a bar, two restaurants, a coffee shop and a gym, but no gambling.
Nearly 1,000 workers of the UNITE-Here Local 54 union continue their strike at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. No new talks have been scheduled between the union and casino management since a week ago last Thursday, according to union president Bob McDevitt. The latest contract offer from the Taj Mahal reportedly offered much…