Atlantic County employees will be off on Friday for a four day weekend, but they won’t be getting paid. Atlantic County is furloughing workers on Friday in an attempt to save money. The county scheduled five unpaid furlough days during the calendar year in order to balance the county budget. Layoffs have been avoided with…
Ocean City officials want to get the public’s opinion on what should be done with the city’s 9th Street corridor. Mayor Jay Gillian will hold a public meeting on Thursday evening to discuss efforts to beautify the corridor and to improve the flow of traffic. Thursday’s meeting begins at 7:00pm at the Ocean City Tabernacle…
A New Jersey Transit train was going between 20-30mph when it slammed into a station in Hoboken last week, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others. The Associated Press spoke with a U.S. official about the accident and the train was moving much more quickly than the engineer’s estimated speed. The train operator…
Governors Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo discussed the Bridgegate traffic jams in Fort Lee after the intentional shutdown of traffic occurred in New Jersey. So says star witness David Wildstein who testified that both governors discussed a plan that they hoped would put an end to the conversations about the traffic delays. Two Christie staffers…
The man shot by police Monday night in Ventnor Heights has been identified by authorities as 49 year-old John H. Fetter, who lived at the 700 block of North Burghley Avenue with his parents. Fetter allegedly threatened his father with a shotgun earlier in the day on Monday, which escalated to an altercation between the two…
A 61 year-old bicyclist was struck and killed Tuesday morning after being hit by a car in Hamilton Township. Police report that Michael Daregentile of Mays Landing was riding his bike on the eastbound side of Route 40 near New York Avenue when he was allegedly struck by a car driven by 25 year-old Matthew…
Attorneys for South Jersey Ice and Cold Storage will appear today before the Cumberland County Construction Board of Appeals to argue against the demolition of their facility in Vineland. This summer local officials gave the company 30 days to either vacate or tear down their building on East Pearl Street, following an inspection that revealed…
A 25 year-old Atlantic City man charged with attacking a homeless woman in Brown’s Park has gone missing. Atlantic County authorities were alerted that Ibn Hunter, the man charged in the attack, tampered with his electronic monitoring bracelet and disappeared. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Hunter struck Emily Baccari in October of…
Stockton University held a Pride Alliance flag raising on Monday and Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian spoke at the event. The 63 year-old mayor came out as gay when he was 23 and shared his thoughts about identity issues and public perceptions with students and faculty in attendance. Guardian and Stockton President Harvey Kesselman raised…
Unite Here Local 54 union members have now been on the picket line at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort for 90 days without getting a new contract or restoration of their pension and health benefits. The Taj is still expected to close it’s doors at 6 a.m. on Columbus Day, Oct. 10th. Union officials…