Local political and business leaders met with the Jersey Shore Partnership during the group’s Board meeting on Tuesday evening at Morey’s Pier. The Partnership advocates for sand being placed on the beaches, and for state funding to accomplish that goal. Freeholders Gerry Thornton and Marie Hayes were joined by local mayors Marty Pagliughi of Avalon…
A northbound lane closure on the Garden State Parkway in Upper Township will last for another month. The New Jersey Highway Authority announced that the lane closure will likely continue until October 20th; this past weekend, the backup extended for miles. An interim traffic crossover is being constructed for a road project.
Lower Township Police have charged a 59 year old local man with crashing his vehicle in a drunk driving accident. Michael E. Benson of Shawcrest was charged after he crashed his car last week on Bayshore Road near Rosehill Parkway. Benson was eventually released to the custody of a responsible adult after being charged with…
A 26 year old man who worked for the United States Postal Service will serve one year in prison for his plan to steal and convert hundreds of blank Postal Service money orders. Janel Normil of Little Egg Harbor Township received the prison term on Tuesday. Normil worked for the Postal Service in Cape May…
Cape May is writing a check worth $369,000 to a former police officer who sued the city’s police department for discrimination. Steven Pascal claimed that he was subject to anti-gay slurs and other conduct when he worked for the police department in Cape May. Pascal was fired from the department when he failed to follow…
It was known as the Revel, now the Atlantic City property rebranded as Ten has received necessary approvals to reopen in the resort. A State board gave a key land use application for the new owner of Ten, Glenn Straub. The new property is expected to open during the first quarter of 2017.
More testimony was offered in court Tuesday on the infamous Bridgegate case. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich testified that he was offered everything from Giants football tickets to a taping by MSNBC in order to earn his political support for Chris Christie. An intentional traffic jam in Fort Lee was political retaliation against Sokolich, who…
A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll released on Tuesday shows that 50 percent of New Jersey voters are not in favor of casino expansion to North Jersey, up by one percent from the last survey. A referendum on the Nov. 8th ballot will ask voters to approve two casinos to be built in Northern New Jersey. Among voters…
A 35 year-old woman from Beachwood, N.J. admitted to scamming the state out of more than $345,000 in unemployment benefits over a three-year period. Officials said Erica Rivera pleaded guilty to theft by deception, for filing over 24 online benefits applications for her former tax-preparation clients and collecting on their unemployment claims. Prosecutors recommend Rivera serve…
New Jersey native Martin Truex, Jr., won the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 race on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, but his car failed the post-race inspection. The Truex JR. team, known as Furniture Row Racing, claimed the failure of the laser-inspection was due to damages suffered in the race when their No. 78 Toyota collided…