Democrat Mike Clark keeps his seat on the Middle Township Committee. Clark defeated republican Dan Lockwood Tuesday night, 3860 to 3475 to retain his seat and keep a two to one democratic majority in Middle Township. This is the second consecutive election that Lockwood, a former mayor, has lost in Middle Township.
Cape May will be getting a new mayor. Edward Mahaney has been voted out as Mayor of the city on Tuesday night. Mahaney conceded the election shortly before 9:00pm. Chuck Lear will be the new mayor in Cape May. Early numbers also gave Patricia Hendricks with a lead in the race for a council seat.…
North Wildwood’s name will still be North Wildwood. A question before voters that asked residents if they wanted to change the name of the city to Anglesea was soundly defeated during balloting Tuesday night. Incumbent council candidates were re-elected during in North Wildwood as well.
Stone Harbor is getting a new mayor. Councilwoman Judy Davies Dunhour was elected Mayor of Stone Harbor in an uncontested election on Tuesday night. Davies Dunhour replaces longtime Mayor Suzanne Walters whom she defeated in a primary election. Councilwoman Mantura Gallagher was re-elected in Stone Harbor, and Charles Krafczek earned his first term on Council…
To no one’s surprise, Hillary Clinton carried New Jersey in Tuesday night’s election. New Jersey was one of the first states to be called moments after the polls closed on Tuesday at 8:00pm. New Jersey has been a blue state since the 1992 election between Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot. The victory was…
No changes in local government for several local communities who had uncontested elections on Tuesday night. Voters in Upper Township, North Wildwood, Cape May Point, West Wildwood, and Woodbine all had uncontested races featuring incumbents. There were also some uncontested school board races including in Avalon, Cape May, North Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City,…
Lower Township is getting a new mayor and councilman. Township residents went to the polls on Tuesday night and promoted Councilman Erik Simonsen to Mayor, and elected Frank Sippel as a Councilman at Large. Simonsen will replace Mike Beck as mayor; Beck did not seek re-election. Sippel will replace Norris Clark on Council; Clark also…
A Millville woman who works at the Bayside State Prison has sued in federal court alleging that colleagues shared nude photos of her and left threatening notes for her at work. Melanie Wilson has worked at the prison for 16 years and claims co workers retaliated against her after she helped a female employee in…
An upset loss for the Ocean City girls soccer team in the South Jersey Group III semifinals on Tuesday. Seneca knocked off Ocean City, 1-0 to eliminate the Red Raiders from the tournament. Ocean City finished the season with a 15-6 record.
He changed his mind again and voted for Donald Trump. Congressman Frank LoBiondo had announced that he would write in Mike Pence’s name instead for president, but changed his mind and voted for Trump. A spokesman for LoBiondo says Hillary Clinton is “100 percent unacceptable”.