New Jerseyans believe Governor Chris Christie is doing a lousy job as governor. New poll numbers released by Rutgers-Eagleton show Christie with his lowest-ever job approval rating at a horrific 33 percent. That’s a six point drop since October and results in a disapproval rating of 62 percent.
Some people would have given 50 year old Clark Fredericks of New Jersey a medal; instead, he gets some time in jail. Fredericks was sentenced to five years in a state prison for killing a Boy Scout leader whom Fredericks accused of sexually assaulting him when he was a child. A judge imposed the minimum…
It could soon be impossible for a teenager to legally buy any cigarettes or vaping products in the Garden State. A new bill approved by an Assembly panel on Thursday would make it illegal for anyone to buy these products who is under the age of 21; the current age limit is 19. Some lobbyists…
It happened again. The Motor Vehicle Commission had another computer crash Thursday morning, but all computers were back up and running before lunchtime. Employees at offices throughout the State could not process payments for transactions. The computer system will be replaced soon; it’s about three decades old.
The man who donated $115 million dollars to create Rowan University has died. Industrialist Henry Rowan has passed away at the age of 92. Rowan made the large donation to the then-Glassboro State College which transformed the school into a major power along the East Coast. Rowan made numerous charitable donations throughout his successful business…
The New Jersey Assembly has approved a new bill that will rename an interchange of the Garden State Parkway and Stone Harbor Boulevard after a boy who was killed when traffic lights existed on the Parkway. Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak’s bill will name the interchange the Christopher Meyer Memorial Interchange to honor the 17 year old…
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning in Stone Harbor for Councilman Al Carusi. Carusi passed away earlier this week at the age of 74 due to complications from a cardiac arrest. Services will be held Saturday at 10:00am at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church on Third Avenue. Carusi was in his second term as…
No injuries have been reported in a traffic accident early Thursday on the Garden State Parkway in Seaville. The Upper Township Gazette reports that an SUV overturned on the northbound lanes of the Parkway near milepost 21 around 6:45am on Thursday. The occupant of the vehicle was able to safely exit without serious injury.
New Jersey State Police are investigating a series of home burglaries that have occurred in Dennis Township. Police say the burglaries have taken place along Route 83, Route 9, Academy Road, and East Creek Mill Road. There have been nine residential burglaries over the past two months, and homes that have been targeted appear to…
Avalon officials are holding a press conference on Friday morning to discuss a second dredging project occurring in the community. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a thin layering dredging project to move 50,000 cubic yards of material and spraying it onto tidal marshes. This effort joins Avalon’s other major dredging project…