Lower Cape May Regional High School needs a new baseball coach. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Nick Core is done after two seasons where he led the Capers to 28 victories. Core resigned in order to pursue a career in education administration. Core believes the Caper Tigers program is in good shape…
Mechanical parking lifts used to satisfy parking requirements in the city’s hospitality zone will no longer be allowed. The Ocean City Council met before the weekend and eliminated the use of the parking lifts by hotels, motels, and other lodging units. The ordinance that creates the new ban was fine tuned by Council during the…
The manner in which New Jersey doles out aid to school districts may be in for major changes. Senate President Steve Sweeney wants to create a new commission to study how the money is handed out and may come up with a more equitable distribution plan. Sweeney says it’s time for the State to un-do…
You may have to dig deep into your pockets to finance road projects in New Jersey. Some lawmakers decided to introduce a whopping 23 cent increase in the gasoline tax to fund essential road projects in the State. Leaders from both the Senate and Assembly introduced the high gas tax just before the weekend. The…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made his annual walk on the Asbury Park boardwalk on Friday…and it didn’t go all that well. Christie was jeered by some members of the public who are criticizing Christie for his personal support for Donald Trump. Christie largely ignored the cat calls from Trump objectors. Christie’s job approval ratings…
Thursday was a day filled with cleanup activities following Wednesday storms that brought winds in excess of 70 miles-per-hour to South Jersey. A balcony roof was blown off an apartment building in Atlantic City and sent debris flying up to 500 feet away. Power had to be restored to over 33,000 homes according to a…
Atlantic City has yet to receive money from a state bridge loan that was part of the legislation signed by the Governor Christie on May 27th to help the resort navigate out of their financial mess. The city now risks running out of money by the end of June, unless they dip into their capitol…
The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of three juveniles on third and fourth degree crimes involving threats via social media in two separate incidents. On Tuesday a concerned parent notified the Cape May County Technical School that two students were using social media to threaten a third student. The follow up investigation found…
On Thursday the city of Ventnor joined the growing list of shore communities to approve jitney routes. Ventnor officials hope to use the jitney service to avoid parking problems and shuttle residents to Margate and Atlantic City. The Board of Commissioners approved a jitney route that will run along Atlantic Avenue from 10 a.m. to 1…
On Thursday the state legislature, led by N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney, introduced legislation to bring all school districts throughout the state to full funding within five years. The proposed legislation would create the State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission, which would study current funding laws and make recommendations on how to bring all the…