There will be a detour on Wednesday at the 34th Street entrance to Ocean City. Traffic crews will be working on 34th Stret between Bay Avenue and West Avenue. Traffic will be detoured to 35th Street to get around the work area. On Thursday, West Avenue between 31st Street and 33rd Street will be re-paved and traffic…
A new electrical substation project is moving forward. Avalon officials say the project is nearing completion with an anticipated startup date near Mother’s Day weekend. Atlantic City Electric is constructing a new substation to meet the current and future energy needs of the 7 Mile Beach; the utility is paying for all costs associated with…
Stone Harbor’s dredging project is stopped until further notice. The Borough announced on its website that it is disappointed with a second incident involving a geotube that failed, which released fluid mud onto a dewatering site at a municipal parking lot. The Borough says the incident should have been prevented and is telling its contractor…
A car carrying five people including two young children, struck by gunfire in Millville. The Daily Journal reports that the car was struck by several bullets Monday night at the 1005 Dock Street Apartments in the city. A male was seen running from the crime scene after the shots were fired; there were no injuries.
Even if he were in New Jersey Monday, Governor Chris Christie says he would not have attended the funeral for New Jersey State Trooper Sean Cullen. Christie told reporters that he would have attended a groundbreaking event in Essex County even if he weren’t on the campaign trail stumping for Donald Trump. Christie has been…
The New Jersey Senate approved a new law on Tuesday that most of us already took for granted…it outlaws up skirting, or the practice of secretly videotaping underneath someone’s clothing without their permission. The bill has received unanimous, bipartisan support in Trenton and now heads to the desk of Governor Christie.
If it’s changed by the Assembly, I won’t sign it. Those words coming from Governor Chris Christie regarding the Atlantic City rescue bill approved by lawmakers this week. Christie says he will only sign legislation that was agreed to between he and Senate President Steve Sweeney, and nothing else.
Cape May County, and other coastal counties in the state, will have their populations threatened by sea level rise. A new report issued by Nature Climate Change predicts that 38.9 percent of the county’s population will be impacted by sea level rise by the year 2100. Ocean, Atlantic, and even Salem counties would also be…
Finally, a federal disaster declaration for Cape May County for the January storm named “Jonas”. FEMA officials announced Tuesday afternoon that a federal disaster declaration has been filed for Cape May County and other areas of the state hit by the storm. Jonas brought severe flooding to our region, damaging some municipal beaches and buildings.…
A Wildwood man has been charged in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a minor. Police say 26 year old Juan Nieves-Barrios is charged with sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl on Monday. He is charged with aggravated sexual assault and with other crimes. He was unable to post his bail, set at…