The mayor of Jersey City will likely run for governor, and now he’s re-thinking his position on casinos in his part of the state. Steven Fulop visited with Atlantic City officials on Wednesday and said he learned a lot about the struggles of New Jersey’s only gaming town and may reconsider his position on casinos…
A South Jersey man was charged with drug offenses following a traffic stop on Route 55. State Police arrested 33 year old Michael Dove of Sewell after police found ten bags of crack cocaine inside his vehicle during a traffic stop Tuesday morning. Dove was held in the Salem County Jail on $20,000 cash bail.
Nearly $500,000 is coming to the Millville Municipal Airport. Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced that the Federal Aviation Administration is providing the funding to the DRBA which operates the airport. The money will be used to repair the runways and improve the lighting system at the airport.
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has defeated Governor Christie’s plan to put his own nominee on the Supreme Court. A six year battle over the nomination has ended with Christie giving in to Sweeney and appointing democrat Walter Timpone to the high bench. Christie has attempted to put a republican in that seat for…
On Tuesday U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced that New Jersey’s 177th Fighter Wing is among the units being considered by the U.S. Air Force to house the new F-35 fighter jets. The F-35s would replace the F-16 “Fighting Falcon” currently flown by the 177th, known affectionately as…
On Tuesday the Atlantic County Freeholder Board passed a resolution to recognize Tuesday as Equal Pay Day in Atlantic County. The resolution was passed to encourage local businesses and government agencies to ensure women are paid fairly by conducting internal pay evaluations. Statistics show that full-time working women make only about 78 percent of what men…
Local business groups in South Jersey are organizing to fight a ballot question this fall to allow casino expansion outside of Atlantic City. The group calls themselves the “No North Jersey Casinos Coalition” and has named Debra DiLorenzo from the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey as the chair. Locally, it is believed that…
Nearly 40,000 workers from Massachusetts to Virginia walked off the job Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. The Communications Workers of America and IBEW unions are on strike against Verizon after working without a contract for nearly eight months. One of the sticking points in the negotiations involves using out-of-state workers and shipping local jobs out…
On Tuesday hundreds of union workers marched from Caesars to City Hall, protesting the state’s proposed takeover of Atlantic City. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO showed their support for the city, in opposition to a N.J. Senate bill that would end the collective bargaining process for city workers. Union leaders from across the state fear…
A 21 year-old female Wildwood resident has won multiple awards in writing for her college newspaper. The Wildwood Leader reports that Taylor Henry won four of the 12 top awards given to writers of the Atlantic Cape Review, the school newspaper for Atlantic Cape Community College. The awards were given out by the 2015-16 New…