The Cape May County Teacher of the Year for 2016-17 comes from the Ocean City school system. Mary Beth Libro, a third grade teacher at the Ocean City Primary School, was recently given the award, after submitting five essays and a two-page resume. Libro will now compete against winning teachers from the state’s 20 other…
Hundreds of Bridgeton residents filled the sports stadium at Bridgeton High School Wednesday night, as the community held a candlelight vigil for three teenagers who died in tragic car accidents. Families of the victims were joined by parents, teachers, students and local officials to mourn the deaths of 17-year-old Daisia Sulton and 15-year-old Mikayla Mosley,…
Tourism numbers in the Wildwoods grew by 5 percent over 2014, according to a presentation by the Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority. The group gave their annual summer preview on Wednesday at the Wildwoods Convention Center and reported a record $1.5 billion of tourism spending for 2015, fully 25 percent of last year’s…
A customer of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority was severely injured Wednesday while dropping off yard waste. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the leg of the unidentified male became pinned between his truck and trailer while he was dumping yard waste at the ACUA facility in Egg Harbor Township, near Delilah Road and…
Graduation ceremonies for both Atlantic Cape Community College and Cumberland County College will be held on Thursday. Atlantic Cape will award about 900 associates degrees at an outdoor ceremony on the Mays Landing campus beginning at 11 a.m. The keynote address will be given by the Honorable H. Robert Switzer of Egg Harbor Township. Cumberland County…
Egg Harbor Township Police are looking into two burglaries that took place on Monday and Tuesday. The police responded to the PAL “Ready to Ride” building and then the next day to the Community Food Bank. Police don’t know if either event is connected to the other. Anyone with information is asked to contact Egg…
Over the end of this fiscal year and the next fiscal year, the state has a projected $1 billion budget gap. NJ.com reported on documents filed by the state that included a mix of general spending cuts to the next two fiscal years, pushing back tax credits owed to businesses, and dipping into surplus. The…
Donald Trump will help bail out the New Jersey Republican Party out of legal debt incurred from Governor Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal. Trump will be attending a $25,000 a head fundraiser on Thursday in New Jersey designed to raise a half million dollars to pay off legal bills. Money will also be raised to help pay…
New Jersey’s projected revenue figures are going to fall short of projections. State experts believe New Jersey will face a $487 million revenue shortfall this year and possibly a $622 million shortfall next year. The reason? Income tax projections have fallen short of their goal.
Governor Christie’s job approval numbers in New Jersey continue to tank. A new poll released by Quinnipiac shows that Christie’s disapproval rating in New Jersey is at an all time high of 64 percent. That means only 29 percent of residents think Christie is doing a good job. Christie’s failed run for the White House…