Legislation was introduced on Monday to regulate daily fantasy sports. Senator Jim Whelan presented the measure that would have the Department of Law and Public Safety oversee and regulate daily fantasy sports in New Jersey, including issuing permits to casino licensees and other business entities that wish to conduct daily fantasy sports games in the…
North Jersey casinos could be paying a much higher tax rate than Atlantic City casinos if the proposal ends up becoming approved. The Star-Ledger reports that Assemblyman Ralph Caputo says the tax rate could be between 40 and 60 percent. Atlantic City casinos pay a rate of 9.25 percent. Some of that money would be…
A New Jersey asphalt plant comes back online Tuesday and that’s good news for residents and businesses along New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood. This will be the first project to be paved with asphalt from that plant on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Cape May County Engineer Dale Foster. The plan is to finish the…
A key Senate committee approved a new measure that would require many employers to offer paid sick time to their workers. The panel approved a measure that would require employers to offer a minimum number of paid sick days to their employees. The bill is opposed by many business organizations throughout the Garden State. New…
A major road reconstruction project will begin next week in Strathmere. Freeholder Will Morey announced that a portion of Commonwealth Avenue that stretches from the border of Sea Isle City to the Corsons Inlet Bridge will begin on March 14th. The project will cost over $3.2 million and will cause travel delays; however, reconstruction work…
A motorcycle crash on Route 50 sent a man and a woman to the hospital with serious injuries. The accident occurred Monday at about 3 p.m. in Hamilton Township, when the man and woman on the motorcycle were passing a vehicle traveling northbound on Route 50 when they were struck by a Lincoln MKX making…
A 31 year old New Jersey State Trooper lost his life Monday night in Deptford Township. State Police say Sean Cullen was responding to an accident on Interstate 295 when he was struck by another vehicle on the highway. The driver of the vehicle was a 22 year old woman who cooperated with police immediately.…
On Monday night the Ocean City Girls basketball team won their fifth South Jersey Group III Championship in seven tries over the last eleven years. The Lady Red Raiders defeated Toms River East 37-29. Senior guard Olivia Briggs led her team with 12 points and clutch free-throws in the fourth quarter. The Atlantic City Boys…
The Eagles are trying to wash the taste of Chip Kelly out of their mouths. The Eagles have traded two Chip Kelly acquisitions, cornerback Byron Maxwell and linebacker Kiko Alonso, to the Miami Dolphins for draft picks. The deal is contingent on the two players passing their physicals in Miami. And the Eagles are also…
An Ocean City man and 11 others have been charged by the state for participating in a drug ring that used the internet to make mail-order sales of cocaine and other designer drugs. 28 year old Benjamin DiPilla was charged with second-degree distribution and conspiracy charges for his role in the ring which was headed…