Your local police department may soon be equipped with body cameras, thanks to funding provided this week by the Christie administration. Christie has pledged $4 million to police departments throughout the state to get geared up with the state of the art body cameras. 1,000 state troopers will get the body cameras, along with cops…
Feel the need to visit Walmart at 2am? Starting next week, seven Walmarts throughout New Jersey will no longer be open 24 hours a day. Seven Walmarts, including the store in Vineland, will close from Midnight until 6:00am daily in a cost cutting move. Some workers impacted by the reduced Walmart hours may still work…
A panel discussion was held on Monday night about the potential of expanding gaming into North Jersey. Assemblyman Chris Brown held the meeting at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center with a number of experts to talk about the negative impacts it would have in Atlantic City and South Jersey as a whole. Most of…
Two people were arrested for drug possession in Somers Point. On July 22, The Somers Point Police Department along with the Atlantic County Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at The Somers Point Apartments located on Mays Landing Road. Police arrested Demont Selby, 43 years old, Somers Point and charged him with possession of…
Some good news when it comes to home-building. Around 4800 permits were issued in June, roughly 80 percent of those for multifamily projects. It was the most permits in June for the state in nearly 30 years. Overall residential construction is up about 20 percent this year compared to last year as well.
A $25,000 settlement has been reached with a used car dealer in Cumberland County. The state’s Division of Community Affairs filed the initial complaint against AutoSource Group LLC or AutoSourze earlier this year. The complaint said the dealer had broken the Lemon Law by not disclosing the full history of vehicles they were selling. The…
A new report by NJ.com says the structural deficit in the state is no different than when Gov. Chris Christie took office. The report obtained numbers from the Office of Legislative Services. The cost to fully fund schools, pensions, transportation projects and more would be over $10 billion according to the numbers released in the…
A nuclear deal with Iran has many Republicans looking across the aisle for some help. Gov. Chris Christie was on Fox News on Monday night and said that Democrats needs to oppose the deal struck by President Barack Obama. Republicans believe the deal leaves open the chance that Iran will still be able to get…
Some parts of New Jersey are expected to record another heatwave this week. Forecasters are calling for temperatures in the 90’s inland for much of this week. It may top out in the high 80’s at the shore, but the farther inland you get the warmer it will be. The National Weather Service says Vineland…
First-Class equine transportation provider H.E. “Tex” Sutton Forwarding Company, LLC., has selected the Atlantic City International Airport to deliver Triple Crown Winner American Pharaoh in time for the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The horse will race at the Haskell Invitational this weekend. The horse was the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.