A meeting took place on Tuesday to talk about the potential for a new rail tunnel to connect New Jersey and New York. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker met with Gov. Chris Christie. It is unclear where funding would come from, but Senate President Steve Sweeney believes the federal government should pick up…
The Avalon Police Department has arrested an Atlantic County man in relation to a reported theft from an Avalon residence. In July 2015, the victim contacted police to report the theft of jewelry, valued in excess of $10,000. During the time the jewelry went missing, the victim stated plumbing repairs were being conducted which led…
The Wildwood FMBA Local # 50 is hosting a 3 hour “Smoke Recognition” class on Wednesday September 16, at the Wildwood Convention Center from 7:00-10:00 p.m. The class is being taught by Safety and Survival LLC. The class coincides with the NJ State Firefighters Assoc. Convention being held that week.
New polling numbers suggest Gov. Chris Christie’s chances of being on the main stage for the next GOP are diminishing. CNN will host the next debate and new polls have Christie in 11th place, which would take him off the main stage. The good news for Christie is that the polls CNN use go from…
This year’s MidAtlantic fishing tournament began on Monday with 139 boats in competition. The five-day event features a tournament record purse of $2.81 million. The field of anglers fishes out of Cape May, New Jersey and Ocean City, Maryland. Sixty boats went out on Tuesday, while 127 boats fished on Monday. Ryan Carroll, of Dallas,…
The Wildwood Leader reports that there has been a rebirth of youth football in Wildwood. In recent weeks nearly 85 football players, from grades one through eight, have been practicing at Maxwell Field in Wildwood without pads, as they prepare for a comeback season. Wildwood has not fielded a football team at the pre-high school…
On Tuesday, the fourth tropical depression to form in the Atlantic Ocean this season, developed into Tropical Storm Danny, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 50 miles per hour as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center forecast says that Danny could become the season’s first hurricane before the weekend. The storm is still…
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez will not be voting for the nuclear deal with Iran. Menendez made it official on Tuesday saying Iran isn’t giving up as much as it is getting in the deal. The senator had been saying for weeks he wasn’t thrilled with what he had heard but was waiting to make an…
Gov. Chris Christie has fallen to 11th place in a new CNN/ORC International Poll. Donald Trump is still the clear front runner in the poll with 24 percent of the vote. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is in second with 13 percent. The Christie camp is downplaying the numbers saying it is too early to…
Gov. Chris Christie doesn’t think Mexico is going to pay for a wall to keep Mexicans out of the United States. The New Jersey governor was critical of a plan presented by GOP front runner Donald Trump. Christie has visited with the leadership in Mexico while governor here in New Jersey. Christie said he is…