While Gov. Chris Christie is doing better in New Hampshire, his numbers nationally continue to be low. A new Monmouth University poll puts Christie at 2 percent nationally, trailing Donald Trump significantly who is in first place at 41 percent. Ted Cruz (14 percent and Marco Rubio (10 percent) were the only other candidates to…
On Saturday in Lower Township two pedestrians were injured in a hit-and-run by a fugitive wanted in two states. Police reported that 45 year-old Michael Morelli of Wildwood Crest struck a woman with his car while driving on Bayshore Road near Pontaxit Avenue in North Cape May, and then struck a man a few yards away.…
North Wildwood’s City Council will meet on Tuesday and will acknowledge the resignations of two city employees. Harry Woznuk is resigning from the Department of Public Works, and Peter Waskiewicz is resigning from the Fire Department. Council will also consider a capital bond ordinance at the meeting. Council will be holding a special meeting on…
Stone Harbor will hold its first meeting Tuesday afternoon since the passing of Councilman Al Carusi. Services for Carusi were held on Saturday in the Borough. Council is expected to consider a dune maintenance ordinance and will discuss the Atlantic City Electric pole replacement project in closed session.
Middle Township will be conducting a tax sale on Wednesday. The Township will hold the sale in the municipal courtroom at 9:00am in order to eventually collect back taxes owed by various property owners. Hundreds of properties appear on the tax sale list.
The answer is still “no” to an Atlantic City strip club that wants to hand out brochures on the Atlantic City Expressway. A federal court has ruled that Bare Exposures cannot distribute its brochures from service plazas on New Jersey’s toll roads. The court ruled there was no direct involvement by the State over the…
Avalon officials held a press conference right before the weekend to discuss a second major back bay dredging project. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a thin-layer disposal project on state marshes located west of Avalon near 61st Street. This project will dredge 50,000 cubic yards of material; Avalon is conducting another…
Cape Assist will not be opening a second location in Wildwood. The non-profit group that provides drug treatment sessions to locals has been denied funding through a grant program which means the second location will not happen. The proposal drew the ire of some elected officials in the city.
A new police contract has been approved in Sea Isle City. The new agreement lasts for three years and will run through the beginning of 2018. The city says it will save about $300,000 per employee over the life of the contract, which stays within the two percent cap mandated by the State.
A back bay dredging project in Stone Harbor has once again resumed. The project was halted last week after one geotube used for dewatering dredge materials broke and leaked water and some spoils. Changes were made by the contractor regarding the dewatering and containment area located in a Stone Harbor parking lot across the border…