A company based in Cumberland County plans a $14 million expansion and will add several dozen new jobs to our region. Allied Speciality Foods’s expansion has been announced by the Cumberland County Improvement Authority. Allied’s new facility will become the headquarters and total operations plants for the company. It produces meat products that are used…
Yep, I’m interested. Those words coming from Steve Wynn, who says he’s interested in a casino in northern New Jersey if casinos in that part of the state receive legislative and voter approval. Wynn’s representatives say his company has interest in a casino but only if state regulators can agree on how many casinos can…
A new bill in Trenton would create a new class of police officers who are retired, armed, and able to work in your local school. The new Senate bill creates a Class Three police category that allows retired cops to provide security in local schools. The bill was drafted in the wake of the attack…
Powerball fever is driving up the jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing. Lottery officials confirm the new jackpot is $800 million. The initial estimates put it at $675 million. It will be the biggest jackpot in United States history when someone wins it. Powerball tickets are $2 a piece.
Richard Palombo is once again the mayor of Upper Township. The Township Committee held its official reorganization meeting on Wednesday and named Palombo mayor, and Committeeman Ed Barr as Deputy Mayor. They both won re-election in November and ran unopposed in the election.
An emergency bill that would restore the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s ability to regulate beach access was approved by the Senate Environment Committee on Monday. The bill would officially give the agency the legislative authority to require public access to New Jersey’s beaches. Many spoke in favor of the bill during testimony in…
Middle Township Police have charged a 62 year old Villas man with a hit and run accident on New Year’s Eve in the Township. Garry Pyryt was charged with being the driver of the vehicle that struck 38 year old James Johnson of Whitesboro who suffered a fractured ankle in the accident. The accident occurred…
A very large turnout is expected on Saturday in Cape May for the funeral of 90 year old Rev. Robert Davis. Officials have moved Davis’ services to the Cape May Convention Hall to handle the large crowd. Davis passed away the day after Christmas. He was both pastor and choir director for the Macedonia Baptist…
State lawmakers discussed the controversial proposal of allowing casinos in northern New Jersey. Assembly and Senate committees held separate hearings in Trenton on the proposal. Atlantic County Assemblyman Chris Brown says any conversation about North Jersey casinos helping Atlantic City is just “deceiving”.
A 21 year old Vineland man was shot once in the leg in Pleasantville. Police say it happened Wednesday night during an attempted robbery along West Greenfield Avenue. Ricardo Ferrera was taken to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury. The suspect is still on the loose.