The Vice Mayor of Millville announced that he’s running for a seat on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders. Jim Quinn announced that he will run on a ticket that includes current Freeholder Joseph Derella. Quinn has served on the Millville City Commission since 1997 and served as mayor for 12 years.
Local tourism officials did it again. The Cape May County Department Of Tourism received the 2015 New Jersey Tourism Excellence Award for Public Relations. The department is headed by Diane Wieland who has been recognized at her job and for her department’s success many times over the years. The award was given at the NJTIA…
The Philadelphia Soul will be coming down the shore for a game this year. The Soul have announced the inaugural “Boardwalk Bowl,” between the Philadelphia Soul battle the League’s newest franchise, the Las Vegas Outlaws. The inaugural DraftKings Boardwalk Bowl is expected to attract more than 10,000 fans to Boardwalk Hall on May 30. Billed…
Beginning Friday, the exits for Garden State Parkway traffic onto Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway will no longer be accessible from the rest area. Motorists should instead follow the signs to the new Garden State Parkway interchange 41 ramps onto Jimmie Leeds Road. Motorists who mistakenly enter the rest area and miss the new exits…
New Jersey’s pension system isn’t just bad, its the worst in the entire country among the states. The National Association of State Retirement Administrators released a new study showing the Garden State had the most underfunded pension among states. New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the only two states with payments under 50 percent of what…
A big annual event is returning to the Wildwoods this weekend. Coastal Broadcasting’s Erin Express will take place on Saturday night, with trolleys running from 6:30 pm to midnight. The list of bars includes Westy’s Irish Pub, Owens Pub, Flip Flopz, Anglesea Pub, Island Bowl, Dogtooth Bar & Grill, Goodnight Irene’s, Mulligans Sports Bar &…
Nearly 142,000 homeowners whose properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy will have their claims reopened by The Federal Emergency Management Agency. U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) met with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on Wednesday behind closed doors and later said the agency will review the flood insurance claims with homeowners who ask…
The South Jersey Group 2 Champion Lower Cape May girls basketball team will get a police escort from the high school to the Garden State Parkway on Thursday, on their way to a semi-final game at Williamstown High School vs Manasquan. Gary Playford, Lower Regional School Board Vice President, said the team bus will leave…
A local disabled man who used a wheelchair to maneuver throughout Rio Grande was struck by a car attempting to cross Route 47. The accident occurred at about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday night in the northbound lanes of Route 47 in front of the Family Dollar store. Middle Township Police said the man was flown by…
A Brooklyn, NY, man was indicted last week for a bank robbery in Egg Harbor Township last December. On March 4, an Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted Dalip S. Kozi, 47, of the 600 block of East 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY, for three criminal counts in connection with the December 2014 robbery of the Wells…