Lower Township’s Council meets Monday night and is expected to hear a presentation by Cape May County Emergency Management Director Martin Pagliughi regarding a public safety building. Pagliughi will make a presentation to Council that would result in the rehabilitation of an existing building to benefit both the Township, and the County’s OEM operations. The…
Stone Harbor’s Council meets Tuesday afternoon and may authorize a multi-million dollar contract to a company to perform back bay dredging in the community. The contract has drawn the attention of some residents who live along 80th Street in Avalon since the project calls for the dewatering of dredge materials in a parking lot Stone…
Tuesday, at 4:00pm. That’s when a scheduled, 20-minute power outage will affect areas of Avalon north of 61st Street. Atlantic City Electric was going to cut the power last week but postponed the outage due to weather concerns. The outage is needed to power down an old substation that is being replaced with a brand…
The owners of a popular Ocean City pizza restaurant chain will be sentenced for their crimes on December 9th. Charles and Mary Bangle were supposed to be sentenced this Thursday after they admitted to skimming money from the business in order to avoid paying taxes. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the new sentencing…
Upper Township’s republican club will welcome candidates from its own party to a candidate’s night on October 7th. The Upper Township Republican Organization will hold the candidates night this Wednesday at 7:30pm at the Upper Township Senior Center. Among those scheduled to appear are two assembly candidates, Sam Fiocchi and Jim Sauro.
Someone who bought a lottery ticket at Todd’s News Agency in Vineland is a lot better off today. The store located on South Delsea Drive in Vineland sold a New Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket worth over $289,000. It was the only ticket in the entire state that matched all five of the winning…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered flags in New Jersey to be flown at half staff again. Christie wants flags lowered to remember the nine victims who’s lives were taken last week by a gunman in Oregon. Christie also recently ordered flags to be flown at half staff in honor of former Yankees legend…
The second phase of the New Jersey Avenue Resurfacing Improvement project from Youngs Avenue to 26th Avenue in the City of Wildwood is slated to restart on or about October 5, 2015. This second phase involves the reconstruction of the New Jersey Avenue roadbed from Wildwood Avenue to 26th Avenue and is expected to be…
The first major call for $15 minimum wage per hour has taken place. The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved a resolution to ask the state to increase the minimum wage. The current minimum wage in the state is $8.38 per hour. Nationwide there has been a discussion over a $15 minimum wage but…
The Press of Atlantic City reports that a woman was shot on a boat Saturday night near Lund’s Fishery in Cape May. N.J. State Police and Lower Township Police are investigating the shooting that occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. Police found 38 year-old Doris Howell of Whitesboro with a shotgun wound to her lower…