The family of Tracy Hottenstein are going to try and prove in court she may have been alive when first responders found her on Polar Plunge weekend in Sea Isle City in 2009. The family says she wasn’t properly examined and was pronounced dead. Hottenstein’s body was found hours after she had been spending the…
Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey is getting lifetime benefits after working four months as the Hudson County attorney. The position wasn’t advertised and upset many in the county. McGreevey helped develop a countywide prisoner re-entry center.
There are less uninsured people in New Jersey since Obamacare began. New census data shows that the percentage is down to 10.9 percent and is better than the national average of 11.7 percent. Roughly 195,000 people acquired health insurance in 2014 who didn’t have it before in the state.
The City of Cape May has decided not to sponsor the telecast of Pope Francis’ public Mass from Philadelphia, due to the threat of a lawsuit. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a legal and educational group based in Washington D.C., claimed the city’s sponsorship and free use of Cape May Convention Hall was…
By next spring the 40-foot wooden poles that deliver electricity to Seven Mile Island along 95th Street, will be replaced by 70-foot steel poles. Atlantic City Electric says they need to upgrade the electrical transmission lines to Stone Harbor and Avalon to avoid overloads next summer. The Press of Atlantic City reports that nearly 100…
A significant heroin seizure was made by the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office. John Joseph McCall, was arrested in possession of 422 bags of heroin. He was charged with possession, distribution, manufacturing, and dispensing of a controlled dangerous substance. Bail was set at $60,000. McCall was also arrested on a violation of a probation warrant…
Former Philadelphia Flyers left wing Simon Gagne announced his retirement as a player on Tuesday after a 14-year National Hockey League career where he recorded 601 points in 882 NHL games, including 11 seasons with the Flyers. Gagne, 35 (2/29/80), scored 264 goals and 271 assists for 535 points and 284 penalty minutes in 691…
The North Wildwood Police Department, in conjunction with the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division, will be hosting Operation Take Back New Jersey on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Officers will be stationed in the lobby of the North Wildwood Police Department…
An early Tuesday morning accident killed one in Galloway Township. A 2002 Ford pick-up driven by Calvin Gadd 3rd, of Greenbank NJ was traveling west on Clarks Landing Rd. The truck collided with the rear of a 1998 Chevy sedan driven by KD Cyr of Egg Harbor City, NJ as it traveled west. The Chevy…
Multiple reports say that a Philadelphia based developer may be making a play for the former Showboat Casino. Bart Blatstein is the new owner of the Playground, which was the former Pier Shops at Caesars. Blatstein is apparently close to buying the former Showboat property from Stockton University, who hasn’t been able to open it.…