The Phillies announced today that the club has elected not to extend the contract of Senior Vice President & General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. The team has named Assistant General Manager Scott Proefrock as Interim General Manager, effective immediately. Amaro, 50, was named to his current position in November 2008, after serving as assistant GM…
A new report cited pilot error for a crash that killed a well-known businessman and others. The National Transportation Safety Board said that a flight that contained Lewis Katz crashed in part because the pilots failed to perform routine preflight checks and there was an issue with the gust lock system before take off and…
Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Vineland. Police there say that Robert Fauver III of South Second St. in Millville was arrested and charged with death by auto. 69-year-old Richard Seigh was killed in the Aug. 28 incident.
Gov. Chris Christie continues to fall behind the rest on the GOP polls. The governor is tied for 10th in a new CNN poll looking nationwide. Donald Trump is well ahead in first with 32 percent. Both Christie and Gov. John Kasich had two percent in 10th place.
A Labor Day weekend motorcycle crash sent one to the hospital. Middle Township Police responded to Route 47 in the Green Creek section of the township on Sunday around 3:47 a.m. It was determined the driver of the motorcycle, Mark Pisa, 46 years of age from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, was traveling northbound on State Highway 47…
A burglary suspect is on the loose. Lower Township Police there are seeking help in finding a man who broke into a home on the 600 block of Seagrove Ave. The homeowner of that residence received notification that her surveillance camera’s motion sensors had been tripped. She was able to view the camera feed from…
Gov. Chris Christie is going to continue his legal case to make sports betting legal in New Jersey. The state has asked for a rehearing with the Third Circuit in which all of the justices would hear the case and not just a three judge panel. The panel went 2-1 against New Jersey. An attorney…
The state’s highest court ruled that Gov. Chris Christie was allowed to not make a full pension payment in order to balance the budget. A total of 16 public unions will now ask the country’s highest court to overturn that ruling. The NJEA among others, have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the pension…
Middle Township Mayor Tim Donohue announced that Middle Township is continuing the Biennial Dog Census that started in 2014. All dogs over six months of age must be licensed by January 31st of each year. A rabies vaccination that is current until November 1st of the licensing year is required to receive a license. A…
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced a $21,517,020 federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant to retain 85 Atlantic City firefighters who were slated for layoff in the aftermath of the closings of four casinos last year. The SAFER program is administered by the Department of…