Mike Voll is out and Jim Ridgeway is in. Lower Township Council voted by a 3-2 margin in favor of making Ridgeway the full-time manager. Ridgeway had been serving in that role on a temporary bases over the past two weeks. Mayor Mike Beck dissented, saying he wanted to see a process that involved taking…
Gov. Chris Christie is taking more power in Atlantic City. The resort now has an emergency management team to develop a plan for the city. Kevin Lavin and Kevyn Orr will be the two major players on the team. Lavin has a history of helping troubled companies revive themselves. Orr helped lead Detroit through the biggest municipal bankruptcy…
A photo has been released of a lewdness suspect in Hamilton Township. The female victim reported that the suspect exposed his genitals to her in the parking lot of the Wawa on Jan. 4. The investigation recently resulted in the recovery of surveillance footage which shows the suspect and his vehicle. A photo of the male suspect…
Lower Township hired three new police officers. Shawn Lafferty Jr., Jordan Saini, and Anthony Micciche all took their oath of office on Wednesday at the regularly scheduled council meeting. Council has said it is a goal of their to increase the police force and get more officers on the streets. All three recently graduated the…
The biggest business in Wildwood and the city government don’t see eye to eye on future EDM, or electronic dance music concerts in the city. The city signed a three year deal with the group that put on the Beachglow concert last year over the Fourth of July weekend. The concerts will remain on that…
New unemployment numbers are in and numbers dropped again in New Jersey. The jobless rate in the state was at 6.2 percent in Dec., which is down .2 percent from Nov. A review of unemployment from the end of 2013 to the end of 2014 shows the private sector grew by nearly 30,000 jobs. It…
Gov. Chris Christie’s popularity would not win him a presidential race against Hillary Clinton. A new Quinnipiac University Poll says that the governor would lose 52 to 39 percent based on the current thought process of state voters. Both Clinton and Christie have been talked about for a 2016 presidential run, but neither has said at…
The state’s university has hit its goal in its latest fundraising efforts. Rutgers University announced it has hit $1 billion. The school has upped its fundraising efforts to continue to compete academically with the best universities in the country. A large chunk of the money will go to students and learning, along with upgrading campus…
The Governor’s Office keeps records of gifts sent to the office. Gov. Chris Christie has received over 70 books on dieting and weight loss. The Star-Ledger had the report over the cataloged gifts. None of the gifts are described to why they were given, only what the gifts were. In total, Christie has received over…
More than 1,000 people were without a home after a fire in Edgewater. The North Jersey town had a massive fire at their Avalon apartment complex that put the large group of people out on their own. The Red Cross responded to provide temporary facilities for the families. Multiple fire departments responded Wednesday night to the…