Saturday’s rain has washed out the Saturday Night Concert Series in Wildwood Crest this evening. The concert featuring “Don’t Call Me Francis” scheduled for this evening in Centennial Park in the Crest has been postponed due to the rain. The band will make up the performance later this summer on a Monday evening.
The main bridge between Sea Isle City and Avalon is open. Cape May County officials said the bridge opened on Friday by 6:50 p.m. The project was riddled with delays as it was supposed to be open by Memorial Day weekend. The bridge is now in use and will provide better flow of traffic among…
Ocean City’s Council did the expected before the weekend and approved an abandoned property ordinance. The ordinance was approved without comment on Thursday night. It allows the city to begin the process to take private properties that have been abandoned in the resort. Ocean City has three gasoline stations that have been belly up for…
Still no power for about 88,000 customers of Atlantic City Electric. The utility announced Friday afternoon that more than a quarter of all of the customers who lost power during a Tuesday night thunderstorm still have no energy. About 280,000 people lost power during the powerful storms on Tuesday night. Most of the customers should…
So long, Ryne Sandberg. The manager of the Philadelphia Phillies called it quits on Friday afternoon, saying he didn’t want to interfere with the new direction the team will be taking with major management changes. Sandberg says he is dissatisfied with the record of the Phillies, who are arguably the worst team in Major League…
A 21-year-old Vineland man was killed early Friday morning when his car struck a tree. Vineland Police reported that Juan Alverio-Rivera was driving west on Landis Avenue at a high rate of speed and crashed into a tree at about 1:40 a.m. Alverio-Rivera, was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger was airlifted to Cooper Medical…
On Thursday the Ocean City Council approved an ordinance to deal with abandoned properties in the city. The ordinance passed unanimously without comment, after months of consideration and revisions. The new ordinance would create an Abandoned Properties list, that would start the process of the city taking over designated properties by eminent domain. The new law…
A package of bills that would address Atlantic City’s fiscal crisis was approved by the Senate on Thursday, sending the governor legislation that would help bring stability and predictability to the city’s finances. Sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Jim Whelan, the five-bill legislative plan would address Atlantic City’s immediate financial crisis and…
Legislation sponsored by Senator Jeff Van Drew and Senator Jim Whelan that would promote economic activity in the state’s shore regions by imposing a limit to the state sales and use tax on non-commercial boats was approved Thursday by the Senate. The bill would provide a maximum limit of $20,000 on the amount of sales or…
A new survey shows that Governor Chris Christie has plenty of work to do in New Hampshire. A new survey of likely republican votes puts Christie in seventh place in a crowded GOP field with only five percent of the vote. Jeb Bush leads the pack at 16 percent, while Donald Trump places second at…