It came out that the state doesn’t have a plan B if it has to pay $1.6 billion into the pension plan this fiscal year. A judge had ruled that the state had to make the payment under a previous deal. State treasurer Andrew Eristoff told the Assembly Budget Committee on Monday that the state…
Here is a story you don’t hear everyday. New Jersey was colder than the northern tip of Antarctica last week. Temperature readings show that its was in the 60’s last week in Antarctica, while it was in the 40’s in New Jersey. The National Weather Service called it a very occurrence.
A new poll looking at three potential battleground states shows voters do not support Gov. Chris Christie. The Quinnipiac University Poll says that voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida all view Christie more negatively than positively. This falls in line with other polls where voters do view Christie favorably.
Key budget officials spoke in front of the Senate budget committee on Tuesday and lawmakers were told new industry has to help grow revenues. David Rosen, with the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services says that areas like telecommunications and pharmaceuticals aren’t what they used to be and the state hasn’t replaced them with new sources…
The number of Atlantic City High School students now charged in connection with a brawl at the school on March 19th has risen to 25. At Monday night’s school board meeting it was revealed that six students were charged with assault and 19 with disorderly persons offenses. Some of those students charged claimed they were attempting…
A high pressured gas line was struck by construction crews in Cape May Monday morning, and that led to the evacuation of dozens of residents in the neighborhood. Officials say the incident occurred Monday shortly before 9am at Hughes Street and Ocean Avenue. It was one of two gas line incidents in the Victorian resort…
A 40 year old Wildwood man has been arrested and charged with a fire at the Family Dollar store in the North Wildwood last April. Ernest Grey was arrested last week and charged with setting a fire inside the discount store so he could steal an undetermined amount of money. Grey has been charged with…
Cape May’s City Council will hold a special meeting this week to fill the council seat that used to belong to Jerry Inderweis Jr. Cape May officials say the meeting will be held at 1pm at City Hall and each member of Council has been asked to come up with a candidate who could fill…
A33 year old Millville man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a nine week old baby girl. Police in the city say the killing occurred Friday morning. Manuel Mikes is the step father of the victim of the murder; the infant’s death has been ruled a homicide by the New Jersey Medical…
The Associated Press believes that a doctor with close ties to United States Senator Robert Menendez will be charged soon by the Justice Department. The AP reports that Dr. Salomon Melgen benefitted by actions taken by Senator Menendez. It’s possible the Senator himself will be charged later this week. Menendez has denied any wrongdoing.