The people of New Jersey are getting behind Gov. Chris Christie a little bit more than before. A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll says that Christie has a 46 percent approval rating compared to 40 percent disapproval. Back in March, more people disapproved than approved of Christie, in the immediate fallout of the Bridgegate…
The acting Attorney General John Hoffman was called to look into the Ray Rice case. Senate President Steve Sweeney made the pitch this week, asking for a further investigation. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office signed off a pre-trial intervention program for Rice, as a first time offender. Video surfaced this week of Rice knocking his…
Winners in the Jersey Cash 5 will soon win more money than before. The trade off being it will be harder to win. Lottery officials announced that the changes will go into effect next week with the hope of getting more people interested in buying tickets because of the bigger jackpots. The Mega Millions made…
The Cape May County Regular Republican Organization is helping to take a stand against casinos in North Jersey. The organization announced that Cape GOP will distribute free bumper stickers to everyone who “Likes” the posting of the bumper sticker on the CapeGOP Facebook page. Chairman Michael Donohue shared his unhappiness with comments made by Sen. Jim…
Friends and family said goodbye to a girl who was lost too soon. Aisling Cooke’s funeral was held on Monday. She was the incoming freshman to Mainland High School who passed away from a motor vehicle accident. A GoFundMe site has been set up to help the family and can be found at gofundme.com/e0qkj0. The service was…
It will be a chance to remember the victims and heroes of 9/11 on Thursday. As many local communities will do, the Cape May County Freeholder Board will honor those who lost their lives back in 2001. The Patriot Day Ceremony takes place at 5 p.m. out front of the county administration building, at 4…
New polling data says Gov. Chris Christie is getting closer to Hillary Clinton in a potential presidential run. Christie trails Clinton 45 to 42 percent in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind poll. The numbers come in just under the polls 3.7 percent margin of error. The poll looked at Sept. 1 to Sept. 7.
It may soon be decriminalized to smoke marijuana in Philadelphia. Legislation is on Mayor Michael Nutter’s desk that would make it a $25 fine if your caught with under an ounce and $100 fine for smoking in public, but there would be no criminal record in either case. They believe the new regulations will save…
Gov. Chris Christie won’t be voting for U.S. Senator Cory Booker this November. Christie said during a stop on Tuesday that while he is friends with Booker, he would be voting for his opponent Jeff Bell this November. Bell is a Republican, like Christie, and has gained the governor’s support. Christie also fought off comments…
Final preparations are being made by Monmouth Park to offer sports betting this fall. Gov. Chris Christie offered a directive to allow casinos and horse tracks to allow sports betting. While the track didn’t offer a date, they said the date is coming in the near future that the track will begin taking sports bets.…