Senate Community and Urban Affairs Chairman Jeff Van Drew announced that he will hold a hearing to take testimony from residents and business officials of the Cumberland and Cape May county Delaware bayshore area about urgent economic and environmental issues they are facing – including post-Sandy matters – in order to develop an action plan…
Could Atlantic City be the next United States municipality to file for bankruptcy? Senate President Steve Sweeney thinks that is the next move for Gov. Chris Christie. Sweeney spoke on Thursday regarding Christie hiring two bankruptcy specialist to assist the city with its financial issues. Moody’s downgraded the credit rating for Atlantic City off the…
Discussion is expected to continue on a possible dog park in Wildwood Crest. Some residents have put a petition in front the borough to look at the issue. The big question is where it would go in Wildwood Crest. Commission is expected to take public comment and continue discussion on Feb. 4 from 9:30 a.m.
An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with Mykal Derry, a leader of the “Dirty Block” criminal street gang. Aree Toulson, a/k/a “Beyah,” a/k/a “Beyeazz,” 26, previously pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute and…
No one took home the grand prize in the Powerball Lottery on Wednesday night. Lottery officials say the roll over for the Saturday drawing is up to $289 million. If you win and take the cash option, you would take home $198.4 million. This jackpot is the biggest one since Feb. 19, 2014 when the…
One of the leading credit agencies signed off on the way Cape May County has been doing business. Moody’s reaffirmed the county’s Aa1 bond rating, suggesting the county remains in good financial health and continues to allow them to borrow at better costs than if they downgraded their rating. The better the rating the less…
On Wednesday police in Atlantic City police arrested two men and seized nearly 700 bags of heroin and $2,690 in cash. The drug bust occurred after an investigation led authorities to search one home and two cars on the first block of North Pennsylvania Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. The two Atlantic City men arrested were Jalil…
On Wednesday night Wildwood Catholic boys basketball coach Dave DeWees reached a milestone in his career with a 61-53 win against visiting Mainland. It was the 200th victory for Coach DeWeese, who now becomes the fourth Crusader head coach to reach that plateau. DeWeese’s record over 13 seasons is 200-139, and includes three straight Cape-Atlantic United…
There might not be an EDM concert on July 4 weekend in Wildwood this year after all. At the regularly scheduled commissioners meeting in Wildwood, the public was invited to discuss the “BeachGlow” concert. Many of members of business community said they wouldn’t mind the concert as much if it wasn’t July 4 weekend and…
Over 60 business and public officials met in Cape May to discuss one of the upcoming tourism areas. Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi hosted the eco/agri tourism conference at the Cape May Convention Center on Wednesday. There has been a huge growth in wineries, craft breweries, farm to table, and eco tourism to the area that has…