The Wildwood City Commission meets on Friday and is expected to consider a new property tax program that could help with redevelopment. The new proposal would require the city to offer discounts on property taxes applied to renovations of properties for the first five years, along with other perks. City leaders are hopeful this will…
A major honor for New Jersey Congressman Frank LoBiondo this week. LoBiondo was named the chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee. LoBiondo’s congressional district includes major assets including the FAA Technical Center and the Atlantic City International Airport. LoBiondo keeps his posts on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.
New Jersey’s democratic Senators are critical of a new federal plan that could result in offshore drilling in the Atlantic ocean. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez joined other lawmakers in New Jersey this week to blast the plan proposed by the United States Interior Department. Booker says just one oil spill would cause big damage…
A plan to install a new management team in Atlantic City is not sitting well with Moody’s Investors Services. The financial rating company said this week that a plan by Governor Chris Christie to provide oversight of Atlantic City will hurt the city’s credit rating and possibly impact all of the financially troubled cities in…
The city of Millville is trying to get an 81 acre property out of the state’s Green Acres program. One problem: Environmentalists oppose the idea. Petitions are being handed to Millville officials which oppose removing the land from the protection program for another use. Supporters of the deal say the property should not have been…
An effort to looking at ways to grow the economic in South Jersey will meet again on Friday. Senator Jeff Van Drew said that a meeting is set for Friday for the 1st District Economic Development Council. The group met once before and will meet in future months as ideas are generated to help jobs…
The Seminole Indians in Florida are thinking about Atlantic City again. The tribe has been on again, off again thinking about entering the gaming market in the state. The tribe owns the Hard Rock brand and is waiting to hear from the Casino Control Commission on Thursday about whether the company can get preliminary approval…
South Jersey bus transportation is operational again. New Jersey Transit announced that buses are operating on a regular weekday schedule. For anyone looking to travel on the Atlantic City rail line, they are operating today on a weekend schedule. Buses and trains were shut down overnight as a result of the travel ban.
A nomination to the Pinelands Commission that could have swung a key vote did not get voted on in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Robert Barr is an aide to Senator Jeff Van Drew, who supports a pipeline project to the B.L. England power plant in Upper Township. The Pinelands Commission voted last year 7-7 on…
Assembly approved legislation Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak sponsored to ensure veterans have the same access to unemployment benefits online as everyone else was advanced Monday by a Senate panel. The bill was approved 76-0 by the Assembly in December and released Monday by the Senate Labor Committee. Currently, claimants who served in the military, worked in…