Lower Township hired three new police officers. Shawn Lafferty Jr., Jordan Saini, and Anthony Micciche all took their oath of office on Wednesday at the regularly scheduled council meeting. Council has said it is a goal of their to increase the police force and get more officers on the streets. All three recently graduated the…
The biggest business in Wildwood and the city government don’t see eye to eye on future EDM, or electronic dance music concerts in the city. The city signed a three year deal with the group that put on the Beachglow concert last year over the Fourth of July weekend. The concerts will remain on that…
New unemployment numbers are in and numbers dropped again in New Jersey. The jobless rate in the state was at 6.2 percent in Dec., which is down .2 percent from Nov. A review of unemployment from the end of 2013 to the end of 2014 shows the private sector grew by nearly 30,000 jobs. It…
Gov. Chris Christie’s popularity would not win him a presidential race against Hillary Clinton. A new Quinnipiac University Poll says that the governor would lose 52 to 39 percent based on the current thought process of state voters. Both Clinton and Christie have been talked about for a 2016 presidential run, but neither has said at…
The state’s university has hit its goal in its latest fundraising efforts. Rutgers University announced it has hit $1 billion. The school has upped its fundraising efforts to continue to compete academically with the best universities in the country. A large chunk of the money will go to students and learning, along with upgrading campus…
The Governor’s Office keeps records of gifts sent to the office. Gov. Chris Christie has received over 70 books on dieting and weight loss. The Star-Ledger had the report over the cataloged gifts. None of the gifts are described to why they were given, only what the gifts were. In total, Christie has received over…
More than 1,000 people were without a home after a fire in Edgewater. The North Jersey town had a massive fire at their Avalon apartment complex that put the large group of people out on their own. The Red Cross responded to provide temporary facilities for the families. Multiple fire departments responded Wednesday night to the…
Civil rights activists assembled outside the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday to request that the New Jersey Attorney General investigate the fatal shooting of Jerame Reid. The 36-year-old Upper Deerfield man was shot and killed by Bridgeton police officers after a traffic stop on Dec. 30th. Bridgeton police released dash cam footage on Tuesday…
The Wall Street Journal reports that Gov. Chris Christie will appoint an emergency manager to take over the daily operations of Atlantic City. The formal announcement will be made at Thursday’s third economic summit in the city, based on a recommendation from an advisory commission formed by the governor. Christie is expected to name Kevin Lavin,…
A 22 year old Vineland man was killed during a motor vehicle accident on Route 55 last weekend. New Jersey State Police confirm the victim of the accident was Roberto Perez. He lost control of his vehicle while driving in the northbound lanes of the roadway shortly after 8am last Sunday. The accident occurred during…