Millville Police are continuing to investigate a murder that took place Tuesday night in the city. Police say a shooting incident took place in the 700 block of Buck Street. Cops say around 7pm on Tuesday, one person was killed with multiple gunshots, while a second male victim was shot and airlifted to Cooper Hospital…
A one year old girl was struck by a car in her own driveway, and the car was driven by her mother. Egg Harbor Township Police say the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a home on Flatbush Avenue. A car driven by 23 year old Christina Rodriguez was backing out of the driveway when it…
The New Jersey Education Association says it will do all it can to block the Christie administration from not putting nearly $2.5 billion into the state’s pension system. The large union says Christie’s announcement on Tuesday is reckless and illegal, and it will try to stop Christie from preventing the payment. The Association says Christie…
The chairman of the Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority has resigned. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Nels Johnson has submitted his resignation. Johnson has been against a recent plan to dissolve the utility which has been beleaguered with personnel problems and issues. Earlier, the executive director of the authority was suspended without pay…
Wildwood Crest Police have arrested a local man on charges that he allegedly assaulted a woman and took a three month old child he had with the woman. Police say Richard Rutherford III of West Cape May was arrested and charged with simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Police responded to a…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced today that he’s skipping about $1 billion in payments to the state’s pension system in order to help plug a big hole in the state’s budget. Christie held a news conference Tuesday afternoon and announced that he will greatly reduce the next two pension payments that are due in…
State Senator Jeff Van Drew has proposed two bills in Trenton that would give Cape May County a greater voice regarding issues involving the Garden State Parkway. One bill would require that at least one commissioner on the New Jersey Turnpike Authority be from Cape May County. The second would require at least two meetings…
An elderly South Jersey man has been accused of making a bogue $75,000 insurance claim related to Hurricane Sandy. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that 79-year old Dominic Rita of Burlington County made up a large claim involving a summer residence he owns in Ocean City. Taylor’s office investigated the claim and found…
A ban on smoking at all local beaches is moving closer to reality. A Senate committee voted this week to ban smoking at all parks and beaches in the Garden State. A new provision of the bill would allow local towns to open up 20 percent of their beachfronts to smokers if they choose to…
Another member of the Chris Christie team testified today that he had nothing to do with closing traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. Christie campaign staffer Matt Mowers testified before a legislative committee investigating the lane closures that he had no knowledge of the plan until after it was executed. Mowers…
