Its already Hurricane season and Cape May County wants to get you ready. The county will be hosting its annual Emergency Preparedness Conference on Tuesday at the Wildwoods Convention Center. Participants at this year’s conference will include Major Patrick Callahan, Commanding Officer, NJ Office of Emergency Management, Cape May County Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton,…
Republicans who once voted for a bill, now won’t touch it. Senate President Steve Sweeney ripped into his Republican counterparts for sticking with the governor and not supporting the Sandy Bill of Rights. The GOP widely supported the measure initially sponsored by Sweeney, but after Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the bill, Republicans say they won’t…
Tuesday’s primary is expected to draw a light voting crowd. The highest seat to vote for is the U.S. Senate, in which Jeff Bell, Brain Goldberg, Richard Pezzullo and Murray Sabrin are all running for the Republican nomination. U.S. Senator Cory Booker will be the Democrat the winner faces. Congressman Frank LoBiondo is running for…
A fatal hit and run suspect was given the most time in jail possible. Ismael Lopez-Bautista, 33, of Bridgeton was given seven years for leaving the scene of a fatal accident. According to court documents, Lopez-Bautista was driving while intoxicated and his vehicle left the roadway, striking Aurelio Paredez. Paredez would die as a result…
As previewed to local veterans at the American Legion in Millville on Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo formally introduced the “Vets Health ID Act” to create a pilot program in South Jersey. The measure would allo veterans to get a card for which they could use it at local hospitals and doctor’s offices. Last week LoBiondo…
An Atlantic City man was arrested for vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal collision in Atlantic City last month that claimed the life of a Galloway man. Ishiah L. Monroe, 22, of the 400 block of North Massachusetts Avenue, Atlantic City was arrested by police. Monroe was charged with vehicular homicide, a 2nd degree crime, for…
Its been a busy couple of weeks for Senate President Steve Sweeney. The highest ranking Democrat in the state started a tour of the state on Thursday promoting the recent minimum wage hike. A ballot question was approved in November raising the minimum wage to $8.25 per hour, with additional hikes in future years tied…
Gov. Chris Christie was acting in his role as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association this week. Christie was campaigning for Gov. Susana Martinez in New Mexico on Thursday and will be at a GOP dinner in Tennessee today. As head of the organization Christie is asked to help with fundraising and campaigning to help specific…
A nursing home operator who also serves the Cumberland County Republican Party as its chairman is firing back against criminal charges lodged against him. Robert Greco was charged by Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor with bilking an elderly patient out of nearly $150,000 at the East Creek Manor Rehabilitation Center. The Middle Township Gazette…
A gaming hall that closed its doors four months ago has been bought by a Florida developer. The former Atlantic Club Casino in Atlantic City has been purchased by TJM Properties in Florida. TJM also purchased the old Claridge Casino Hotel in the gaming resort. A company spokesman says a casino will not be coming…