It was a ceremonial swearing in for Erik Simonsen on Monday night. The Lower Township Councilman had been sworn in right after the election, but was able to do it in front of friends and family on Monday night. Simonsen is serving his second stint on council. He said listening and knowing all the facts…
After being cancelled last year, the League of Municipalities conference is back in Atlantic City this week. Roughly 18,000 people will descend upon the city for the conference. Hurricane Sandy forced this and other events to be cancelled, which hurt Atlantic City’s convention business. One of the big focuses this year will be recovery efforts…
Two Atlantic City Police Officers pleaded guilty to official misconduct. Sergeant Richard Halvorson, 42, and Officer Troy Maven, 32, pleaded guilty to accusations of third-degree official misconduct. Halvorson pleaded guilty in connection with possessing and using a controlled dangerous substance while on duty on Feb. 28, 2013. Maven pleaded guilty in connection with offering a…
The third time is a charm. After two were rejected, a third Supreme Court nominee was approved by the full Senate. Gov. Chris Christie’s last two nominees were rejected by the Senate. Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina received unanimous support for the chair. Justice Helen Hoens held the seat previously but she was renominated by Christie because…
Democrat Vince Mazzeo in, republican John Amedeo is out in Atlantic County. Provisional ballots in their razor-close election were counted on Monday and it give Mazzeo a 38 vote margin of victory in a hotly contested race. The vote count will likely be certified by 3pm on Tuesday.
A home on East Carolina Avenue in Lower Township was the victim of a strong storm front that moved across our region early Monday morning. Township Manager Mike Voll told the Press of Atlantic City that a large tree limb caused extensive damage to the house when it fell onto the house in the Villas.…
It was a scene that’s becoming all too familiar in Vineland Monday…a funeral for a child killed in a motor vehicle accident. Hundreds attended funeral services Monday for 14 year old Jermire Lowery who was killed in an accident earlier this month. This accident followed another on October 30th that killed 14 year old Alexa…
It’s a welcome home for the crew of the Coast Guard cutter “Vigorous”, which returned to its home port on Sunday. Family members welcomed the crew home following a 48-day tour of duty. The cutter was on a drug and counter-human trafficking mission in the Carribean Sea.
Soon every police car in New Jersey may be equipped with a camera. An Assembly committee advanced a bill that would require most police cars to have cameras to protect the public against false accusations. The bill was proposed by Assemblyman Paul Moriarty…he was once falsely accused of driving while intoxicated by a crooked cop.
Three New Jersey pharmacists, including one from South Jersey, no longer have licenses because they peddled illegal prescription drugs. The three pharmacists were suspended for passing out oxycodone and other drugs to patients who didn’t need them. The South Jersey pharmacist was identified as 59 year old Lawrence Zaslow of Cherry Hill.