Officials are meeting today in North Jersey to make extra sure that another blackout doesn’t affect the Super Bowl which will be played on February 2nd at the Meadowlands. The Star Ledger reports that a meeting will be held today to make sure there is ample electric service to the big game. You may remember…
A promotion last night in the ranks of the Avalon Police Department. Avalon promoted Eric Heisman to Patrol Sergeant during a swearing in event last night during the Avalon Borough Council meeting. Heisman has worked for the department for the past six years.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is holding a press conference this afternoon to announce multiple drug arrests in South Jersey. The office says nearly 50 drug dealers have been caught for allegedly peddling millions of dollars in cocaine and heroin out of Camden. The dealers have ties to Mexican drug cartels.
A search warrant was executed and a woman was arrested in Egg Harbor Township. Isabel Hernandez, 28 years of age from Egg Harbor Township, was subsequently arrested and lodged in Atlantic County Jail on $20,000 cash bail. Hernandez was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possessing a defaced firearm, possession and distribution of cocaine,…
A new high school basketball star at Wildwood Catholic High School has signed to play at Michigan State. Kennedy Johnson will suit up for the Lady Crusaders this year after her former school, Sacred Heart, closed for good in June. The Gazette Leader’s Brian Cunniff reports Johnson verbally committed to play for the Lady Spartans…
An armed robbery took place at the B & B Corner Convenience Store in Vineland. The subject with the gun was described as a Hispanic male, 507 to 509, medium build, wearing a red with white circles bandanna covering the lower part of his face, curly hair, a dark colored wool hat, plain grey sweatshirt,…
Stone Harbor officials should get a glimpse at a draft of their new branch of the county library system in a few weeks. The Middle Township Gazette reports that the draft design of the library should be available in two to three weeks for Borough officials. A new branch of the library will be built…
Most of the state doesn’t believe New Jersey is back to normal. A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll says that two-thirds of people don’t believe the state has fully recovered from Hurricane Sandy. A majority of the people that don’t believe the state is back to normal believe it could take up to five years for it…
The assembly race in the second district won’t likely be decided until a judge decides what ballots will be accepted and which ones won’t. Assemblyman John Amedeo holds a two vote lead over Northfield Mayor Vince Mazzeo. A number of challenged provisional ballots will need to be decided by a judge whether they can be…
A proposal has been introduced to put a permanent moratorium from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state regulations and fines governing incidental discharges from commercial fishing vessels and all other commercial vessels less than 79 feet. U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo introduced the measure. The “Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2013” is the latest effort by LoBiondo…