The Avalon Borough Council awarded a contract to Animal Control of South Jersey for animal control services within the Borough for 2014. The contract was awarded during the January 29th meeting of the Avalon Borough Council during a unanimous 4-0 vote. The Borough solicited quotes from three certified animal control officers and awarded the contract…
Lower Township is making plans for its next playground refurbishment. According to Lower Township Parks and Recreation Superintendent Mitch Plenn, next in line for an upgrade is the playground at the township’s Recreation Center on Bayshore Road in Villas. The hockey rick at Clem Mulligan Park was recently resurfaced. In addition, all boards around the rink…
Avalon is now among the towns trying to provide free beach tags to veterans. New state law allows for this benefit to those who have served overseas. The Borough of Avalon will have a draft ordinance ready for consideration at its next meeting that will result in free beach tags being offered to all veterans of…
Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign has been given an extension on a subpoena that required documents to be due on Monday. The campaign is awaiting a legal decision on how legal bills will be paid. There were others granted an extension as well. The investigation is trying to turn up whether Christie knew more than he claims about…
An Atlantic City man had admitted his guilt to distributing child pornography. Max E. Mejia, 48, pleaded guilty today to one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography and one count of fourth-degree possession of child pornography. He was among 27 defendants arrested in 2012 as a result of “Operation Watchdog,” a multi-agency investigation led by the…
One of the state’s lotteries will have a major drawing this week. The Powerball Lottery is at $215 million for Wednesday night. No one had bought a winning ticket for the Saturday night drawing. The cash option for the lottery is $124.1 million.
A subpoena has been issued to the City of Hoboken by the U.S. Attorney’s office. There is an investigation on-going into allegations made by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, that the Christie administration told her that getting Hurricane Sandy funds would be linked to a development project in the city.
A new poll shows more people are interested in legal weed than gambling online. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind says that 41 percent would approve of smoking marijuana if it became legal, while only 32 percent support online gaming. The poll shows that 57 percent in the state don’t approve of online gambling.
A high ranking state senator says Gov. Chris Christie should be impeached if the latest allegations about the governor are true. The lawyer for David Wildstein suggests that Christie knew more about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge than he is letting on. State Senator Ray Lesniak has said the articles for impeachment…
Another Democrat is formally running in the 2nd district. Congressman Frank LoBiondo is running for reelection on the Republican side. Dave Cole has launched a campaign website saying he will be jumping into the race. Bill Hughes Jr. has already announced his intentions to runs as a Democrat. Cole graduated Rutgers University and worked for…