It was a no-confidence vote on Wednesday for Mullica Township School Superintendent Brenda Harning-Marro. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 93 percent of the Mullica Township Education Association agreed that Harning-Marro must go as superintendent of the school district. The issue involves the suspension of kindergarten teacher Kelly Mascio who was removed from school…
A 30 year old man who flipped his SUV on the Atlantic City beachfront with two children inside has been charged with DUI and other offenses. City police say Michael Tripician and two toddlers were not injured when Tripician flipped his SUV on the beach Tuesday afternoon at Kingston Avenue. Police charged him with drunk…
$270 million..that’s how much money will be up for grabs Friday in the Mega Millions multi-state drawing on Friday evening. There have been no winners in the Mega Millions since January 3rd which has swelled the jackpot. A cash payout would net one winner approximately $151 million dollars. There have been 17 consecutive drawings with…
So long Hurricane Sandy, welcome to summer. Toms River officials announced this week that its entire beachfront will be open for business this year 18 months after Hurricane Sandy caused devestation in that community. The mayor of Toms River told the Star Ledger that all of the repairs on the Toms River beachfront have been…
“I’m the only one who can close a bridge”. Ouch. Those words were uttered Wednesday by South Jersey democratic powerbroker George Norcross with Governor Chris Christie standing next to him. Both men attended an event in Camden on Wednesday when Norcross teased Christie about “Bridgegate” and about the failures of Christie’s football team, the Dallas Cowboys. …
A husband and wife from Egg Harbor Township have a date in court on May 2nd to face serious drugs and weapons offenses. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced that 40 year old Donald Capriotti and 33 year old Chinyere Gardner both pleaded guilty to serious offenses involving a large quantity of cocaine found…
Middle Township officials have learned that a so-called prescribed burn will take place at the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge sometime in April. Township officials have alerted the community about a scheduled burn in the refuge that sits in Middle Township. Nine acres will be burned as a way to maintain a specific part of…
The top D.A.R.E. police officer in the Garden State is from the Lower Township Police Department. Township officials say Officer Darrin Hickok received the award recently during a conference in Atlantic City. D.A.R.E. stand for Drug Abuse Resistence Education, and Lower Township has been involved in the program for many years. Hickok is a 20-year…
One fatality has been confirmed as a result of the explosion of a town house in a Trenton suburb on Tuesday. Authorities say the house exploded Tuesday in Ewing, and several people were injured in the blast. The victim was a woman, no identity has been provided. Nearly a dozen town houses were destroyed by…
A minor accident involving a small plane near the Atlantic City International Airport. Officials say a small Pipe aircraft departed the airport late Tuesday afternoon and wound up being overturned at the end of a runway. The pilot of the aircraft was not injured; no word on what caused the plane to flip. The Federal…