The cost of going to the beach in Cape May is going up. The city voted to increase some of its beach tag prices for the 2014 season. Among the increases will be three day tags going to $12 a tag, a $2 increase, and preseason seasonal tags will now be $20 from $15 previously.…
A top Christie aide may have been responsible for some lane closures near the George Washington Bridge. An email was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal from Bridget Anne Kelly to David Wildstein saying its “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” Wildstein is one of two people who resigned over the flap that…
It was an exciting moment for Lower Cape May Regional, but they didn’t end with the result they wanted. Lauren Holden scored her 1,000 point of her career, but her team lost 48-39. Holden got the big point in a free throw towards the end of the first half. The game was stopped for photos…
Authorities in Atlantic County have positively identified the woman who’s body was found inside a suitcase behind the Shore Mall earlier this week. Police say the body was 30 year old Tara Rogers-Alicea of Gloucester County who was killed and left in the suitcase. An autopsy showed that Rogers-Alicia has been strangled. Police say that…
North Wildwood has a new mayor. Patrick Rosenello was sworn into his first term as mayor of North Wildwood during a reorganization meeting on Tuesday evening. Rosenello takes over the city’s top post from Bill Henfey who did not seek re-election in November. Rosenello has served on city council for the past decade. Sal Zampirri…
The Stone Harbor Borough Council held its official reorganization meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Councilmen Barry Mastrangelo and Al Carusi took oaths of office for new three year terms on Council. Council unanimously selected Mastrangelo to serve as Council President for 2014. Various other routine appointments were made during the meeting which was attended by…
New Jersey State Senator Tom Kean Jr. will not run for a United States Senate seat. Kean announced this week that he will take a pass running for the Senate seat currently held by Senator Cory Booker. State Senator Michael Doherty appears to be the most likely candidate to challenge Booker for a six year…
Another sign the recession is coming to an end…home prices are on the way up in New Jersey. New figures released Tuesday show the price of a single family home in New Jersey went up by 5.6 percent over the same month last year. Nationwide, the increase has been 11.8 percent. Rising interest rates may…
Power demand has been so high in New Jersey this week during the cold snap that intermittent power blackouts are a possibility. PJM Interconnection advised power companies that rolling power blackouts were possible over the next 24 hours due to extreme power demand as New Jerseyans try to stay warm. If they occur, they would…
100 new police officers are being hired in Newark. City leaders there say 100 new police officers are being hired in response to a plan to eventually grow the department to 1,400 officers. Newark suffered 111 killings in 2013, which was its deadliest year in nearly a quarter century.