Someone who purchased a $1 million lottery ticket hasn’t redeemed it. The Powerball lottery ticket was sold in the North Jersey community of Mahwah. State lottery officials say the person has until March 23 to redeem the ticket. If the ticket isn’t redeemed by that point, the money will be forfeited.
A very successful girls basketball season for Wildwood High School has come to an end. Audubon defeated Wildwood, 52-36 in a second round Group I basketball game. Ocean City’s girls also saw their season end as they dropped a 52-34 game to Winslow. However, Ocean City boys advanced with a huge upset win over Hammonton,…
Senate President Steve Sweeney is calling for big changes in the how the state hands out federal aid to Hurricane Sandy victims. Sweeney is expected to discuss changes to the program on Thursday in Linden. Sweeney says the state should localize recovery programs and there should be one state center established for each county affected…
Flags will be flown at half staff around the Garden State starting Thursday in honor of a 57 year old fire captain from Jersey City who died in the line of duty. Governor Christie ordered flags flown at half staff through next Wednesday for Gregory Barnas, who died in the line of duty last week.…
Atlantic City Police say they arrested a local man on charges that he had a loaded assault rifle near the Boys and Girls Club in the resort. Police arrested 26 year old Andrew James who had a loaded AK-47 assault rifle in his possession; the gun was loaded with hollow point bullets. James was slapped…
Charter schools in Pemberton and Camden are closing at the end of the year due to a lack of performance. The New Jersey Department of Education announced that the schools performed in the bottom 14 percent of all schools in the Garden State, so they must close in June. Ten other charter schools had their…
Cape May County officials announced that the annual Transportation Conference has been postponed. The conference was scheduled to occur on March 18th. A new date for the conference has not been determined. A posting on the county’s website does not offer a reason why the conference was postponed.
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…