Middle school students in the Garden State will be soon be taught how to use social media responsibly. Governor Chris Christie signed 100 bills into law on Wednesday while rejecting 44. One of the bills that Christie approved will require middle schools to teach students how to use various social media platforms in a responsible…
A republican state senator from New Jersey says there are not enough members of his party on a special committee investigating the George Washington Bridge controversy. Senator Michael Doherty says there are eight democrats and only four republicans on the new merged legislative committee, and he says it’s not balanced. The committee has two co-chairs,…
Lower Township Police announced the arrest of a woman who was found to be in possession of 132 bags of heroin earlier this month. Police say they arrested Dawn Corcoran-Burnette following a motor vehicle stop back on January 13th. Police had received a tip about a dispute at a home on Bayshore Road and made…
Lower Township Police responded to a disorderly persons call at a home in the Villas on Saturday morning and wound up arresting the suspect on drug charges. Police say they arrested Robert R. Jenkins over the weekend after police responded to the call and found heroin and an oxycotin pill in his possession. While Jenkins…
Budget deliberations have set Cape May County up for a half cent increase to the Cape May County budget. Freeholder Director Gerry Thornton says that increase will be under the two percent cap. Thornton noted that there were more decreases in ratables, but not as much as in previous years. The budget is expected to…
Are the trains and buses running on time? That was a question many commuters were asking during the snowy commute on Tuesday afternoon. The only problem? New Jersey Transit’s website was down. Officials with the authority confirmed the website was down for about three hours beginning at 2:30 p.m. They say it was a technical…
The final piece of legislation to help children with dyslexia was signed into law. Gov. Chris Christie put pen to paper in support of a measure that would require that school districts screen children for dyslexia and other reading disabilities at an early age, if they show signs of having a reading disability. Senator Jeff Van…
Gov. Chris Christie finished out the legislative session by vetoing 44 bills, making it the most vetoes by a governor, breaking his own record. In total, Christie vetoed 164 bills in the past two years. The governor did sign 100 bills into law before his second term started. Only 100 of the vetoes were outright,…
A new national poll shows Gov. Chris Christie’s prospects of being president have dropped. A poll by Quinnipiac University says that Christie trails Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical match up 46 to 38 percent, compared to December when the two were in a virtual tie. The Bridgegate and Hoboken scandals have put a damper on…
While many got out of school, there wasn’t a lot of snow on the ground Wednesday morning. Most of the snow totals are between 1 and 3 inches. The Atlantic City Airport reported 2.7 inches, while Green Creek had 1.8 inches. Millville and Vineland both came in at three inches each. Some portions of the…