The Ocean City School District is having an early dismissal on Tuesday, December 10th, due to inclement weather. Here is the posting of the early closing from the district’s official website: Ocean City Schools are closing early due to weather. We will be following the normal early dismissal schedule: Primary = 1:30PM, Intermediate = 12:10PM,…
It will be another trip down the aisle for New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez. Political websites are reporting that Menendez proposed to his girlfriend Alicia Mucci on Monday, and Mucci accepted. Menendez has been married once before. Mucci is 45 years old and works in real estate in Paramus.
A Bridgeton man is dead after he was found dangling from a Salvation Army clothing donation bin. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 50-year old Joseph Hanshaw was found dangling from a donation bin located on Commerce Drive Monday evening. Police believe Hanshaw was either trying to retrieve warm clothing or looking for a…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took to Twitter today to ask state residents to take some extra time while driving, and to exercise caution. Portions of the Garden State will receive several inches of snow during a storm that is affecting the central and northern parts of the state today. The morning produced largely a…
A meeting for volunteers who want to learn more about the safe sheltering of animals during an emergency has been cancelled for tonight due to the inclement weather. Freeholder Gerald Thornton announced that a meeting of the County Animal Response Team, or CART, has been cancelled due to the winter storm that’s affecting the entire…
The impact Hurricane Sandy had on the state during 2013 will be discussed in Trenton on Thursday. The Assembly Tourism and Arts Committee meets Thursday afternoon and will hear testimony from invited guests about the impact the storm had on beaches and other vacation destinations over the past year. Tourism figures are expected to take…
More than two thirds of New Jersey residents think Governor Chris Christie is doing a good job. A new survey released today by Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press puts the governor’s approval rating at a very high 65 percent. The poll also shows that state residents want Christie to focus on job creation and the economy…
Many school districts around the Garden State have closed for the day on Tuesday due to a winter storm that will drop a few, to several inches of fresh snow throughout the state. Not in Cape May County where the storm event began as a cold rain on Tuesday morning. Temperatures were in the mid…
Another sign that next year’s tourism season at the shore may be terrific. The Star Ledger reports today that the travel guide company Lonely Planet has named the entire Jersey Shore as the fifth most desirable tourism destination in the United States next year. The survey indicates that the shore has largely recovered from Hurricane…
93 bears were killed by hunters during the first day of a six day bear hunt in northern New Jersey. Most of the hunting was conducted in Sussex County. Up to 10,000 permits were offered to hunters during this week’s hunt, but slightly more than 6,000 permits were picked up. State officials believe this week’s…