Gun owners in the state are likely going to break towards Steve Lonegan in the U.S. Senate election. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund announced they are endorsing the Republican in the Oct. 16 election. He is facing Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who is maintaining a lead in the polls. While Booker has a…
A 30 year-old Atlantic City man has been charged with six counts of human trafficking. Authorities have charged Donnie Bethea with operating a human trafficking enterprise, in which he lured women into various motels in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township and forced them into prostitution. Bethea is being held on $1…
A new Monmouth University poll shows Barbara Buono’s gains have been slowed by Gov. Chris Christie. The poll says that Christie is maintaining a 21 percent lead over Buono, who saw a big jump in the numbers in August. Garden State voters likely to participate in the November election give incumbent Gov. Chris Christie a…
Work has begun on a new span of the Garden State Parkway bridge over Great Egg Harbor. Test pilings have been placed to begin work on the southbound span replacement. The work is scheduled to include a bike path connecting Atlantic and Cape May counties, and include wide shoulders that could accommodate a third lane…
An Atlantic City man has been charged with human trafficking for holding multiple women captive and forcing them into prostitution. Donnie Bethea, 30, was charged with operating a human trafficking enterprise, in which he lured women into various motels in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township, where he held them against their…
A new report shows the number of school breakfasts served in New Jersey continues to rise. The report, released by Advocates for Children of New Jersey, states that nearly 184,000 low-income school children are being served breakfast at their schools, an increase of about 48,000 over October of 2010. Cumberland County ranks first in the…
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the fatal September 20th plane crash in Hamilton Township. The report could not identify an obvious cause for the crash that killed the pilot, 44 year-old Robert Brown of Sewell, even though debris was seen coming from the plane moments before the crash. The NTSB…
The Federal Government shutdown has affected the National Guard in New Jersey as hundreds of full-time employees have been furloughed. Only 60 federal technicians and civilians at the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township are considered “accepted” personnel, and have been kept on during the shutdown. Statewide nearly 860 federal technicians and civilians with…
The mayor of Cape May Point has resigned due to serious back issues and will be replaced at the next meeting of the Borough Commission. Mayor George “Skip” Stanger, Jr. told the Press of Atlantic City he needed to choose between his job and his health and does not want to undergo a second back…
The new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, visited the St. Joseph Regional School in Somers Point on Tuesday to promote her platform on diversity. Davuluri spoke to 530 students from pre-kindergarden to eighth grade about celebrating diversity through cultural competency and answered many questions from the children. She told the group that she’s part of a…