Trash collection is moving into the 21st century in Upper Township. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the township committee this week approved the purchase of two automated trash trucks that will cost just under a half million dollars. The new trucks will allow the driver to automatically lift the trash containers and dump them…
New Jersey Congressman Frank LoBiondo has joined other colleagues in Washington to ask congressional leadership for a delay in the implementation of increases in flood insurance rates. Those rates are set to go up in less than three weeks. LoBiondo and other congressional members say our region is still recovering from the impact of Hurricane…
Got your Powerball tickets? The latest Powerball lottery drawing will be held Wednesday night with an estimated top prize of $245 million. There have been no winners in nine consecutive drawings of the Powerball lottery game. If you hit, and want the immediate cash option, you will collect over $136 million, after taxes. The drawing…
A taste of summer in the middle of September in New Jersey. The National Weather Service reports that temperatures reached the mid 90s in some urban sections of the state Wednesday afternoon, with heat indices reaching 100 degrees in some cities. In Cape May County, daytime temperatures climbed into the upper 80s with high humidity…
Stone Harbor residents and visitors turned out for a solemn September 11th remembrance ceremony held at the Borough’s proposed Point of Peace Park. The event featured prayers, speakers, music, and a poster exhibit created by students at the local elementary school. Stone Harbor resident Charles Boyland spoke at the ceremony; he was in New York…
New polling numbers suggest it might already be over in the U.S. Senate race. Newark Mayor Cory Booker holds a 35 percent lead over former Bogata mayor Steve Lonegan. The data comes from a Rutgers-Eagleton poll. Booker is the Democrat and will likely take back control for the Democrats after the death of Frank Lautenberg.…
An accident involving a motorcycle caused serious injuries on Tuesday. Thomas J. Dipasquale Jr. was treated at an area hospital. The rear-end collision occurred at approximately 11:22 am on Longport Blvd. in Egg Harbor Township. The motorcycle and a vehicle had to brake quickly after a second vehicle had to brake ahead of them. The…
Governor Christie placed his signature on a revised medical marijuana bill on Tuesday that was approved by the Assembly on Monday. The new version expands the number of strains allowed to be grown by legal dispensaries and requires sick children to get approval from at least two doctors. Christie had partially vetoed an earlier version…
Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford told local residents on Tuesday, that a group of parolees, including 17 sex offenders, were being moved out of the city. The mayor said 31 paroled convicts were placed at the Sunset Inn on Absecon Boulevard near the Dr. Martin Luther King School without notice to city officials. The group…
Many memorial events will be held on Wednesday to honor the victims of the September 11th attacks. The City of North Wildwood will conduct a service at 8:46 a.m. at City Hall and Sea Isle City will observe Patriot Day at 9 a.m. at Veterans Park. Upper Township’s ceremony will be held at 10 a.m.…