Right after the stroke of midnight on Monday morning, same sex couples will have been legally married in New Jersey. Newark Mayor and Senator-elect Cory Booker will marry seven gay couples at his City Hall starting at 12:01am. Booker has been an outspoken advocate of gay rights in the State of New Jersey. Wedding cake…
Some North Jersey beach communities who continue to feel the effects of Hurricane Sandy will hit their beachfronts on October 29th. Residents in some of those beach communities will bring candles and flashlights to the beach to commemorate the one year anniversary of when Sandy made landfall. Union Beach is one of the towns participating;…
An open house will be held at an Atlantic County nursing home. The public is invited to tour the new sub-acute care unit of the recently renamed Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center during an open house celebration on Wednesday, October 30, 10 AM to 2 PM, at 235 Dolphin Avenue in Northfield. The 180-bed, county-owned…
It could be a busy day across New Jersey in the wedding business this week. Gay marriage is legal to begin in the Garden State on Monday. Many couples are expected to rush out and take advantage of the change to the law. This is good news to the marriage industry in the state, which…
Gas prices continue to improve for drivers. AAA Mid-Atlantic says that the local average for a gallon of gas is $3.23. Prices have now dropped 50 cents lower than the same point last year. Analysts continue to say prices should continue to fall in the coming weeks. They say that unless oil falls below $100…
An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 130 years in prison for the murder of two Atlantic City teens over five years ago. Kory McClary, 27, received a 130-year state prison sentence for the fatal shootings of 15-year-old Michael Nelson and 19-year-old Phillip Fano. After a day of deliberation, the jury convicted McClary of two…
The Supreme Court of the state says gay marriage is official to begin on Monday. The ruling approves a lower court’s decision to avoid a stay in the case. The court will still hear an appeal on the case at a later date, but won’t force same-sex couples to wait for that decision. The Christie…
A new film on Wildwood be debut next weekend. “Boardwalk II: Back to Wildwood” has its premier screening as the closing feature film of the Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival. The premier is being held in Cape May’s Chalfonte Hotel, Sun., Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. The one hour film documents a love…
Congressman Frank LoBiondo has penned a check back the federal government for the money he made during the government shutdown. The photo of the check made national news as LoBiondo was one of the leading congressman to say he wouldn’t accept pay that he made during the time the government is out of work. The…
The City of Cape May is attempting to stop a non-binding voter referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot on the subject of the city leaving or dissolving the Lower Cape May Regional School District by seeking a preliminary injunction in Superior Court. Cape May’s special counsel Vito Gagliardi Jr. filed a complaint Oct. 15 seeking…