U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today reintroduced legislation that would repeal tax subsidies for the “Big 5” oil companies. The nation’s five largest oil companies (BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips) took home nearly $1 trillion in profits over the past decade, including $118 billion in 2012, with only a small percentage of those earnings…
A suspect is being looked for that tried to pick up juveniles in Middle Township. The first incident occurred in Whitesboro in the am hours on February 12, 2013. The male juvenile was walking to his school bus stop when he was approached and asked if he needed a ride. The second incident occurred in…
The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to begin a sand replenishment program in Ocean City on or about Saturday, Feb. 16 depending on the weather. The Great Lake Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois will operate a dredge off the north end of the island 24 hours a day. Dredging will begin at Beach Road in…
On Tuesday the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted to approve a plan to create a special historic district at the Cape May Airport. The vote was unanimous but needs to be approved by the N.J. State Historic Preservation Office. The district would include the Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum, a second hangar leased to…
The Camden Roman Catholic Diocese has a new bishop. Dennis Sullivan, 67, was installed on Tuesday at St. Agnes Church in Gloucester Township as the bishop who will serve Catholic churches with about 475,000 parishioners throughout South Jersey. Sullivan replaces 74 year-old Joseph Galante, who resigned his post due to issues of poor health.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Wildwood High School math teacher and boy’s basketball coach Bernie McCracken. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, February 16th at the Notre Dame de la Mer Parish, Assumption Church in Wildwood Crest at 11 a.m. Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. McCracken taught for…
On Tuesday night the Pleasantville Board of Education voted to suspend their district superintendent during a private session. According to a report in The Press of Atlantic City, that Superintendent Garnell Bailey is the subject of an ongoing investigation. The school board also voted to retain a special council but no details about the investigation…
It was clear Hurricane Sandy was a deadly storm, but a new report says it was the deadliest in the past 40 years. The National Hurricane Center has found that 72 deaths can be attributed to the storm. A majority of the deaths took place in New York and New Jersey. New York had 48…
How about playing the Super Bowl on a Saturday. The big game in New Jersey next year could be moved up depending upon a winter storm. The NFL has plans to move the game up or back in the event of a storm like the one that hit this past weekend. The Super Bowl next…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old man from a tanker ship approximately 23 miles east of Cape May Monday. Personnel aboard the Angistri, a 600-foot tanker, contacted Coast Guard watchstanders at approximately 8:15 p.m on Monday, reporting an engineer aboard the ship was injured due to steam burns while in the engine room. Once on…