A bill designed to prevent retail merchants from adding credit card surcharges to purchases has been approved by committee. The bill is sponsored by New Jersey Assembly Democrats, and would eliminate the surcharge for customers who pay with their credit cards. Use of debit cards does not incur the surcharge.
The New Jersey Senate approved a resolution on Thursday to bring the minimum wage issue to the voters. The resolution calls for a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.25 in January and tie further increases to the Consumer Price Index. If the Assembly approves the measure, the public…
It was the second trip to the slammer for a 41 year-old Lower Township man in two weeks. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Mark Adams on Wednesday for allegedly distributing Oxycodone and Adderall in large quantities. Adams was arrested for basically the same drug offenses on January 23rd. This time Adams is being held in the…
It will be a wet start to the weekend. Up to an inch rain could fall throughout Cape May County and a coastal flood watch has been issued. High tide takes place in Cape May around 7 a.m. on Saturday morning and will see the tide level 8 to 8.5 feet above mean low water.…
The show will go on. NFL officials said on Thursday there would be a half time show during the Super Bowl next year, which will be held at Metlife Stadium in the Meadowlands. It will be the first cold weather Super Bowl and an earlier report speculated that it would be too cold for a…
The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to terms with D Kimmo Timonen on a one-year contract extension, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. The extension keeps Timonen with the Flyers through the 2013-14 season. He was acquired along with Scott Hartnell in a trade with Nashville on June 18, 2007 in exchange for a first-round pick…
New Jersey may be willing to buy your chronically flooded home. Gov. Chris Christie spoke to the media on Thursday about a plan that would use federal aid money to buy neighborhoods that are prone to flooding. Some North Jersey towns have brought in buyout facilitators to help families interested in taking part. Christie said…
Legislation to restore the earned income tax credit passed the Senate on Thursday. The bill would bring the level to 25 percent of the federal credit amount. Governor Christie reduced the credit to 20 percent in his FY2011 budget, but last week, as part of his conditional veto of the minimum wage, proposed increasing the…
Get ready to place your bets online. New Jersey is getting closer to online gambling after Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill to allow internet gaming. Christie asked for tougher oversight and better attention to addiction issues. Lawmakers are expected to accept the changes to the bill in March, which would lead to state…
Most electric customers in New Jersey including those locally will be saving money. Atlantic City Electric customers will see their bill go down on average by $6.42 a month. The new rates go into effect in June. PSE&G customers are the only ones in the state that are getting an increase.