An agreement is in place to have a new operator of the Atlantic City Airport. The South Jersey Transportation Authority and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have finalized a plan to have the Port Authority take over the operations and marketing of the airport. The SJTA will be paid $500,000 a year.…
Watch out for construction throughout the rest of the year in West Cape May. The borough has undertaken the installation of sanitary sewers in various areas throughout the Borough as well as the extension of the Park Blvd bike path. A portion of the Park Blvd bike path has been completed and opened for the…
Middle Township officials made their official presentation to the Cape May County Open Space Board on Tuesday for funding associated with the development of the OckieWisting recreational site. The township is seeking $982,000 from the Cape May County Open Space program to assist in the creation of passive and active recreation opportunities available to residents and…
Property tax relief is available to eligible seniors and disabled still. The deadline for homeowners to file 2012 Senior Freeze Property Tax Reimbursement applications has been extended from June 3 to September 16, according to Senator Jim Whelan. He reminds those who are 65 or older or disabled, have a 2012 household income of $82,880…
The Atlantic City Alliance announced they are expanding their “DO AC” campaign to include impressions on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The alliance will also features a hotel/casino staff member once a week for ten weeks in a Youtube video. The alliance also introduced the new “DO CREW” – six Atlantic City enthusiasts who will walk the boards all summer, greeting tourists and…
Cape May County officials are in the final stages of collecting information on security camera locations throughout the county to create a data base. On Wednesday the County Prosecutor’s Office announced that the initiative is in it’s final stage of identifying any and all businesses, public places, and homes which have video surveillance. The data base will help law enforcement…
To a student, bomb scares may be just a prank, but they are dangerous and costly to schools. According to Edward Dickson, director of the N.J. Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, bomb scares will cost our schools about $2.1 million in expenses this year. His report stated that 61 bomb threats occurred between Sept. 1…
A house fire in Rio Grande displaced a mother and her three children on Wednesday evening. A three-alarm fire struck the home of Amy Moody on the first block of Mimosa Drive at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Middle Township police report that Moody and her three children, ages 7, 13 and 16, were evacuated without injury. The American…
A measure sponsored by Senator Jeff Van Drew urging federal officials to support recommendations made by a legislative task force to expand health care access for military veterans living in South Jersey was approved by a Senate Committee. The Senate Concurrent resolution urges the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to support the 10 recommendations of…
President Barack Obama was in New Jersey this week, and right there was Cape May County Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton. Thornton spoke with 987 The Coast about his experience, saying it was great to be invited up. Thornton is on a task force assembled by Obama’s team to look at recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy.…