A few face joins the Avalon Borough Council on Tuesday. Longtime resident and former school board member John McCorristin will take his oath of office during council’s reorganization meeting Tuesday afternoon. McCorristin replaces Joseph Tipping on council; Tipping did not seek re-election due to health reasons. Also joining council for additional four year terms are…
A massive beach fill project in Stone Harbor resumes this week. Mayor Suzanne Walters announced that the beach fill project will begin again Monday or Tuesday and work around the clock until it’s completed. Stone Harbor is getting more than 700,000 cubic yards of new sand along its entire beachfront, completely financed by the federal…
A 44-year old Lower Township man has been arrested on drug related charges in Wildwood. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that Karl Williams of North Cape May was arrested after he was caught taking a nap in a Wawa convenience store bathroom. When police arrived, Williams took off and was found to be…
One pound of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana were all seized from a home on Lincoln Avenue in Wildwood over the weekend. Wildwood Police and county prosecutors conducted a search warrant on Friday night and found a large quantity of illegal homes inside the home located a 117 East Lincoln Avenue, second apartment. Busted as a…
More than a dozen gun bills have reached the desk of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie..and the first one gets a veto. Christie vetoed a bill right before the weekend that would have prevented the state from investing pension funds in companies that make or import assault weapons for civilian use. Christie did not offer…
No down to the wire budget for New Jersey this year. On Friday, Governor Chris Christie signed the state’s new $33 billion budget into law. The new budget is about four percent larger than last year’s budget. Christie negotiated with democrats on key parts of the budget plan, including accepting $227 million in federal funds…
If you’re under 21 and try to buy alcohol in New Jersey, you could be busted by an undercover cop. On Thursday the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control kicked off their “Cops in Shops” underage drinking enforcement campaign. Local police officers will be stationed at area liquor stores as employees to monitor possible liquor purchases…
Free tickets for this summer’s Wildwood beach concert event will be available online Monday morning at 9 a.m. The 106.3 WJSE and Philadelphia Soul Sports and Music Festival is coming to the Wildwood beachfront Saturday, August 24th, beginning at 11 a.m. The all-day festival will feature four alternative rock bands, Fuel, Hoobastank, Lit and Alien…
It appears the days of record-low mortgage rates have ended. On Thursday mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the new average fixed rate for a 30-year loan jumped to 4.46 percent, over one point higher than a month ago. In early May the average 30-year mortgage rate was 3.35 percent, slightly over the record low…
On Thursday the New jersey Senate passed a group of bills designed to improve diagnosis and treatment of children with dyslexia. An Ocean City woman and her daughter with dyslexia have been lobbying for the legislation for nearly eight years. Samantha Ravelli, now a high school junior with dyslexia, was in Trenton to assist Senator…