The lack of a control tower isn’t going to stop one major airline from using the Trenton-Mercer Airport. Frontier Airlines announced that it continues to use the airport as a hub, while federal lawmakers work through the sequester. Cuts to the FAA resulted in some airports losing manned control towers. Frontier Airlines moved its operations…
Many in New Jersey were wondering what the streaking light was they say across the sky. The American Meteor Society says a meteor “fireball” dashed through the sky Friday evening. The “fireball” distinction means the meteor is bigger than usual. The track of the meteor took it over central Jersey.
A man from Mullica Township lost his life Wednesday night in a single vehicle auto accident. Hamilton Township Police report that 43 year-old James Romeo was driving a 2004 Jeep Liberty in the area of Creek Road and Weymouth Road, when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole and several trees. Romeo…
The Steel Pier in Atlantic City will be open for business at noon on Saturday. A media event is scheduled for Friday to preview eight new rides and show that the pier was not damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Officials from the Atlantic City alliance said that some news organizations confused Steel Pier with the Casino Pier…
The controversial new federal flood maps released in December could be altered “significantly” according to Governor Chris Christie. The Governor said on Thursday at a town hall meeting in Manasquan, that he expects the Federal Emergency Management Agency to scale back the new flood maps in a few months. Homeowners along the Jersey Shore are…
A bank robbery in Millville has police looking for clues. Police there say a Sun National Bank at 1026 North High Street was hit. The robbery took place on Wednesday morning around 10 a.m. A suspect handed a note to the teller and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Authorities have said no…
A new budget has been finalized with a tax increase in Cape May. Council there voted this week to approve a 1.5 cent increase. The new tax rate comes in at 30.9 cents. The plan calls for no reduction in services and no layoffs. Mayor Ed Mahaney has told 987 The Coast he felt it…
Good news if you didn’t have the winning Powerball ticket from the drawing Wednesday night. No one else did either. The new jackpot has risen to $320 million. Tickets are available for the Saturday night drawing. Powerball is in 42 states and Washington D.C.
Police have identified a woman they say was a victim in a fatal hit-and-run. Bridgeton Police say that Bernadette Montgomery, 54, of New Castle, Del., was found dead on Wednesday night. The incident took place on Warren Street near North Pearl Street. An investigation is still on-going at this time.
U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo announced that his office is now accepting submissions from high school artists across South Jersey for the 2013 Congressional Art Competition, hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives. Submissions must be no larger than 28 inches by 28 inches, and 4 inches in depth (including the frame), and can be:…