There will be many places to remember Sept. 11 on Tuesday. Cape May County will be holding its ceremony outside of the county administration building at 5 p.m. On a local level, Avalon will be unveiling its new 9/11 plaza at 11:00am at 21st Street and Dune Drive. Wildwood Crest will celebrate Patriot’s Day at…
Middle Township will reorganize one of its positions. Committee has decided to have Township Clerk Kim Krauss take over the title of registrar and will oversee the day-to-day operations of the office with two part-time employees. The township has been seeking the county to take over the duties in a shared services agreement. Because the…
It was a moment many in the community of Millville were waiting for. The Levoy Theater reopened on Sunday. The Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra and two silent films were the first presentations in the venue. The theater hasn’t been open since Christmas Eve in 1974. The project cost $8.5 million.
A New Jersey mayor could face 20 years in jail. Trenton Mayor Tony Mack is out on $150,000 bail for bribery charges. His brother Ralphiel Mack, also faces the same charges. The charges revolve around a $100,000 bribe for a parking garage in the city. The FBI has been investigating Mack over recent months.
Sometimes a win is a win. Atlantic City casinos reported a 12.6 percent increase in August compared to the year before in gambling revenue. The numbers compared to an August last year that saw casinos closed for three days as a result of Hurricane Irene. Revel casino was up 14 percent from July and broke…
A new report says New Jersey fell short of revenue projections for the fiscal year that ended in June. The Star-Ledger reports that the state fell $253 million short. Revenue projections have continued to dip below expectations, and Democrats have been saying the state can’t afford a tax cut as a result. Gov. Chris Christie…
The Borough of Wildwood Crest Recreation Department will host its annual Firefighters’ Weekend Craft Show Friday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Sept. 15 at Sunrise Park at Rambler Road, located at Rambler Road and Ocean Avenue. A variety of arts and crafts vendors will be on hand Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday…
Avalon joined elite company. The Borough of Avalon has achieved Standard & Poor’s Bond Rating Services’ highest bond rating offered to municipal governments. Avalon learned this month that Standard & Poor’s upgraded Avalon’s bond rating again, this time to the benchmark of bond ratings, “AAA”. Avalon is the only shore community in New Jersey to…
A new poll says that people wouldn’t mind a privatized post office. The Monmouth University poll says that while most Americans are very satisfied with the service they currently receive, one-third say they would be more likely to use these services if made available in more convenient settings. The poll also found that half the…
Officials have released more information on the man who fell from an escalator early Monday morning at the Revel Casino. The man, who was not identified, is a 29 year-old Delaware resident, who fell 44 feet from the escalator at about 1:30am on Monday. He is currently in the intensive care unit of AtlantiCare Regional…