Two local South Jersey high school basketball teams will be hosting sectional finals on Monday night. The top-seeded Ocean City girls will play Timber Creek for the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III Championship at 6 p.m., broadcast live on 98.7 The Coast. Number one seed Atlantic City will play second-seeded Lenape Monday at 7 p.m.…
Gov. Chris Christie was roundly criticized by Republicans for accepting President Barack Obama into New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy and embracing him. Mitt Romney who lost the election to Obama told Fox News on Sunday that he respects what Christie did, saying Christie did what he thought was best for the state. This was the…
There has been a recent break to the rising gas prices, but motorists should enjoy it while they have it. AAA Mid-Atlantic reports that the average price for a gallon of gas dropped two cents in the past week to $3.61. It is expected that prices will begin a rise in the coming weeks and…
The Middle Township Committee is scheduled to meet Monday evening and again discuss its animal control services. The township has an animal control officer who is shared by other communities but there has been talk about taking another direction relating to animal control services. The township committee will also introduce the 2013 budget by title…
Former Cape May County Assemblyman Jack Gibson is getting back into politics. Gibson will hold a press conference on Monday to announce that he will seek a seat on the Sea Isle City Council. Gibson is 79 years old and has lived in Sea Isle City his entire life. Gibson was voted out of his…
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian announced that his city will now have a customer service team ready and able to answer questions about FEMA’s new controversial advisory flood maps. Gillian penned a letter to his community stating that an employee will be staffed during regular business hours to answer questions and provide guidance relating to…
One of the men who operated the most popular pizza shop in Ocean City has passed away. The Ocean City Gazette reports that Frank Manco passed away on Saturday after a lengthy illness. Manco’s father founded a pizzeria in the resort nearly six decades ago that bears the family name. Frank Manco passed after a…
A murder that took place nearly three decades ago in New Jersey has landed a New York City man in prison for the next decade. Brian Wilson is headed to prison for killing Zebedee Newmones, a Delaware resident who was shot five times in Atlantic City. Wilson had been a fugitive for 18 years and…
Some Jersey Shore homeowners have had enough of big storms, so they will finance and build their own seawall. The Asbury Park Press reported over the weekend that state officials have signed off on a plan that will allow some residents in Bay Head to finance the construction of a 1300 foot seawall that will…
A former standout basketball player for the Middle Township boys has been named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Brian Cunniff reports in the Gazette Leader that Garret Kerr, who is a sophomore forward for the University of the Sciences in Division II, was selected for the honor by the…