BILL TO ADDRESS ANIMAL CRUELTY PASSES ASSEMBLY

Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Bob Andrzejczak to crack down on animal abandonment and foster more humane treatment was approved 73-3 by the full Assembly this week. The bill would revise the animal cruelty statutes concerning animal abandonment and increase civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses. Specifically, the bill would revise the…

SHORECAST TO INCLUDE GUADAGNO AS SPEAKER

Tourism leaders from the area and state will get together for the annual Shorecast, looking ahead to the summer season. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno is scheduled to be the keynote speaker. The panelist will meet at Richard Stockton College on May 10. Representatives from the Atlantic City Alliance, Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, and…

BON JOVI JOINS CHRISTIE FOR BILL SIGNING

Gov. Chris Christie often talks about his love for Bruce Springsteen, but on Thursday he was hanging out with Jon Bon Jovi. Christie signed the “Good Samaritan” bill that would provide immunity to someone who calls in a drug overdose case. Bon Jovi’s daughter overdosed on heroin last year in a college dorm, she survived,…