Several lanes of traffic were shut down early Thursday morning on the Route 52 Causeway leaving Ocean City. NBC-40 reports that a a salt caught fire at about 1:30 a.m. on the causeway. The truck was reportedly damaged severely but no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A big vote means a big change for students in the Vineland school district. The board of education there voted on Wednesday night to implement uniforms starting this September. The mandatory policy comes from a unanimous vote. The policy still needs to be fully outlined, but will include khaki bottoms. Some parents in the district…
A long time event that used to call Atlantic City home is returning. The Miss America Pageant will be returning to the resort this year. The pageant used to take place every year in Atlantic City before moving to Las Vegas in 2006. An official announcement is expected to take place on Thursday at Boardwalk…
The debt load could be getting too big for Revel to afford. A number of analysts are saying that Revel may be getting itself ready to go through bankruptcy in order to restructure its debt. To this point, the casino hasn’t indicted one way or another how it plans to deal with the mounting debt…
The beaches in Wildwood will remain free. A referendum on beaches fees in Wildwood has been cancelled by the Wildwood commission. Commissioner Pete Byron tells 987 The Coast that a special committee is being set up between the three beach communities on the island to address shared services. The hope is that the money they…
Someone did more than take a test drive of a Jeep. Vineland Police say they were contacted by Vann Dodge Chrysler Jeep on Monday in regards to a stolen Jeep. Police say someone tried to steal a Jeep about a week ago from the same dealership. The 2005 silver Jeep Wrangler Sport was valued at…
In the wake of the news that 70 percent of National Flood Insurance Program claims have gone unresolved since Hurricane Sandy, Senator Jeff Van Drew announced today that he will introduce a resolution calling on Congress to reassess the federal Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. The proposal comes after a meeting Senator Van Drew…
The push to bring sports betting to New Jersey is continuing in Washington D.C. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) announced today that they have again introduced legislation to expand sports gaming to their state. Through different mechanisms, each bill would be effective in bringing sports gaming, and its associated revenue…
It was more than standing room only during a hearing on gun control. At hearing on a package of bills that would reign in the sale of guns and other measures aimed at gun safety, hundreds of gun-rights activists showed up to show opposition to the proposed measured. The Assembly is proposing the bills in…
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today reintroduced legislation that would repeal tax subsidies for the “Big 5” oil companies. The nation’s five largest oil companies (BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips) took home nearly $1 trillion in profits over the past decade, including $118 billion in 2012, with only a small percentage of those earnings…