It wasn’t good lottery news for state residents. A winning Powerball ticket was sold, but it was purchased in Iowa. By the time the numbers were drawn on Wednesday night, it came out to $202 million. The jackpot now comes down to $40 million for Saturday night.
State residents are still happy with its governor. A new Monmouth University poll says that Governor Chris Christie earns a 53% approve to 35% disapprove job rating among all Garden State residents. The poll also found that two potential challengers in the 2013 election, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former Governor Dick Codey, are well…
Police have arrested a Hamilton Township man for allegedly threatening over 20 people on Facebook. NJ State Police have arrested 20 year-old Craig L. Wyatt Jr., after an investigation dating back to July and spanning several New Jersey counties. Wyatt has been charged with making terroristic threats, theft of services and harassment. He used the…
You may have seen the new 1.8 megawatt solar field under construction on Route 9 next to the Lower Cape May Regional High School. The new solar field will be used by the high school to provide 85 percent of their electric power, saving the district an estimated $125,000 per year in energy costs. School…
Vineland police continue to look for 19 year-old Flavia Bautista, who was allegedly taken from her home against her will by her boyfriend on Monday morning. Police have listed her as an “endangered missing person” and believe she is still in the Vineland area. Bautista had a dispute with her boyfriend on Sunday night which…
The historic Bellevue Hotel in Ocean City is coming down. Demolition begins Thursday morning on the 99-room hotel that was structurally damaged by years of neglect and recent rainstorms. Ocean City approved a contract of $158,000 to tear down the building, with asbestos removal as the first step. The 700 block of Ocean Avenue from…
Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Burger King on Tilton Road in Egg Harbor Township. Just before midnight on Wednesday, two employees in the parking lot were approached by a man with a handgun. He demanded money from the cash register, then fled the scene on Hingston Avenue with an unknown amount of…
Two Middle Township teenage girls who were mising since Saturday were found in Atlantic City. Middle Township Police announced Wednesday that 18 year-old Ariana Boide an 16 year-old Shrai Wilson were located in Atlantic City and returned safely to their homes. A third girl, 17 year-old Lameeka Crew, who lives with Wilson, returned home on…
A Coast Guard officer has plead guilty to sexual harassment. Chief Petty Officer Carlos Resendez was stationed in Cape May when he sexually harassed four of the female recruits and had sex with one of them. He was most recently stationed at the Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma in California. The incidents took place in…
A missing swimmer story in Avalon has a terrific ending. Avalon Police learned Wednesday evening that a woman who was reported missing in the Atlantic Ocean exited the ocean safely after she was reported missing. An eyewitness saw a woman enter the surf at the 29th Street beach shortly after 5pm Wednesday and that person…
