Imagine your neighborhood without a Wawa convenience store. Some shore communities faced that reality following Hurricane Sandy. The Wawa corporation announced over the weekend that several shore communities who have been without Wawa since the storm will see their stores reopen soon. Locally, the Wawa in Ocean City on West Avenue will open at the…
The Avalon Police Department has joined the social media craze. The police department announced that it created its first-ever Facebook page that will be filled with crime tips, an email reporting tip line, and other community information. The page compliments a new website the police department unveiled a few months ago, www.avalonpolice.org.
A house fire displaced a family in Lower Township over the weekend. A fire broke out in a small home located on Carolina Avenue in the Villas Saturday afternoon. Fire companies from Lower Township and Middle Township responded to the blaze. There were no injuries; the American Red Cross helped find lodging for the family.
$780 million, and counting. That’s how much disaster relief ad has been doled out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in New Jersey following super storm Sandy. FEMA says more than $300 million has been spent on housing assistance for 52,000 people who were displaced by the storm. Sandy victims have until March 1st to…
Democrats in New Jersey are very worried about the length of Governor Chris Christie’s coattails. A report in the Star Ledger says that democrats throughout the state are worried that a potential victory by the governor in the November election will also mean that some legislative seats held by democrats will flip to the republican…
The State of New Jersey continues to urge residents to properly dispose of computers, televisions, and other electronic waste. The state has pushed this month on an education program designed to tell consumers that these items cannot be put out with the household trash. The state created and Electronic Waste Management Act two years ago…
Another New Jersey community has re-opened following Hurricane Sandy. Island Beach State Park has now been opened to the public after being closed since the super storm hit in late October. That community suffered a boardwalk destruction, tossed roller coaster cars on the beach, and unearthed an old barge. The park hosts about two million…
Another major headache for the New Jersey State Police. A trooper who allegedly knew all about the so-called “Death Race” on the Garden State Parkway that involved high speed performance cars is suing his department. Frank Chiofalo says State Police knew all about the sports car race on the Parkway even though they denounced it.…
It seemed like State Senator Richard Codey was going to run for governor. But apparently he has changed his mind. The Star-Ledger was told by the senator that he has decided against running for governor. Codey had recently traveled to Washington D.C. to try and secure funding for a potential run. Polls showed Codey performed…
An arrest was finally made in a 2009 murder. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of Andrew Garland, 24, of Atlantic City. Garland has been charged with the murder of 20-year-old Shaddiy Dixon. Dixon was among four men shot on August 4, 2009, at a block party in a parking lot, between a…