Cape May County residents will know what their county budget looks like this week. The Cape May County Freeholder Board will introduce a budget during its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. A Public Hearing on the proposed budget is planned for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. and it is anticipated that adoption of…
A recent jump in gas prices receded slightly in the past week. AAA Mid-Atlantic released its latest polling data and says that prices locally dropped six cents in the past week. The latest average comes at $3.28 per gallon. The price at the pump is only one cent more than it was one year ago.
A Deptford man was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted luring and attempted sexual assault. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the sentencing of Michael Schiavo in connection with trying to meet with a “14-year-old girl” he met on an Internet chat room. Prior to arranging the sexual encounter, Schiavo was soliciting the…
A vehicle smacked a business in Middle Township. Police there tell 987 The Coast that the vehicle crashed into the front of the building causing severe damage to the front of Art’s Auto Repair in Green Creek. The driver was identified as Sara Grossman, age 24 of the Villas. She was arrested for driving while…
There’s a movement in Upper Township to consolidate all of the zip codes in the township into one. The Upper Township Gazette reports that township officials are appealing to Congressman Frank LoBiondo with help in convincing the United States Postal Service that the township doesn’t need five different zip codes for Upper Township alone. The…
It was an internet threat that cancelled school for the day at Mainland Regional High School in Atlantic County. Police say they uncovered an undisclosed internet threat at the school so classes were cancelled as a precaution. The threat was issued on Thursday night against the school and other individuals. Police do not believe the…
Governor Christie criticized the NRA for their ad about President Obama’s daughters being protected by armed Secret Service agents. On Thursday Christie called the NRA action “reprehensible” at a news conference, as he announced the creation of a task force to study guns, violence, school security, and mental illness. The governor, who is a father of four, said that…
A woman who died in a house fire on Wednesday in Dennis Township has yet to be identified by New Jersey State Police. The victim of a blaze that consumed a house on Woodbine-Ocean View Road is expected to be identified sometime on Friday by police, after next of kin has been notified. The fire…
A 73 year-old Villas man charged in the murder of his nephew appeared in superior court on Thursday. Frederick Marr is accused of shooting his 50 year-old nephew, Ronald Denny Sr., on August 11, 2010, and fleeing to Volusia County, Florida. Marr’s defense attorney asked the court for more time to review additional evidence in…
A Dennis Township resident and former state trooper has filed a tort claim notice with Dennis Township. Gary Gibson, who lives on Gravel Hole Road, claims that township officials have been permitting illegal operation of noisy ATVs and dirt bikes near his property in violation of local zoning ordinances. According to The Press of Atlantic…