Students who attend Atlantic Cape Community College will be paying more for their education in the coming year. The Board of Trustees met this week and approved a six percent increase in tuition and fees charged at the local college. The college anticipates a three percent drop in enrollment which means tuition and fees have…
Less than 90 days after Hurricane Sandy struck, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $1.1 billion in disaster loans to 16,800 residents and businesses in the federally declared states affected by the storm. This milestone comes as Congress passed emergency legislation that will add $799 million to SBA’s disaster assistance program budget…
Cape May County republicans have selected Marie Hayes to be the newest member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. Republicans gathered on Wednesday evening and selected Hayes to fill the unexpired term of Susan Sheppard, who resigned her seat after winning the election for Cape May County Surrogate in November. Hayes outpolled Lower Township’s Stig…
Lower Township Police are continuing their investigation into the discovery of what they call “threatening’ graffiti inside a bathroom at Lower Cape May Regional High School. The graffiti was found on Wednesday and the incident is under investigation by both police and the school district. Police are asking all parents to speak with their teenagers…
A very strong line of storms and wind is approaching the Jersey Shore this evening. The National Weather Service has maintained a High Wind Warning for the Jersey Cape for this evening through 5am on Thursday. As of Wednesday at 5:00pm, the leaning edge of the rain was in the Philadelphia area with a line…
Have you made a major purchase on your credit card since Sunday? If so, it’s possible the retailer passed on a one to four percent credit card fee onto you, the consumer. A new law allows retailers to tack on that extra fee to your credit cards, but the law may be short-lived in New…
It may not make any difference, but Newark Mayor Cory Booker has thrown his support behind democrat Barbara Buono for governor. Buono is challenging republican governor Chris Christie in fall election, and some polls put Christie’s popularity rating at a whopping 70 percent. Booker and other democrats, including some high ranking democrats from South Jersey,…
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez emphatically denies that he had anything to do with underage prostitutes from the Dominican Republic. The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday that the FBI investigated a Florida doctor who allegedly supplied the prostitutes to Menendez. Menendez says that yes, the Senator did travel on a plane owned by the Florida…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made various appointments to state-run authorities and councils this week. Among them, Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi was reappointed to another term on the state’s Tidelands Resource Council. North Cape May resident Brian McEwing was appointed to the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission. Former Absecon Mayor Peter Elco…
Count former New Jersey Governor Jim Florio among those who believe the nation’s gun control laws need to be updated. Florio appeared at an event in Jersey City on Wednesday and stressed the need for real gun reform laws in the United States. You may remember Florio signed into law an assault weapons ban in…