An 87 year old Villas man was killed during a two vehicle accident on the Garden Sate Parkway on Sunday. State Police say Robert Pestridge Jr. of the Villas was ejected from his pickup truck without his seat belt on and with no headlights on during on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Barnegat early…
Assembly panels on Monday will consider legislation that stems from an August tragedy when a 3-month-old girl was thrown into a river after being allegedly abducted by her father, along with bills allowing mobile gaming, promoting electric vehicle usage, turning foreclosed properties into affordable housing and an array of new consumer protections. The bills will…
An exemption has been made for a key Atlantic City casino to have a larger casino floor. State officials gave approval for the Revel Casino to have 130,000 square feet of casino floor. The casino is still under the limit of hotel rooms that is needed to have that kind of floor. Revel says it…
It was a time to say goodbye before the weekend. Friends and family went to the funeral for Dennis Gomes, who died unexpectedly over a week ago. Gomes was the CEO of Resorts Casino in Atlantic City and had worked with other casinos in the resort over his time. A private ceremony was held on…
Cape May County will be represented by one school in a sectional final. The Middle Township girls basketball team will be hosting Delran in the South Jersey Group 2 final, after beating Sterling 37-24. Delran pulled the upset over No. 1 seed Willingboro. With that victory, Middle Township as the two seed gets the home…
A very good basketball season by the Middle Township boys basketball team ended with a very good effort Saturday afternoon. Middle Township lost to Willingboro, in the South Jersey Group II basketball semifinal basketball game at Willingboro. The game was broadcast live by WCZT Radio. Middle Township was a big underdog to the Chimeras heading…
Something that most people in New Jersey can agree about. The MTV show “Jersey Shore” is bad for New Jersey. A Quinnipiac University poll was just released and says that 69 percent of state voters believe the show is bad for the state, while only 12 percent felt it was good. Also, 68 percent of…
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported in Cape Mat, returned from a 59-day patrol in the North Atlantic Friday. The Dependable crew departed Cape May Jan. 4 and returned home after patrolling more than 8,000 miles off New England’s coast in support of Operation Atlantic Venture, which supported maritime safety, security and stewardship missions in the…
It was another tough week at the gas pumps. Prices increased another seven cents locally, bringing the average price at $3.60 per gallon. The state average is one cent higher than local prices. On a positive note, oil prices receded by about three dollars per barrel from a week ago. Oil closed at $106.82 per…
Local businesswomen gathered in Avalon on Thursday for the seventh annual Women in Business Conference. Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno was the keynote speaker and told the group that women were the answer to economic vitality in New Jersey. The event was hosted by the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce and drew a crowd of…