On Wednesday the New Jersey Pinelands Commission held a public hearing on the state’s management plan for the Pinelands National Reserve. According to The Press of Atlantic City, about 20 people attended the meeting at the Hamilton Township Municipal Building. Comments included a discussion of development within the region that was inconsistent with the Pineland’s…
It was six years ago that Steven Domalewski was struck by a line drive off a metal bat in a little league game and suffered brain damage. On Wednesday the Domalewski family was awarded $14.5 million in a Passaic County Superior Court, the settlement in a lawsuit against the bat manufacturer, Little League aseball and…
Good news for South Jersey realtors and homeowners looking to sell. According to figures released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors, sales of previously owned homes in Cape May County grew by 19 percent in July over last year, and increased by 14 percent in Atlantic County. MLS data also showed that Cumberland County…
The budget in Wildwood still isn’t final, but it is pretty close. The Wildwood Commission had to push back a vote as it waits for final approval from the state. A contract for a lease on the Monster Truck Building was presented to the state for final approval on the budget. Commissioner Pete Byron says…
The identity of the man killed on the Atlantic City Expressway crash has been revealed. Police say that 22-year-old Jonathan Schifferdecker of Cape May Court House lost his life on Tuesday night on the Expressway. A series of accidents ended up leading to his passing. Schifferdecker’s vehicle struck the back a tanker truck and he…
The bus you ride to work could be getting a lot smarter beginning next year. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg announced more than $10 million going to NJ Transit, of which $8.5 million will go to this SmartBus technology. The SmartBus project funds will be used to install computers on over 800…
Allegedly a man confessed five times to throwing his daughter off the bridge. The trial began on Wednesday for Shamsiddin Abdur Raheem. State Deputy Attorney General Andrew Fried said he has five instances where Raheem admitted to throwing the three month old off the Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway. Raheem is from Galloway.
A major Wall Street rating has downgraded Revel Casino. Moody’s Investors Service lowered Corporate Family and Probability of Default ratings. Revel lost $35 million in its first quarter of operation. Standard & Poor’s took similar action last week. Revel as a result of poor performance have had a hard time paying off their debt.
There will be no mention of the “Jersey Comeback” in Tampa. Gov. Chris Christie told media on Wednesday that he wasn’t planning on nor will he bring up that mantra during his keynote speech on Wednesday. Christie was picked by Mitt Romney to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Christie will address…
A new bill was signed into law that will change the state’s college system. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is being broken up and will be placed into either Rutgers University or Rowan. The goal is to give Rutgers University a wider reach and grow the umbrella of the state’s biggest…