A new report says a man was arrested for soliciting two sisters who were prostitutes. The News of Cumberland County reports Mark Hannah, 50, of Millville, was arrested this week, just weeks away from being arrested previously. The report says that it is not clear whether Hannah, or Melissa Zimmer, the most recent woman, were…
President Barack Obama made a fan of former Gov. Jim McGreevey. Obama came out on Wednesday and said gay marriage needs to be made legal. McGreevey told the Star-Ledger that it is was a “moral turning point” in the country. McGreevey made national news when he announced that he was gay while in office. He…
The cost to go to college has grown massively in recent years, and students are strapped with huge loans. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez took to the floor of the Senate on Wednesday to talk in support of a bill to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling. If nothing is done, current interest rates…
A fire hit a popular hotel in Avalon. The Avalon Volunteer Fire Department responded to a working structure fire at the Golden Inn Hotel and Resort located at 7849 Dune Drive in Avalon on Wednesday evening, May 9th. The fire call came in approximately 6:40pm. According to Avalon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Edward Dean, one…
It will be a chance to remember those who have served as police officers in the line of duty. Cape May County will be the annual Cape May County Law Enforcement Memorial Service on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Cape May County Public Safety Training Center located at 171 Crest Haven Road, Cape May…
A new plan is being worked on to save thousands of post office locations across the country. The proposal would allow the 13,000 rural post offices to stay open, but with limited hours. A location could be open as a little as two hours a day. Other plans are being considered, like mergers, or moving…
New Jersey’s governor still might be in the running to be vice president. Chris Christie again said he wasn’t going to commit one way or another until he has to. The governor has said on a number of occasions that he doesn’t see himself as the vice president type, but doesn’t want to rule out…
Looking for your weekly newspaper at the local Wawa? Well next month you will not be able to get them. The Cape May County Herald and the Shoppe will not continue to distribute their papers at the Wawas due to a new circulation fee structure put into place by the store. Coastal Broadcasting confirmed that…
The government has backpedalled on it’s prediction of record-setting gas prices this summer. The Energy Information Administration has revised it’s forecast for summer gas prices to $3.79 per gallon, due to a drop in the price of oil. From January to early April, gas prices have risen by 20 percent. Last summer, the national average…
South Jersey’s unemployment rate may be higher than the national average of 8.1 percent, but Cape May County leads the nation in employment percentage gains for the first quarter of 2012. Preliminary numbers for March released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show unemployment rates at 15.2 percent for Cape May County, 13.2 percent…