Atlantic Cape Community College and the Atlantic Cape Foundation announced they have raised $1.5 million of the $2.5 million goal in the school’s first capital campaign. At a news conference, Dr. Peter Mora, president, kicked-off the “public phase” of “Create Opportunity: The Capital & Scholarship Campaign for Atlantic Cape Community College,” by announcing the receipt…
Cumberland County officials are making the push to get roads fixed from storm damage. A special meeting was held this week where a bond ordinance was introduced. The county is looking to allociate just over $7 million towards to the project. The money is being moved around from other departments. A public hearing will be…
A new report says Vineland has set a new tax rate. The Daily Journal says that the city has a 2.7 cent increase. According to the report, the city has switched its budget calendar to follow a calendar year and needed to fill a six-month gap until Jan. 1. The tax bills for the fourth…
The push for higher academic standards in the state continued by Gov. Chris Christie. Governor Chris Christie and Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf outlined the Administration’s ongoing action to implement high academic standards in New Jersey schools on Tuesday. According to the Governor’s press released, this year, districts will implement the new standards in K-2…
The recession hasn’t hurt Rutgers fundraising. Propelled in part by an anonymous $27 million gift – the largest in the university’s history – Rutgers raised a record $137.4 million in private donations during the 2010-11 academic year, the Rutgers University Foundation announced. The $27 million anonymous gift is structured as a challenge grant that will…
Two rabies cases have been reported in Atlantic County. New Jersey State Department of Health laboratory has confirmed the cases, which brings the total number up to 11 this year. A rabid raccoon was collected from a property on Forrest Drive in Northfield on August 31 after it was discovered in the back yard in…
An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted a former Northfield attorney for the theft of over $220,000, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced. It is alleged that between the dates of August 1, 2008 and October 12, 2010, Gary Levin, 61, of Egg Harbor Township, misappropriated $220,149 from his attorney’s trust account. The stolen monies represented settlement proceeds belonging…
A debate is going to be held on Thursday in the second legislative district race. State Senator James Whelan will be facing Republican challenger Vince Polistina, who is an Assemblyman. The debate will begin at 6 p.m. atDante Hall for the Performing Arts and is scheduled to last for one hour. A debate will take…
A Vineland man was found not guilty in a shooting that took place in 2005. Candido Mayas was acquitted on Friday of all charges in the incident. Mayas had faced a number of charged including aggravated assault, and multiple weapons possession charges. The defendant was previously facing first-degree murder charges, but that count was later…
It was another big win for Carl Lewis. A federal appeals court voted to put Lewis on the ballot for the November general election. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno had ruled that Lewis would be kept off the ballot initially, saying he did not met the state’s residency requirement. Ballots are going to be printed in…