At long last the facilities at the Ocean View rest area on the Garden State Parkway will be upgraded. Assemblyman Matt Milam broke the news to Coastal Broadcasting on Thursday that the current building at the rest stop will be demolished and replaced with a new, modern rest area with a store and Visitor’s Center.…
$200 million..that’s how high the Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to be on Saturday night. No one hit the big drawing on Wednesday night, which means the estimated jackpot for Saturday night will be around $200 million. Two lottery tickets sold in New Jersey for last night’s drawing each had four numbers; they are worth…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has over 1.6 million reasons to be thankful for the political clout of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. New campaign figures released today show that $1.6 million has been donated from New Jersey to the Romney campaign during the final three months of 2011. Christie has supported Romney from the…
State officials say they will step up drunk driving patrols Sunday night during and after the Super Bowl. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa says that increased patrols will be implemented on Super Sunday. The last time the Giants played in a Super Bowl was in 2008 and police nabbed 176 drunk drivers, the highest total among…
Avalon’s 2012 beach fill is underway. Bulldozers moved sand on Thursday at the 60th Street beachfront for eventual transport to the north side beaches in the community. Avalon’s backpassing beach project will result in 60,000 cubic yards of sand being moved from south end beaches to beaches between 16th street and 26th street. The work…
This story proves your never too old to sell sex. Vineland Police say they arrested a 60-year-old woman on prostitution charges. Babette Massaro of the 3700 block of Conley Drive allegedly tried to solicit an undercover police officer. Police say they were tipped off that men were coming and going from the home. Police say…
It may get vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie, but gay marriage legislation is continuing through the legislature. An Assembly panel will hold a hearing today on gay marriage. A Senate panel has already passed the measure. Christie says if lawmakers want to approve gay marriage, he would like to see the issue go out to…
Escaped convict Shane Hopkins was able to elude police for nearly 24 hours but was caught thanks to a tip from an area resident. At about 4pm on Wednesday, police returned to the woods off Old Egg Harbor Road on a tip that someone heard something suspicious in that vicinity. Reportedly, Hopkins surrendered to police…
Wildwood is going to the dogs once again. The Boardwalk Kennel Club began their annual show on Wednesdayat the Wildwoods Convention Center. Dogs and owners from across the northeast converge on the Wildwoods during the first week of February to show all breeds for cash and prizes. Last year the show brought an estimated $250,000…
Unseasonably warm temperatures have kept the the snow away. New Jersey was well above average January temperatures this year. The average temperature this year wad 39 degrees, which was about six degrees above the average temperature for January. The National Weather Service is calling for warm temperatures for at least the next week. The lowest…