Its all positives in the Cape May County Sheriff’s Department. An annual report was filed with the Cape May County Freeholders on Tuesday. Sheriff Gary Schaffer talked with Coastal Broadcasting about the report, which shows the department cutting overtime for a fourth straight year and an over $200,000 sum being put back into the budget…
A piece of 9/11 history is in Cape May County. Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton told Coastal Broadcasting that a piece of steel from the World Trade Center has been donated to the county. Thornton said the county was planning to put it on display in the Freeholder meeting room. Cape May County was touched by…
Four couples in love made their marriage vows before County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti on Valentines Day February 14th. Loved ones came in person and some at a distance participated in the ceremonies by telephone conference and by video conference via Skype. Pictured here are Tom Lyons and Alicia Bada of Lower Township with nephew…
This horse ain’t meant for diving. The owners of the Steel Pier made it official on Tuesday when they said they will scrap a plan to bring back the diving horse attraction. A number of people were ready to protest the diving horse. Animal rights groups felt it was not humane to do the horses.…
A carjacking murder suspect has admitted her guilt. Jessica Kisby, of Egg Harbor Township, plead guilty to murder and related charges to a carjacking the left a man dead at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the plea. Kisby entered the guilty plea to seven counts. The state…
Give them a hearing. Those are the words of Gov. Chris Christie who has been pushing for his two Supreme Court nominees to get a Senate hearing to move forward the confirmation process. Several Democratic lawmakers have been critical of the two selections, Phillip Kwon and Bruce Harris. Christie said if any of them have…
Fans wishing to say goodbye to Whitney Houston in person are out of luck. Only private funeral services will be held for the famous singer. There were talks of a public funeral in Newark this week, but the final decision was to keep it private. Some fans were upset by the decision. Gov. Chris Christie…
It was a potential scary accident. A construction worker fell and was knocked out for a few minutes at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May. The man was identified as Richard Kortonick of North Wildwood. A quick responding team was able to help get Kortonick to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and he…
A promise is being kept. Vineland Mayor Robert Romano has presented a zero increase budget to council. As Coastal Broadcasting previously reported, it was Romano’s goal to keep taxes flat this year. Romano said that financial conditions did not allow him to keep taxes flat in previous years but now has opened this possibility during…
Repeat offenders could have a tougher time skipping bail. Gov. Chris Christie officially proposed changing state law to give judges more power to deny bail to violent offenders and those who have a history of offenses. Christie said the state system should fall in line with what is being done federally, where defendants can be…