It will be easier to drop off recycling in Avalon. The Avalon Department of Public Works announced that there will be new expanded days and hours at the popular Avalon trash and recycling center located at the Avalon Public Works Yard’s 15th Street entrance. The center will now be open seven days a week all year…
Graduation ceremonies will be held on Friday for corrections officers in Atlantic County. The 16 officers will be graduating the Atlantic County Police Training Center. The event will begin at 3 p.m. at the Fernwood Avenue Middle School.
It looks like a new law that prohibit smoking on some of Cape May’s beaches will get another look in the very near future. Deputy Mayor Jack Wichterman told the Cape May Gazette that he’s ready to re-introduce a new law that would ban smoking on Cape May’s beaches within the next month. The issue…
How’s this for luck? A New Jersey woman who never played the Pick 6 lottery before in her life clips a newspaper coupon for a free lottery ticket..and she wins $3.5 million. The unidentified woman lives in Manville; she used the coupon for the December 15th lottery drawing on the last day she could have…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will deliver his state of the state address next week. Christie announced that his discussion of state issues will be held on Tuesday, January 17th, at 3:00pm in Trenton. Christie was supposed to deliver the address this week but postponed it due to the sudden passing of Assemblyman Alex DeCroce.
The Ocean City Council agenda is fairly light tonight, but council could take action on one significant piece of business. The agenda call for the public hearing and possible adoption on the Special Improvement District budget. Also, Freeholder Susan Sheppard is expected to be in attendance for to provide a county update. The meeting begins…
The New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers released some positive economic news for auto sales in the state. According to their report, New Jersey car dealers had their best year since 2007, with an eight per cent increase over 2010. Prior to the recession, car and light truck sales ran at about half a million…
Thursday is the day we will learn about the State of Atlantic City from it’s Mayor Lorenzo Langford. The mayor will deliver his annual address at 1pm at Bally’s in Atlantic City at a luncheon for the Atlantic City Metropolitan Business & Citizens Association.
The News of Cumberland County reports that the third floor of the Cumberland Manor Nursing Home is under quarantine due to a highly contagious norovirus. The report says 35 of the 55 residents on the third floor are infected with the nonlethal virus which causes abdominal cramps, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. The Cumberland Manor staff…
On Wednesday morning, the Oyster Creek Generating Station was operating at less than full power as crews worked to repair a condenser tube. The plant in Lacey Township was restored to full power by 1pm, as it continued to supply nine per cent of New Jersey’s electricity. The Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant is scheduled to be shut…