The Borough of Woodbine received bids for two road construction projects, totaling $405,000, on November 10. South State was the low bidder on both projects. The first project is for the reconstruction of a portion of Fremont Ave. This project is being funded by New Jersey Department of Transportation Municipal Aid grant in the amount…
The first fatality has taken place at the racetrack in Millville. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 45 year old motorcyclist Michael Moore lost his life following a motorcycle accident at the raceway on Sunday; Moore passed away on Wednesday. Moore was a regional director of a motorsport bike association. It is the first…
The Penn State Board of Trustees met Wednesday night and decided to fire their school president and head football coach, effective immediately. The news was announced at a press conference late Wednesday night by the board’s Vice Chairman John P. Surma. He said the decision was “In the best interests of the university that a…
A major player in Atlantic City is getting a big increase in its annual budget. A 30 percent increase was approved for the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. Gov. Chris Christie has asked this group to oversee some of the tourism improvement plans the state has implemented for the resort. A tourism district is being established…
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez spoke Wednesdat on the Senate floor in support of legislation to help New Jersey’s veterans get back to work. The “VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011,” of which Menendez is a co-sponsor, combines components in the President’s American Jobs Act and additional initiatives to boost employment opportunities for veterans. In…
The push is on to get sports betting in New Jersey. A non-binding referendum showed that New Jersey residents overwhelming want sports book. Congressman Frank Pallone has already gone on record to say he will author a bill to get an exemption in the federal law to allow sports betting in New Jersey. Only four…
Offshore drilling should not be coming off the coast of New Jersey. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg applauded the Administration’s decision not to drill off the East Coast. The Senators also remain skeptical about the five year plan’s potential lease sales off of Alaska, however. The Department of Interior announced its 5 year…
Now that Middle Township is in control of the Republicans, the plan is to keep the budget level. Committeeman Dan Lockwood talked to Coastal Broadcasting and said the campaign promise made during Tim Donohue’s campaign, where he said there would be no tax increase, would be kept. Donohue was elected to take Nate Doughty’s seat…
Cape May County will be hosting a Veteran’s Day Ceremony. Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton is pleased to announce that Veterans’ Day Services will be held at the Cape May County Veterans’ Cemetery on Friday, November 11 at 2 p.m. Speakers will include: Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton, Staff Sergeant Andrew Jackson, Iraqi Veteran…
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in a case where he crossed state lines to have sex with an underage child. Curtis Miglionico II was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 months in prison for traveling from his home in Pennsylvania to New Jersey to engage in sexual conduct with a 13-year-old with whom he had been chatting…