The Borough of Avalon is preparing for very bad weather from Hurricane Irene over the weekend. All Borough-sponsored special events from Friday through Sunday are cancelled in Avalon, and weekend visitors are being advised to stay away from the beachfront community during the height of the storm on Saturday and Sunday. The Avalon Office of…
Atlantic City Electric is getting prepared for likely power outages this weekend. Atlantic City Electric has initiated its Incident Response Plan and is strongly urging customers to prepare for the possibility of outages. A request was made for 600 personnel from other utilities; the first 150 from First Energy in Ohio already have been made…
A $3 million plus award was made in West Cape May on Tuesday. Congressman Frank LoBiondo was among those in attendance for the check presentation to Mayor Pam Kaithern. LoBiondo was on hand as Borough officials announced some major federal funding that will be applied to water system upgrades and the extension of current sewer…
After tabling it a couple of times, Wildwood believes it has an ordinance to present to the public to address rowdy houses. Mayor Ernie Troiano said one of the issues the city was looking into was weekly rentals and coming up with a plan to come after the property owner that allows a certain type…
Football practices were back on at Mainland Regional. Four members of the team were killed over the weekend in a motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway. Four other players had been released from the hospital over the weekend that were injured in the crash. An investigation is on-going to figure out how quick…
A girl that had been missing since last week was found in Absecon. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office was announced that Natasha Hanstveit was found and said she was safe. The girl was reported missing to Wildwood Police just before the weekend. Authorities say they can’t release any more information at this time. More…
State emergency management officials continue to track the path of Hurricane Irene, which is expected to bring nasty weather to the Jersey Shore this weekend. The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management admits that evacuations in some coastal communities is likely if the hurricane stays on its current path and brings a category one storm…
Where was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie when Tuesday’s earthquake shook the Garden State? He was at Island Beach State Park on vacation with his family. The governor’s office says that Christie responded right away when the earthquake shook New Jersey and received immediate briefings from his staff. The state’s Office of Emergency Management largely…
$158 million..that’s how much money New Jersey is getting from the federal government in Homeland Security grants. Senator Frank Lautnberg announced that the grant money will help protect lives and infrastructure in North Jersey. Among the beneficiaries of the funding: New Jersey Transit, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Delaware…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made sure New Jersey was in good shape following an earthquake before he headed to Illinois on Tuesday night. Christie was slated to speak at a republican governor’s meeting in Chicago on Tuesday night; he will remain in Illinois on Wednesday.