Two Cape May County Sheriff’s Officers have graduated from the New Jersey State Police K-9 Avademy. Sheriff Gary Schaffer announced that Officers Beth Perednas and Nolan Harris graduated on July 8. Officer Beth Perednas and her partner “Jax” completed both the eighteen-week patrol dog training class and the twelve-week narcotic scent detection class. Officer Nolan…
Legislation is being introduced in the Assembly to assist law enforcement in the search for abducted children, and increase the chances of determining cause of death in death investigations, in light of the circumstances that played out before the whole country in the trial of Casey Anthony. The bill would make failing to report a…
An Assemblywoman plans to introduce legislation that would return live New Jersey Lottery drawings to television. The bill would require NJTV, the station that replaced NJN earlier this month, to televise lottery drawings for free. The New Jersey Lottery debuted a new live Internet version of the daily drawings after the state changed from the state-run…
The beach replenishment project in Stone Harbor is continuing. Mayor Suzanne Walters updated Coastal Broadcasting on the project. Walters said that portions of the beach are still begin closed down, but only one entrance at a time will be unavailable. The work is expected to continue over the course of the next couple of weeks,…
A local veteran’s group has turned over around 10,000 petitions to Congressman Frank LoBiondo to try and lobby for more medical services for veterans in South Jersey. LoBiondo is going to take the signatures to the Veteran’s Affairs in order to demonstrate the need in the area. LoBiondo says that the VA has said there…
A man was said to be intoxicated and to be sleeping on a couch in a home that was not his own. Millville Police say that Shelton Handy was charged with weapons possession after he was found with a knife on him. A man came home to his residence on West Broad St. on Saturday…
New casino revenue was a mixed bag in Atlantic City for June. Revenue was once against down, but was the best showing since February. Revenue fell by 3.7 percent compared to the year prior. The numbers show the 34th straight month of decline. A number of casinos showed improvement, including the Borgata, Harrah’s, and Resorts.…
An effort to override vetoes by Gov. Chris Christie to the state budget were unsuccessful.. More votes will take place on Tuesday. Democrats are upset with the cuts that were made by Christie, that took about $1 billion out of the budget. Democrats say that the dollars were coming out of the surplus and would…
Lower Township Police are reminding local residents about their annual National Night Out. Police are asking members of the community to come out on Aug. 2 at Lower Cape May Regional High School from 7 to 9 p.m. Anyone that would like to participate should contact the police department at 886-1619, ext. 109.
The Internal Revenue Service is once again reminding local residents to avoid being prey to unscrupulous individuals trying to persuade them to file false claims for tax credits or rebates. The IRS tells Coastal Broadcasting that they are seeing an increase in tax-return-related scams. The scams are involving individuals that has people file for tax…