Volunteers are needed to help clean the beaches and dunes during the Sea Isle City Environmental Commission’s Annual Spring Beach Clean-up event on Saturday, April 30, 10:00 a.m. to 12 Noon (rain date: Sunday, May 1). Groups, families, businesses and individuals are encouraged to participate in this worthwhile effort – and all are invited to…
Lower Township officials confirm there is full access to Ponderlodge. Manager Mike Voll credited the work done by of Site Contractors of Hammonton. All the new adjoining trails have been paved that had been requested by the Mayor and Council. The wildlife area will now be open all the time for the enjoyment of residents…
Overnight closures will be taking place on Route 52 again. It was announced that the causeway will be shut down to traffic between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Monday through Thursday beginning April 18 and ending April 28. The other two entrance to the city will have to be used during this time at…
Officials confirm that 30 police officers are returning to work in Atlantic City. The news broke on Thursday. To date, 20 of the 60 officers that lost their jobs last year have been brought back. This round of hiring would bring back most of the rest. The goal is to have the officers back up…
Strong comments came from Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Langford likened the new relationship that state and city have as compared to a pimp and a prostitute. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is being put in charge of a portion of the city that will be operated as…
Two men were arrested Wednesday night in connection with the 2010 death of an Egg Harbor City mother of two. Dontay Matthews, 21, of Elwood, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder. Mario Adams, 27, of Hammonton, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. The arrests…
The Coast Guard towed a 71-foot fishing boat with three people aboard after their vessel became disabled 100 miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J., Wednesday. Coast Guard watchstanders at Station Cape May received a call at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday from The Lobster House Fish House in Cape May reporting they received an e-mail…
A fire in the bathroom of Middle Township High School caused an evacuation. Police say that a custodian put the fire out with an extinguisher. The incident took place on Thursday around 1:35 p.m. The department’s Detective Division along with the Cape May Co. Fire Marshal’s Office and the Cape May Court House Fire Department…
U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) today released the latest information about local dialysis services approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for South Jersey veterans. At LoBiondo’s request, the VA provided details of its existing blanket ordering agreements (BOAs) for dialysis service providers serving South Jersey veterans. The BOAs were approved by…
Over $2 million is wasted in clothing stipends. That was the determination made by the State Comptroller Matthew Boxer. The money is used on “white-collar” jobs and those employees do not wear any special clothing to work each day. Gov. Chris Christie blasted the payments and called out the unions for getting this in the…