More New Jerseyans are thinking that Senator Robert Menendez is doing a better job in New Jersey. A poll release by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday shows that 44 percent of New Jersey residents approve of Menendez’ job performance; that’s up by six points over the last poll taken in December. Menendez was appointed to the…
Two Cape May County communities are getting state funding for the establishment of bikeways in their communities. The Christie administration announced that Wildwood and Middle Township will be getting a combined $810,000 for bikeway projects in their respective communities. 33 municipalities and counties statewide are sharing $7.6 million in grants handed out by four different…
U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced the Atlantic City and Camden fire departments were awarded a combined $14,835,147 in federal funding for firefighting staffing. The funding is made available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program. The highly competitive SAFER grant…
If you pay Atlantic City Electric for the power that you use, good news..your bill is going down. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced Wednesday that electric bills for most New Jersey residents will be going down slightly, including Atlantic City Electric customers. The tenth annual electricity auction has been completed, and it…
The prosecution has rested its case in the murder trial of North Wildwood resident Robert Davies. Davies is the local man who’s accused of killing a tourist in Margate back in 2007. The 49 year old Davies maintains he used self defense when he plunged a knife into Lavern Paul Ritch. Davies had acted as…
Mayor William Pikolycky is pleased to announce that the Borough of Woodbine has received a dividend in the amount of $6,952 from the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund. “Woodbine is eligible to share in the surplus generated from the strong safety programs, claims management and other cost control programs since the JIF, by not…
Cape May County could be seeing a light snowfall this evening. The National Weather Service says that there will be some light snow in our region during the overnight hours. No significant snowfall is expected. A big winter storm is expected to move to the south of our region, bringing no accumulating snow to Cape…
Some bad financial news for the state of New Jersey. Standard and Poor’s confirmed on Wednesday that the credit rating for the Garden State has gone down. New Jersey had enjoyed a credit rating of AA; now that rating has been dropped to AA-. The Associated Press reports that Governor Chris Christie addressed the drop…
Some good news for Avalon residents in 2011. Borough Council is expected to introduce its budget during tonight’s counicl meeting, and the new spending plan calls for no increase in the tax levy in Avalon. The budget totals $27.2 million, which includes a nearly $4 million payment from the state for last year’s beach fill. …
A minor disruption in the school day for one Lower Township elementary school today. Students were evacuated from the David C. Douglass Memorial School in Lower Township shortly after 11:00am Wednesday. There was a small fire, believed to be electrical in nature, on top of the school. The Cape May County Herald reports that there…