Steve O’Connor has been given a new five-year contract extension as county administrator. The Board of Chosen Freeholders voted 3-1 on the issue on Tuesday. Gerald Thornton voted against and Ralph Bakley abstained. Many local residents spoke against the move by the Freeholder board. Two main objections were raised. The first was that the contract…
The Philadelphia Eagles lost out on the chance for a first round bye last night. The Birds lost 24-14 to the Minnesota Vikings. Philadelphia trails the Chicago Bears by one game, but Chicago beat Philly earlier in the year and hold the tiebreaker. The Eagles will be the third seed and will host the sixth…
There was no winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery and yet another rollover will take place. The Tuesday drawing for $196 million came up short of a grand prize winner. The next drawing will take place on Friday for $237 million. The cash option is $150.8 million.
A popular Cape May restaurant is open again, just five days after a major fire. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Merion Inn in Cape May opened for business on Tuesday evening, and will remain open this week through the New Year’s holiday. Last week, the Merion Inn suffered a major fire that…
A local man who is a suspect in a murder that took place nearly 30 years ago walked out of the Cape May County Jail on Tuesday. George J. Carty had his bail lowered, and he walked out of the county jail Tuesday evening. Carty is a suspect in the killing of John Attenborough back…
The Borough of Avalon volunteered to help New York City handle a large volume of ambulance calls resulting from a blizzard that dropped two feet of snow on the city. Avalon Rescue Squad EMTs Jonathan Schwartz and Seth Schoenfeld volunteered to drive an Avalon ambulance to New York City to help with numerous rescue calls…
It was a very rough start to the Boardwalk Basketball Classic for the Wildwood boys basketball team. Wildwood was trounced by Pleasantville in their first game of the tournament, 62-42. Francis Christian scored 11 points for Wildwood; he was the only player to hit double figures. Wildwood trailed by 11 points at the half and…
The bail for George Carty III has been significantly reduced. Carty’s bail has been reduced to $50,000 from $250,000. Carty was being held for the 1982 murder of John Attenborough. It has been determined before that some statements made by George J. Carty III during an interrogation at a West Virginia police department cannot be…
The bail for George Carty III has been significantly reduced. Carty’s bail has been reduced to $50,000 from $250,000. Carty was being held for the 1982 murder of John Attenborough. It has been determined before that some statements made by George J. Carty III during an interrogation at a West Virginia police department cannot be…
Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today reminded New Jersey residents that old TVs, computers and computer monitors – items known collectively as electronic waste, or e-waste – must be recycled as of the beginning of the new year, as required by the Electronic Waste Management Act. The Electronic Waste Management Act bans the…