The state’s highest court said a recall effort against United States Senator Robert Menendez can’t go forward. A tea party group had organized the recall effort. Previously, they won the right to recall in an appellate court, but this 4-2 ruling reverses that decision. The supreme court said that the federal constitution does not give states…
The Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno asked local leaders for continued support on the tool kit. Guadagno spoke during the League of Municipalities meeting in Atlantic City on Thursday. The second in command for the state told local leaders that they need to reach out to their assemblymen and senator, and tell them the tool kit…
A plea deal has been reached for former assemblyman Joseph Vas. Vas agreed to the deal and has plead guilty for corruption charges. The charges included two counts of official misconduct and single counts of theft and money laundering. Vas has also been found guilty on federal corruption charges. Vas will serve eight years, and…
The Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel reasserted that they are continuing to actively investigate the murders of Barbara Breidor, Molly Jean Dilts, Kim Raffo and Tracy Ann Roberts. Their bodies were recovered from a drainage ditch in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township nearly four years ago. The victims’ identities were determined…
Two local men suffered non-life threatening injuries when they fell from some scaffolding at a construction site in Sea Isle City. City police told Coastal Broadcasting that the two men fell 22 feet after a chain that had secured the scaffolding broke. The men were both airlifted to the Atlantic City Medical Center following the…
The State of New Jersey has released its Uniform Crime Report for 2010, and various figures for Cape May County communities have been included in the report. The report shows that overall crime is down throughout the state, and local communities have also seen a slight decrease in their reported crime figures. Cape May, North…
Wildwood High School needs to find itself a new boys basketball coach. The Board of Education accepted a committee recommendation to let Mario Montanero go as head coach of the basketball team. The school would not go into detail about the removal, saying it was a personnel matter. Montanero has the right to appeal the…
A bomb threat was called into a school in Millville and an evacuation took place as a result. The Daily Journal reports that the threat was a hoax at Wood Elementary School. School is scheduled to return to normal beginning today. No word has been made on a potential follow up investigation into the hoax.
The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office is getting involved in the Wildwood dispute between the police chief and the mayor. A letter was hand delivered by Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor on Tuesday to all involved parties at Wildwood City Hall that Lt. Kenneth Super and Detective Mark Weeks from the Prosecutor’s Office will…
A shooting took place on Tuesday in Millville that has left a man in critical condition. The man is in Cooper University Hospital. The incident took place at the intersection of Route 47 and Broad Street. So far no details have been released on a potential shooter. The shooting is an open and active investigation.