Governor Chris Christie signed legislation to appropriate $821 million in no-cost and low-cost loans for crucial water and sewer infrastructure projects across the state. The financing, administered through the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program, will make available approximately $549 million for clean water project loans and $272 million for drinking water project loans, with…
National Preparedness Month kicks-off throughout the country. Over the next few weeks, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management will deliver several key emergency management initiatives and messages designed to help New Jersey residents empower themselves and their families in the event of a natural or manmade emergency. As such, today we start with the…
The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 23-year-old man after he drifted under the surface of the water and did not resurface at Asbury Park Beach Tuesday. The Coast Guard suspended its search at 10:26 p.m. after searching 10 square miles for approximately four hours, 30 minutes. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Shark River, N.J.,…
South Jersey was blessed with an extremely warm summer. The months of June through August were the warmest on record in Atlantic City. The average temperature was 77.50 degrees. The previous warmest Summer on record occurred in 2005, when the average temperature was 75.83 degrees. Also, 2010 is the fifth driest meteorological summer on record with 5.92…
The latest Hurricane Earl update is that the storm will still likely not make landfall in New Jersey. The track of the storm still leads projections to place the storm out to sea. Concerns will be raised if the storm gets any closer to the shoreline and potential Tropical Storm conditions arise. Forecasters beleive the…
Gov. Chris Christie is trying to move on from the “Race to the Top” problem that left Education Commissioner Bret Schundler fired. Christie says that Schundler lied to him and that is why he attacked the federal government and President Barack Obama. Schundler said he never told the Governor that he tried to make the…
Today, US Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded various institutions of higher education in New Jersey $4,128,469 in funding under the Student Support Services Program, to provide academic and other support to low-income, first-generation, or disabled college students. “Education is the great equalizer, which is…
Hurricane Earl continues to slow and is taking a track more towards North Carolina. The storm continues to be predicted to likely pass by New Jersey and remain out to sea. The National Weather Service is calling for the storm to pass by New Jersey late Friday at this point. It remains early in…
Hurricane Earl has just passed by Puerto Rico and is making its way up the East Coast. Forecasters currently believe the storm will stay out to the sea because of a low front that will be moving into the area by Thursday or Friday. Earl has slowed off its initial projections and may not pass by…
A man was shot during a home invasion. Vineland police say Ephraim Rodriguez was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital on Friday evening. Police are looking for three men who were involved in the home invasion. The victim reported he believed the three alleged suspects were Hispanic. The incident took place on Tanglewood Drive