The Assembly on Monday will convene seven committee hearings examining the impact of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget on consumers, businesses, families, disabled children, college students and job creation. All hearings are set for the State House Annex in Trenton. The following hearings are scheduled for 10 a.m.: · The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee will hear…
The Assembly on Monday will convene seven committee hearings examining the impact of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget on consumers, businesses, families, disabled children, college students and job creation. All hearings are set for the State House Annex in Trenton. The following hearings are scheduled for 10 a.m.: · The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee will hear…
Lower Township Police continue to investigate the discovery of a man’s body inside a van over the weekend. Police responded to a call at the parking lot at township hall where they found the man inside a red van that was parked. Police believe the incident is a suicide, but continue their investigation. Autopsy results…
Middle Township Police say a 72-year old township man lost his life over the weekend during an accident at his home. Police say the unidentified man was using a grinding tool to remove a lug nut from a tire when a spark accidentally ignited his oxygen tube and burned his face. The man was taken…
An autopsy was done on the two bodies that were killed this past week in Atlantic City. The tests found that both Jan Williams and Marlon Thigpen were killed from multiple gunshot wounds. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing to investigate the crimes. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Prosecutor’s Office Major CrimesUnit at…
An autopsy was done on the two bodies that were killed this past week in Atlantic City. The tests found that both Jan Williams and Marlon Thigpen were killed from multiple gunshot wounds. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing to investigate the crimes. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Prosecutor’s Office Major CrimesUnit at…
Despite assurances from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it had stopped a discharge from a Delaware River dredge disposal facility in Salem County, DEP inspectors today found water flowing uncontrolled from the site, raising the department’s concerns about potential harmful impacts from contaminants on ecologically sensitive wetlands. “This finding is especially troubling because…
Ocean City’s Office of Emergency Management will host its sixth Emergency Preparedness Symposium on Thursday, September 16th, from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Ocean City High School Bill and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center, 501 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City. This year the evening will feature the debut of a new Emergency Preparedness video project “It Could…
Advancing his commitment to streamline government and remove duplication, redundancies and bureaucracy, Governor Chris Christie signed an Executive Order eliminating 60 State boards and commissions that were found through a thorough review to be expired, inactive, non-operational or otherwise defunct. “The councils, commissions and boards targeted for elimination have quite frankly outlived their usefulness,” said…
A couple of proposals are floating around in Lower Township that could hurt businesses twice. The township council is considering increasing the mercantile fees and doing away with commercial trash pick up. Lower Township is one of a few towns in the area that does provide commercial trash pick up. The township is looking to…