The Senate Education Committee will meet on Monday, August 16, to discuss a measure that would revamp New Jersey’s charter school regulation system. The meeting is scheduled to be held at 10 AM in Committee Room 6 of the State House Annex. State Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Bret D. Schundler is scheduled to attend…
The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old male 70 nautical miles off of Atlantic City Saturday. The Coast Guard received a call at 7 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel The Ranger reporting a crewmember with diabetes had a seizure and was out of insulin. A Coast Guard rescue crew from Air Station Atlantic City arrived…
The Philadelphia 76ers today named Rod Thorn, an NBA veteran of more than four decades, as the team’s new President. Ed Stefanski, who had served as the team’s President and General Manager since December 4, 2007, will continue in his role as General Manager. “Rod is one of the most respected basketball minds in the…
A federal court ruled with a girl who said her first amendment rights were violated by Bridgeton High School. The girl, identitied only as CH because she is a minor, wore an arm band that said life on it and tape on her mouth to symbolize muted babies across the globe. She was taking part…
A banner plane that went down in Middle Township in 2008 was caused by a miscalculation in how much fuel remained. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that the banner plane that went down near the Catalina Motel in July of that year was the fault of the pilot. The fuel tanks were found empty…
A group working on deciding what the new Convention Hall project will look like in Cape May decided on a single-story building. A meeting was held on Thursday morning and the committee looked at a number of designs. The option was available to go to two-stories. The committee felt the one-story would serve the people…
An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted an Atlantic City man yesterday afternoon on charges of murder, conspiracy, weapons offenses, and aggravated assault, in connection with three drive-by shootings in Atlantic City in June of 2008. The third shooting resulted in the deaths of two teenagers, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced today. It is alleged that on June 22,…
The Department of Environmental Protection this afternoon received new water sampling results that strongly suggest low oxygen levels were behind the massive die-off of menhaden in Delaware Bay. Three of four samples taken today showed dissolved oxygen levels below 5 micrograms per liter. Any level below that is considered biologically stressed. The fourth sample was…
Middle Township Police Department received several 911 calls today reporting a motorcycle crash on State Highway 47 at New York Avenue. Upon arrival of Officer’s it was reported by several witnesses that the motorcyclist who was traveling North on State Highway 47, crashed into a Chevy Tahoe that was making a left turn onto New…
An arrest was made in the Del Haven murder. Gene Marr was caught in Florida. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Middle Township Police announced that Marr was arrested in Volusia County, Fl, and he is going to extradited to Cape May County from the Volusia County Correctional Center. Ronald Denny Sr. was…