Teachers in New Jersey received one of the lowest increases in the last half century. New data says that new contracts that were negotiated this year provided teachers with a slightly bigger than two percent raise. The numbers decrease the closer the contract was finalized closer to the end of the school year. The numbers…
The Department of Environmental Protection plans to take more water samples today as part of an investigation into the massive die-off of menhaden in Delaware Bay. In addition, fish tissue samples will be collected and sent to a laboratory for analysis. “Right now we do not have any indication that pollution or a toxic algae…
The first five years for Atlantic Cape Community College have been good ones. High ranking school officials made a presentation to the Cape May County Freeholders on Tuesday. They showed an increase in enrollment for the first five years at the Cape May County campus. The data also showed that average age of the students…
A meeting was held with two local state representatives and the Lt. Gov Kim Guadagno. State Senator Jeff Van Drew and Assemblyman Matt Milam met with the then Acting Governor, to discuss a number of items, including tourism. Milam said that the communications between this administration and the previous one shows a lightyear difference. Guadagno…
U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced that unemployed New Jersey workers will be eligible for a total of $112,200,638 in emergency assistance to help prevent foreclosures. The federal Hardest Hit Fund, which makes funds available for programs to help homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments due to unemployment, is being…
An overnight fire forced three people is escape their home in Cape May Court House. The website for the Cape May County Herald reports that the blaze took place Poplar Street. Two adults and a child safely escaped the house. Multiple fire companies from Dennis, Middle, Lower, and Stone Harbor were on scene, according to the report.
A Millville man was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 years in jail, on a number of charges including murder. Andrew Pender was convicted of killing Charles “Bunky” Jones and will have to serve at least 55 years before he can be paroled. The charges include murder, attempted murder, witness tampering, and weapons possession.
A man who admitted to killing a supervisor at the Trump Taj Mahal received his sentence of 30 years in jail. The punishment was handed down in Superior Court on Wednesday to Mark Magee. He will do time for killing Ray Kot, because he previously said the casinos are cheating their customers and believed Kot…
An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for the fatal shooting of another Atlantic City man during a dispute over a drug sale in a case that had previously ended in two hung juries, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. Terryn Kelsey, 20, of 1922 Beach Avenue, entered a guilty…
A report published in the Daily Journal of Vineland says that the Vineland City Council decided to sell some land at rates far below their fair market value to a man who donated thousands of dollars to political campaigns. The Journal reports that council sold four city sites for a total of $16,000 to developer…