A major environmental organization in New Jersey claims New Jersey would benefit more from tourism and commercial fishing than it would from offshore drilling. The New Jersey Sierra Club issued a new report alleging that the state would reap more financial benefits from tourism and fishing than it would from allowing offshore drilling. The club…
New Jersey’s governor is expected to be the target of a big media campaign being implemented by the state’s largest employees union. The Communications Workers of America is going to ask its 40,000 New Jersey workers to pay higher dues in order to fund advertising campaigns that will blast Governor Chris Christie’s severe budget cuts.…
The Stone Harbor Police Department has handed out ten violation notices to people who had their dogs unleashed on local beaches during the evening hours. The Press of Atlantic City reports that people in Stone Harbor are now taking advantage of new regulations that permit dogs on the beach after 7pm. However, the police department…
A judge ruled on Tuesday that a pit bull dog who mauled a local pet store owner will not be put down. Judge Dave DeWeese held a court hearing Tuesday and ruled that the pit bull who attacked 63 year old Patsy Nelson of Erma will not be euthanized, but will have to be contained.…
Reconstruction and resurfacing of basketball and tennis court facilities in the Borough of Wildwood Crest are scheduled to be completed before Fourth of July weekend, the borough engineer announced early this week. Construction work at the basketball courts, located at Scoop Taylor Park at Heather Road and Ocean Avenue, and the tennis courts, located at…
Cape May County republicans have a new party chairman. GOP leaders met in Cape May Court House Tuesday evening and unanimously voted in favor of Michael Donohue as the new party chairman. Donohue replaces David Von Savage, who served as party chairman for 14 years. Republicans at the meeting called for party unity during Donohue’s…
The Republicans may have a candidate in Middle Township after all. The Cape May County Clerk’s Office confirms that Helen McCaffrey is challenging that she did not have enough votes to appear on the ballot in November. Rule is in Middle Township that a write-in candidate would have to have 49 votes to win the…
The following is an official statement from Spirit Airlines regarding the cancellation of all flights on the airline through Thursday. Spirit Airlines pilots staged a job action last weekend, and the airline is shut down. Spirit Airlines is the major carrier at the Atlantic City International Airport: Therefore, Spirit Airlines flights are cancelled for Saturday,…
Up to nine police officers could be let go in Millville if the police union doesn’t take eight furlough days. City officials have said the decision is one or another and the deadline is the end of the month. Millville City Commission has said they plan to keep the tax rate flat this year and…
The Cape May County Department of Tourism went to Montreal, Canada, at the beginning of June to network with more than 100 journalists and correspondents representing print, radio, TV and Internet outlets at the annual media showcase hosted by the Association of National Tourist Office Representatives (ANTOR). The Cape May County Tourism Department was there to…