A landmark victory took place in Bridgeton on Tuesday night. Albert Kelly won the mayor’s race and will be the first black mayor of the city. In a landslide victory, Kelly beat James Begley. Kelly’s slate all won big with Gladys Lugardo, William Spence and Dennis Thompson winning reelection to council seats, and Michael Zapolski…
Expect testimony is being given this week on whether a field sobriety test should be admissible in the Scott Golden trial. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Superior Court Judge Kyran Connor is hearing from witnesses this week on whether the test should be allowed in the trial. Golden is charged with aggravated manslaughter…
Cape May will have three new councilmembers come July 1. Non-partisan elections were held on Tuesday and William Murray, Deanna Fiocca, and Jack Wichterman were the top three vote-getters. Seven people in total were running for the three open seats, with no incumbents running in the race. Wichterman was the only one running who has…
A local businessman, Jay Gillian, is the new mayor of Ocean City. Mayor Sal Perillo decided to not run for reelection and Gillian has stepped into the job thanks to 63 percent of voter support in the resort. Michael Hinchman ran against Gillian and only garnered 37 percent of the vote. Michael J. Allegretto, Scott…
A local businessman, Jay Gillian, is the new mayor of Ocean City. Mayor Sal Perillo decided to not run for reelection and Gillian has stepped into the job thanks to 63 percent of voter support in the resort. Michael Hinchman ran against Gillian and only garnered 37 percent of the vote. Michael J. Allegretto, Scott…
A resolution was approved at the Tuesday Cape May County Freeholder meeting that would privatize the home health agency. It was approved unanimously, but with some disagreement. Freeholder Gerald Thorton said he felt he wasn’t given the resources to make some key hires that were essential for the agency to continue, while Freeholder Director Dan…
The work to get the lights off the Garden State Parkway continues to be on schedule to be completed by 2012. State Senator Jeff Van Drew told Coastal Broadcasting that the state is telling him that work will begin next year and will be wrapped up in 2012. The project includes removing the three lights…
A man was arrested for drunk driving on Friday night and damaged a police door while he was at it. Vineland police say Hunberto Garcia was arrested for driving drunk on Friday night. While at the police station, Garcia scream profanities and smashed a glass door with a trash car. The damages were estimated at…
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation that would offer extended health benefits to residents left jobless as a result of their place of employment closing. The bill would allow employees who are laid off due to a workplace closure to continue receiving employer-sponsored health benefits for up to 18 months, under the Consolidated Omnibus…
A measure which would reduce the unemployment insurance (UI) tax rate for employers, was approved by the Senate Labor Committee, by a vote of 4 to 2. The bill, would allow the state’s unemployment insurance to increase by only one increment over the next year. Absent the legislative fix, the tax rate would automatically increase…