The attorney general offered her assistance to areas where Urban Enterprise Zone dollars help fund public safety jobs. Paula Dow sat before the Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday and said she would work with Gov. Chris Christie on a way to resolve a growing concern across the state. Christie’s budget proposal calls for the state…
Over half the state defeated their school budgets on Tuesday, and Gov. Chris Christie believes this shows that people want more reform. Christie again made public comments saying that property taxes should be capped at a 2.5 percent increase year-to-year. He also urged for more reforms when it comes to public workers benefits and pensions.…
There was one winner in the $258.5 million grand prize Powerball drawing from Wednesday. The winning numbers were 11, 34, 41, 49, 55, and a Powerball of 20. Lottery officials say that the Missouri Lottery is the source of the sole winning ticket. This means the new drawing will be reset for Saturday back down…
The Cape May County Police Academy and the Cape May County Chiefs of Police will hold a memorial service for the police officers killed in the line of duty in Cape May County at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 10, 2010. The Service will take place at the Cape May County Public Safety Training Center located…
Woodbine Mayor William Pikolycky is pleased to announce that The New Jersey Department of Environmental Affairs has informed the Borough of Woodbine that its 2010 Clean Communities entitlement is $6,572.66. To date Woodbine has received over $40,000 from this program over the past several years. Twenty-one counties and five hundred fifty-nine municipalities are eligible to…
A coin flip was held today and Avalon won to ensure it will receive a beach fill first. The borough has joined with Sea Isle City on a joint beach fill. Avalon has its permitting down, while Sea Isle City is getting its through the approval process. The sand will be pumped onto Avalon’s beaches…
A budget has been introduced with a two cent hike in North Wildwood. City Council met on Tuesday and introduced the $24 million budget. The tax rate in the city is going to be increase just over two cents, to deal with higher operating costs and losses to state aid. Salaries and health insurances costs…
The passed school budgets this year in Cape May County still bring grim news. Middle Township is cutting 52 positions, including 36 teachers, to try and keep the school tax from rising too high. Ocean City is removing 17 positions with their approved budget. In Lower Township, the Superintendent Joe Cirrinicione took a $115,000 pay…
School votes got more people than usual out to the polls, especially with all of the news about state aid cuts. Six Cape May County communities had their school budgets rejected. North Wildwood, Sea Isle City, Upper Township, West Wildwood, Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest voters all said no to the proposed budgets. Many school districts…
Some Cape May County communities held contested school board elections. In Middle Township, Burgess Hamer, George DeLollis, and Calvin Back all won seats to the board over Leon Wagner and James Sweitzer, Jr. In Ocean City, there were four people running for three seats, Raymond Clark, Brenda Moiso, and Henry Lloyd Hayes III all took…