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…
The Mega Millions drawing was held on Tuesday night and no one came away a winner. Lottery officials say that the Friday night drawing for the Mega Millions is now estimated at $166 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday night were 5, 8, 10, 34, 42, and Mega Ball 25. New Jersey all participates in…
A new report says that a group is being put together to look at the gubernatorial debates in New Jersey and how to improve them. The Star-Ledger says that the task force has been developed to get more people interested in the debates. The report says that the League of Women voters were among the…
A new poll says that a majority of New Jerseyans favor consolidating local governments, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Half of state residents say there are too many local governments and 70 percent believe the quality of local service would stay the same or get better under consolidation. Residents do not believe there are too…
At last Thursday’s Council Meeting, action was taken to approve the 2010-2011 Capital Plan which accelerates the construction of a number of projects throughout Ocean City. Council decided to pass the Capital Plan early in the year so that projects could be designed and bid out this summer to provide for construction starting in September…
Governor Chris Christie outlined an energy policy for the state of New Jersey that emphasizes in-state production of renewable and traditional energy sources. In remarks to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) Sustainable Energy Forum in New Brunswick, Governor Christie directed BPU President Lee Solomon to revisit the New Jersey Energy Master Plan. Christie’s bullet…
The Tuesday evening drawing for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot is expected to be in excess of $140 million. New Jersey lottery officials say the top prize in the multi-state lottery game is expected to be around $143 million. There were no winners for the Friday night drawing; tonight’s drawing will take place at 11:00pm,…