An event will be held on the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge on Wednesday morning to decide which community…Avalon or Sea Isle City…will ‘go first’ during an upcoming beach fill. Mayors and elected leaders from both communities will be on the bridge Wednesday at 10:00am to flip a coin to determine the order of the beach fill. …
The budget news has been grim, but Cape May County has two good pieces of news from the proposal from Gov. Chris Christie. The budget calls for beach replenishment funding to be put back to its $25 million level, and for tourism to stay at the $9 million level. Cape May County Tourism Director Diane…
Plans were presented to lower the introduced 2.6 cent increase in Lower Township during a council meeting on Monday. Deputy Mayor Kevin Lare voiced his opinion that there should be no tax increase. The township is already proposing $1.9 million of its surplus and is going to be left with $1 million going into the next fiscal…
A group has offered the state $600 million for the right to put video lottery terminals in the Meadowlands, according to a report by NorthJersey.com. The group is called, Global Enterprises Meadowlands, which wishes to operate 5,000 of these terminals in the racetrack. The proposal also includes $100 million to take over operations of the…
The Red Tape Review Group presented a final report on ways to assist the state. The group was chaired by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. The review looked for bad or unnecessary rules that were stifling business. One of the changes, which allow for coupons to be used for milk purchases, was praised by the New…
United States Senator Robert Menendez and New Jersey educators discussed legislation that would insure thousands of teachers remain in our classrooms. The “Keep Our Educators Working Act” would create a $23 billion Education Jobs Fund to prevent teacher and education job losses – the fund would include more than $600 million for New Jersey teachers.…
Ocean City Council approved a contract last Thursday with Coastal Marine Piling, Inc. for $230,000 to install 14 tide check valves in various locations throughout the City. This work should be completed by the summer. Drainage systems are not always equipped with a means to prevent the backflow of rising waters into the system, as these…
A new report says that Gov. Chris Christie has almost double the amount of people making over $100,000 in his office than Gov. Jon Corzine had. The data comes from the Asbury Park Press’ online database of public payroll records, which shows Christie has 34 people over the $100,000 threshold, while Corzine had 18. In…
A new report says one of the higher profile busts from last year’s corruption sting appears ready to plead guilty. The Star-Ledger reports that former Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III will appear in federal court today to plead guilt to taking an illegal $25,000 bribe during his campaign. Cammarano was in office a mere three…
Voters are going to the polls today for school budget and Board of Education votes. School budgets have gotten the most notice this year as Gov. Chris Christie has battled with the New Jersey Education Association on the necessity of taking a wage freeze. Districts must keep the polls open from 5 p.m. to 9…