Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee came out swinging immediately after Governor Murphy’s updated budget message Tuesday. Senator Mike Testa from our 1st District says revenue trends show the State with enough money to balance the …
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivered his updated budget message to state lawmakers at Rutgers University Tuesday morning. Murphy called for borrowing $4 billion to balance the budget, and another $1 billion in new taxes. He also wants to start “baby bonds” that will begin to provide $1000 savings bonds to families of certain income …
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The Wildwood City Commission meets Wednesday and is expected to hold an adoption of a new ordinance that would deal with alcoholic beverage service in the boardwalk amusement and pier zoning districts. The Commission is also expected to offer refunds …
Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced on a video clip that no charges will be filed against a Wildwood police officer who punched a man outside of a pizza shop during an arrest. Sutherland released a video explanation on Youtube and said the legal standard of use of force to effectuate an arrest was …
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The National Weather Service has issued a weather advisory for Tuesday afternoon for storms that could bring damaging winds to our region. Broken lines of severe weather are expected Tuesday for about six hours, starting at 2:00pm. The storms could bring down power lines. Keep listening throughout the day for Accu Weather forecasts on Coastal …
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Governor Phil Murphy is expected to announce Tuesday that he will tax millionaires, gun owners, and smokers…and borrow $4 billion. NJ Advance Media reports those are some of the elements in Murphy’s budget address to lawmakers that will be held at Rutgers University’s football stadium Tuesday morning. Murphy may also bring back the Homestead Rebate …
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The Lower Cape May Regional School District will be holding a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday at 6pm. The event will be held on Facebook Live and will further discuss the school district’s re-opening plans. A task force will be involved in th…
Just one Atlantic City casino had an operating profit during the second quarter of this year when all casinos were shuttered due to coronavirus. The Golden Nugget had a profit due to online gaming, and actually made over $3 million. The casinos were …
For the first time since late June, there were zero resident cases of coronavirus to report in Cape May County Monday. The number of cases dropped to 56; there were five new non-resident cases, with all of them in Wildwood Crest and North Wildwood. T…
The Philadelphia 76ers fired head coach Brett Brown Monday afternoon. Brown was let go after the Sixers were swept out of the NBA Playoffs by the Boston Celtics. Brown coached the Sixers for seven seasons.
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