A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold at the Friendly Deli on New Jersey Avenue in Absecon. State lottery officials say there were only two other million dollar tickets sold, one in Wisconsin, and the other in Puerto Rico. Wednesday’s jackpot will be worth $151 million.
Here’s something you don’t see everyday: Republicans may join democrats in Trenton to override a gubernatorial veto of a state budget..if it comes to that. Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick says Governor Phil Murphy is “inexperienced” and he may consider joining forces with democrats to override a gubernatorial veto of the budget, if necessary. Bramick…
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is calling for mandatory ani-discrimination training for New Jersey State Troopers and county prosecutors. Grewal says it’s time for the state to “redouble” its efforts to recruit more minorities into the ranks of the State Police. He calls diversity one of the New Jersey’s greatest strengths.
Former Philadelphia mayor and former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell announced Monday that he is suffering the effects from Parkinson’s Disease. Rendell held a press conference Monday to announce that’s he undergoing treatment. The 74 year old Rendell has had symptoms for over three years.
Six people were rescued from a boat near Ocean City on Sunday as the vessel caught on fire. A Coast Guard vessel rescued all six people on the boat; the boat’s fire was extinguished and taken to a marina in Somers Point. There were no injuries.
Some schools in northern and central New Jersey are closing early on Monday due to excessive heat. Mainland temperatures in some parts of the state will be above 90 degrees today. However, the ocean is keeping temperatures must cooler along the southern New Jersey coastline.
There appears to be no progress forward on a new state budget. Governor Murphy told reporters Monday that an alternate budget being presented to him this week by fellow democrats in the New Jersey Legislature is dead on arrival, and he will veto it. The state has 12 days to adopt a new budget or…
New Jersey’s sixth and final medical marijuana dispensary has opened today. The last dispensary opened in Secaucus earlier today. The closest dispensary to our region is in Egg Harbor Township.
A weeks long budget battle comes to a head in Trenton Monday as Assembly democrats will introduce their own budget proposal. Democrats disagree with Governor Phil Murphy’s budget because it contains plenty of new taxes. Both the Assembly and Senate could forward Murphy a new budget by the end of the week. Negotiations between the…
Two men who were kayaking in Lower Township Sunday afternoon found the body of a deceased male. Lower Township Police say the body was that of 71 year old Christopher J. Heise Sr, who was missing; some of his belongings were found on the beach. An investigation has been initiated to determine the cause of…