Wildwood Crest Commissioners Approve Municipal Budget

The Wildwood Crest Board of Commissioners has approved a $28.5 million municipal budget for 2024 that includes a 1.5-cent tax rate increase. The Cape May County Herald reports the municipal tax rate will increase from 0.70 per $100 of assessed value in 2023 to 0.715 in 2024. The average assessment in town is $450,000, and … Read more

Margate Budget

Margate City Commissioners have introduced a 2024 municipal budget of about $40.1 million with a 3.7-cent tax rate increase. This will be the first year taxes have gone up in the city in the past decade, said Leon Costello, the city’s auditor in an article in the PRess of Atlantic City.

Revitalization Tax Credit

Four local community development corporations in Atlantic City have each received $1 million in Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program funds from the state Department of Community Affairs to improve commercial businesses and their facades, and offer housing rehabilitation grants, clean-and-safe initiatives, community programs, outreach and education, and career training.

Mayor Search Warrant

Law enforcement personnel from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office conducted a court approved search of the residence of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small last Thursday that is related to family matters according to the mayor at a Monday morning press conference. According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office standard operating procedures and protocols in executing … Read more

Author Fran Lebowitz To Appear At Stockton University

Journalist and social observer Fran Lebowitz will take the main stage of the Stockton University Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12. The New York Times Book Review calls Lebowitz an “important humorist in the classic tradition.” Purveyor of urban cool, Lebowitz is a cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy … Read more

Traffic Advisory – Tilton Road, Galloway

On Wednesday, April 3 through Friday, April 5, Tilton Road in Galloway is scheduled to be closed between Route 30 and Aloe Street, 7 am – 3:30 pm, weather permitting, for drainage improvements. Businesses within the work zone will remain open but access will be impacted. Motorists are advised to follow the posted detour and … Read more

Non Profits Receive Funding For Facade, Rehab Work

Four local community development corporations have each received $1 million in Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program funds from the state Department of Community Affairs. The Press of Atlantic City reports the money is intended to improve commercial businesses and their facades, and offer housing rehabilitation grants, clean-and-safe initiatives, community programs, outreach and education, and career … Read more

Small Discusses Home Search, ACPO Responds

Thursday’s execution of five search warrants on his home and vehicles last week were part of an investigation into a “family matter” being addressed through counseling. The Press of Atlantic City reports Mayor Marty Small Sr. said so in a news conference Monday morning. Small spoke from City Council chambers with his wife La’Quetta — … Read more

Mays Landing Woman Charged With Murder

On Sunday, at approximately 5:39 p.m., the Hamilton Township Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call in reference to a deceased male at 13 Lewis Drive, Mays Landing, NJ. Officers arrived and located Gary Johnson, 81, from Mays Landing, deceased inside the residence. Johnson had multiple wounds to his head and body. Johnson was pronounced … Read more