Stockton University's decision to eliminate 21 faculty and professional staff positions didn't emerge from a sudden financial crisis. University records show the warning signs have been building for years, as declining enrollment, rising expenses and changes in state support have created a persistent gap between what Stockton brings in and what it spends. SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com reports Stockton President Joe Bertolino informed the university community Tuesday that the school intends to eliminate 14 faculty positions and seven professional staff positions at the end of the academic year as the university works to address a structural deficit of roughly $20 million.
12 People Displaced in Pleasantville Blaze
Eight adults and four children were forced from two Pleasantville apartments in a Tuesday fire. BreakingAC.com reports the Pleasantville Fire Department responded to a fire down the street from the station just after 9 a.m. The building was declared uninhabitable, displacing eight adults and four children. The extent of the damage is being assessed.
CRDA Board Member Says AC Is Losing Convention Business
The debate over the future of the Sheraton is rapidly expanding into a much larger effort to overhaul Atlantic City's convention infrastructure, with CRDA board member Frank Formica saying the resort is already being rejected for — and in some cases losing — convention business because of conditions at the convention campus. SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com reports Formica, speaking in separate interviews this week on News Talk 1400 and 92.3 WOND, said reports provided by Visit Atlantic City have convinced him that preserving the Sheraton's hotel-room inventory alone isn't enough.Atlantic City also needs to reinvest substantially in the Convention Center itself, he said.
$500K Federal Grant For HERO Campaign
A drunk-driving prevention campaign born from a South Jersey family's tragedy is preparing for a major national expansion, with $500,000 in federal funding expected to put its message on approximately 125 additional police vehicles across the country.U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew announced Monday that the federal funding will support expansion of the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign's Police Patrol Car program beyond New Jersey.The money, provided through the U.S. Department of Justice, will pay to wrap police vehicles, reports SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com.
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