If Gov. Chris Christie doesn’t sign a package of bills into law to help Atlantic City more workers could be out of a job. The Casino Association of New Jersey released a statement about a five bill package that was passed by state lawmakers aimed at helping the struggling resort. The group said if Christie…
A new bill is being proposed that would ban solitary confinement for those under the age of 18. U.S. Senator Cory Booker made the proposal to avoid putting juveniles through that punishment. The measure has bi-partisan support with two Democrats and two Republicans sponsoring. “Not only is solitary confinement cruel and demeaning, it’s a violation…
Gov. Chris Christie will take the stage with the rest of the top Republican presidential hopefuls. Christie is participating in the Fox News debate on Thursday night and will give him a chance to distinguish himself from some of the other candidates. Many eyes will also be on Donald Trump, who is the early front…
A Vineland man was indicted on vehicular homicide and three (3) counts of assault by auto, in connection with the death last year of a 14-year-old female, and the injuries received by three other occupants of the vehicle. Nicholas Garreffi, 40, of the 300 block of Brookfield Street, Vineland was indicted for vehicular homicide and…
Egg Harbor Township Police Department Detectives worked with members of the Atlantic City Task Force, New Jersey State Police and Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office to arrest an individual shipping LSD and other drugs from Colorado to various locations in New Jersey. In a joint operation with Boulder County Drug Task Force, a search warrant was…
A former backing musician with the musical act Owl City has been charged with trying to lure a teen while playing a show in Atlantic City. Owl City played the former Showboat Casino in 2013 and Daniel Jorgensen was indicted by a grand jury for attempting to lure a 14-year-old back to his hotel room.…
Traffic has been reduced to one lane southbound on the Garden State Parkway near the Somers Point toll plaza. The cause for the delay is a giant concrete beam, that tipped over and fell on it’s side along the west side of the parkway at the base of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge. The beam…
A former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC of Pleasantville was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services. Joseph Saxon, 42, of Brigantine, previously plead guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman to a superseding information charging him with one…
A concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center saw two people shot. State Police, working with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, are continuing attempts to identify the shooter. Two men from Neptune, ages 23 and 24, were each struck multiple times and rushed to Jersey Shore Medical Center where they remain in critical but stable…
Atlantic City is dealing with much more than just casinos filing tax appeals. A new report by the Press of Atlantic City says the city has seen a 33 percent increase in tax appeals. As casinos have gone out of business the overall land values in the city have gone down and that includes other…