The Mega Millions lottery is beginning to pick up steam. No one purchased the winning ticket for the Tuesday night drawing and the latest rollover has hit $194 million. The next drawing will be held on Friday night. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 participating jurisdictions.
Green Creek residents should be happy with an upcoming road project. Middle Township is planning to pave and work on drainage issues along Ridge Rd. The repeated severe flooding has prompted Middle Township to identify the area’s repairs as a high priority and the Township will move in to correct the drainage problems and repave…
Atlantic City International Airport and Air Canada will welcome the first flight to/from Toronto on Friday. The first arriving flight from Toronto will arrive with a water cannon salute at 11:35 a.m. Officials are hoping this will provide a new influx of people to visit the area from Canada.
On Tuesday Spirit Airlines was forced to cancel Flight 311 from Atlantic City because the crew had exceeded its federally mandated work limits. The crew that was scheduled to work Flight 311 never arrived at the airport because their inbound flight was cancelled due to maintenance issues. Spirit said the company transported most passengers to…
Seven former Vineland Development Center nurses have been indicted for actions that led to the amputation of a female resident’s hand in April of 2012. On Tuesday officials from the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office were in court regarding the indictment and a transcript should be made public on Wednesday. The amputation of the resident’s hand…
Expect at least two beach concerts to take place in Atlantic City in August. Atlantic City Alliance Executive Director Jeff Guaracino said the Alliance is in talks with Live Nation now to finalize the acts but that the concerts would take place in Aug. It is likely that only one of the shows might be…
If your a renter, you better have a good job to get a decent place to live in New Jersey. A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition ranks New Jersey in the top five for most expensive places to rent. The coalition said a renter must earn $52,347 per year to afford…
Atlantic City is looking to get back into the bond market. The city is attempting to sell $40.56 million in bonds to repay a loan to the state that was made in Dec. when the city couldn’t get any money from the bond market because of concerns the city would default. Atlantic City is using…
Finally some good news for the New Jersey budget. The head of the Office of Legislative Services, David Rosen, told lawmakers on Tuesday that the state should beat this year’s revenue projects by $271 million. Rosen also predicts $140 million for the upcoming fiscal year that begins in July, versus what Gov. Chris Christie proposed…
There will be no change to the self service ban at gas stations as long as Steve Sweeney is Senate President. Sweeney said on Tuesday he would not support any change to the law and noted that legislation like that would not be heard by him anytime as long as he remains in charge of…