On Thursday water service to a small section of Stone Harbor will be interrupted by work on the new transmission line system by Atlantic City Electric. As the utility company buries the lines a temporary above-ground water system is being installed in the area and will be used for about one month. To activate the…
The owner of a pro Donald Trump campaign sign says it has been defaced for the third time since it was constructed in late February. On Saturday at about 12:30 a.m. somebody set the sign on fire, which was extinguished by the Bargaintown Fire Company. The red, white and blue sign is 18 feet-long and posted…
There will be a detour on Wednesday at the 34th Street entrance to Ocean City. Traffic crews will be working on 34th Stret between Bay Avenue and West Avenue. Traffic will be detoured to 35th Street to get around the work area. On Thursday, West Avenue between 31st Street and 33rd Street will be re-paved and traffic…
A leading voice of opposition to offshore drilling near New Jersey’s coastline, U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) on Tuesday applauded the Obama Administration’s reversal of their intentions to open parts of the Atlantic Ocean, including off the coast of Cape May County, for oil and natural gas drilling. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s…
The Obama administration has decided not to allow offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean for the next five years. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced via Twitter that the administration would not include the Atlantic Ocean during their five-year offshore drilling plan. The proposed exploration for oil and…
The body found in the Mullica River on Saturday by a fisherman has been identified from it’s fingerprints. State Police say the body is that of 27 year-old John Kohlbecker, who has been missing since February 11th. Kohlbecker was a Philadelphia resident who was last seen at a ShopRite in Bridgeton. The cause of death was determined…
It’s now official. New Jersey voters will decide this November if casino expansion will spread beyond the borders of Atlantic City. The constitutional amendment was passed by both the N.J. Assembly and Senate on Monday by the required three-fifths majorities needed to place it on the November ballot. The conditions for expansion call for two casinos…
A takeover bill on Atlantic City got its approval in the full Senate on Monday. The package now heads in the Assembly, where Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto has had some concerns about the language in the bills. Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian and city council members have lambasted the bill and doesn’t want the resort…
Two Atlantic City residents were charged with possession of crack cocaine. Johnny Morgan and Robin Butcher had hundreds of bags of drugs inside of a home on the 500 block of North Indiana Ave. Bail was set at $50,000 for Morgan and Butcher was released on her own recognizance. Police were investigating the home over…
Gov. Chris Christie missed the funeral of New Jersey State Trooper to instead campaign for Donald Trump. Sean Cullen was killed during a traffic accident when he was responding to a car fire on I-295. A passing motorist accident struck Cullen who later died of his injuries. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno attended the funeral instead.…