An apartment building in Atlantic City on S. Raleigh Ave. was evacuated Thursday night after a partial wall collapse. A section of a curtain wall on the south side of the third floor collapsed at about 8 p.m., causing officials to evacuate three of the four apartments in the building. No injuries were reported and the building…
A second suspicious package addressed to Caesars Atlantic City was reported to authorities on Wednesday. Firefighters from the city’s HAZMAT unit were called to the Post Office carrier annex parking lot Wednesday morning to examine a package bound for Caesars, that was reported to be inside a mail carrier vehicle. Consistent with the suspicious package…
Skill bases games are coming to Caesars’ three properties in Atlantic City next month. The company who created the games, GameCo, didn’t get into specifics of winnings but that the economics will work similar to regular machines. The first game will be called “Danger Area,” and is a first-person game. Atlantic City has been experimenting…
The Atlantic City Fire Department Hazmat unit was called to a fourth-floor executive office at Caesars to investigate a suspicious package Tuesday afternoon. The mail contained a package that contained brown powder with pills inside wrapped in tape. Four employees who were exposed to the package were relieved when fire officials determined the contents of…
A judge maintained bail at $750,000 apiece for two men accused of shooting an Atlantic City police officer earlier this month. Martel Chisholm and Demetris Cross are charged with two counts of attempted murder in the shooting of officer Joshlee Vadell. Attorneys maintain that the two men did not shoot Vadell back on September 3rd.…
The new Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields paid a visit to the Pennsylvania Avenue School in Atlantic City on Monday. The visit was a reward for the elementary school for winning a competition for collecting nonperishable food items and donating them to a local food pantry. The students collected more than 3,000 food items for…
Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian believes he’s found a way out of the city’s financial mess. Guardian announced Monday that the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority will purchase Bader Field in the city for a cool $100 million. Guardian says the transaction will help the city ease it’s debt and provide some much needed cash…
A very large observation ferris wheel will be coming to Steel Pier in Atlantic City. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide assurances that the large wheel will be coming to the pier in 2017. The Observation Wheel will stand 200 feet tall and will be one…
The two Cumberland County men accused of shooting Atlantic City police Officer Joshlee Vadell will appear in court Tuesday for a bail hearing. Martel Chisolm, 29, of Millville, and Demetris Cross, 28, of Bridgeton are accused of shooting officer Vadell during a robbery attempt on Sept. 3rd at casino parking garage. Each suspect is charged…
The ninth Atlantic City Fashion Week wowed audiences Friday and Saturday with couture shows featuring both local and regional designers showing fashions from menswear and T-shirts to gowns and luxury scarves. Miss New Jersey Brenna Weick made an appearance at the Saturday night event, along with two 2016 New Jersey Olympians from the summer games…