Some key Democrat lawmakers from Washington were in Atlantic City on Sunday. A delegation of some Congressional leaders joined the picketing workers outside of the Trump Taj Mahal, a day ahead of the Democrat National Convention in Philadelphia, where many of these people will be on Monday. The casino workers have been picketing as the…
Margate edged out Avalon and Atlantic City to win the Atlantic City Lifeguard Classic on Friday evening. Margate got a big win from Chuck Gowdy in the singles row and Gowdy joined Chris Graves to also win the doubles row. Margate earned 14 points in the competition, with Avalon and Atlantic City earning 10 points…
On Thursday night a man was found wandering in the woods after his pickup truck crashed and it’s fuel tank exploded. Hamilton Township Police report that 47 year-old Vincent Eberline of Towanda, PA, was driving westbound on Route 322, when his 1994 GMC pickup left the roadway, crashed into several trees, overturned, came to rest…
Striking workers at the Trump Taj Mahal were joined by more than 1,000 other union workers from across the country on Thursday. The show of solidarity ended with a union rally in front of the casino, where Unite Here Local 54 members have been on strike for three weeks. N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney joined…
The Delaware Valley is in the grips of a heat wave from Friday through Tuesday, according to weather forecasters. An excessive heat watch is in effect for Saturday through Monday, when the worst of the muggy conditions are expected, although record high temperatures are not in the forecast at the Jersey Shore. Records for the…
Early on Wednesday a tractor-trailer crashed into the median on the Garden State Parkway southbound near Exit 36 in Egg Harbor Township. The crash occurred at 2:47 a.m. and hazmat crews needed to clean up a fuel leak at the accident site. The driver of the truck was not injured and the left lane of…
It’s official, the hottest weekend of the year is coming. The National Weather Service has posted an Excessive Heat Watch for all of South Jersey from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. The heat watch will be in effect from 11 a.m. Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday. Air temperatures each day will be in the mid…
A Pennsylvania driver was arrested and charged with drunk driving after allegedly hitting a street sign, a bicyclist and another vehicle. Northfield police report that Raphael Bloomgarden of Dresher, PA, was taken into custody after crashing into the toll booth on the Margate Bridge shortly before midnight last Saturday. Bloomgarden was charged with driving while…
Atlantic City police tracked down a 28 year-old shooting suspect and placed him under arrest Monday night. Marcelino Martinez of Atlantic City is accused of shooting Taquay Dunston on the 500 block of Absecon Boulevard on June 27. Dunston was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries to his lower body. Martinez was jailed on multiple…
On Tuesday the striking Unite-Here Local 54 workers were joined on the picket line by about 300 members of the United Steelworkers union. District 10 of the Steelworkers are having a conference at Caesars Atlantic City, so they decided to show support to their union mates nearby. Local 54 rejected the contract ultimatum offered by Trump Taj Mahal…