Casino workers in Atlantic City have been picketing the Trump Taj Mahal around the clock since they went out on strike Friday morning. About 1,000 members of the Unite-HERE local 54 have been picketing in front of the casino, chanting and using paint cans as drums. The workers want restoration of health and pension benefits…
Organizers of the Atlantic City Do AC Fourth of July fireworks say the show will go on Monday night at 9:30 p.m. rain or shine. A spokesperson for Pyro Spectaculars by Souza says the 20 minute fireworks display will light up the skies of Atlantic City despite an iffy weather forecast. The holiday performance will…
The first shore community to postpone its July 4th fireworks? Margate, Atlantic County. Margate officials decided not to roll the dice with a forecast of wet weather Monday night and have postponed their fireworks show to Saturday, July 9th. The display will be at the Huntington Avenue beach.
A father and his young son, both killed in a watercraft accident in Somers Point on Saturday. State Police say the father was sitting behind his son Saturday afternoon when their personal watercraft rounded a turn and collided with another watercraft in Patcong Creek. The driver of the other watercraft was a 55 year old…
Two Atlantic City men are in custody after police found them with 155 bags of heroin, a handgun, and more than $1,000 cash in their possession. Police arrested 24 year old Andre Jackson Jr. and 24 year old Quaijuan Thomas who were charged with multiple drug and weapons offenses. Both men were held in the…
The Local 54 Unite-HERE union was able to avoid a strike at four out of five casinos in Atlantic City this weekend. Only the Trump Taj Mahal could not reach a deal with workers, who were called away from their jobs by the union at 6 a.m. Friday and onto the picket lines. About 1,000…
New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill to allow cities across the state to participate in needle exchange programs. A pilot sterile syringe program was launched in November of 2007 in Atlantic City, to help decrease the spread of injection-related diseases, such as HIV and AIDS. Funding for the statewide program was included in the new state…
On Thursdsay the state Senate approved a bill that would require the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to hold meetings in South Jersey, rather than in Woodbridge, Middlesex County. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Van Drew, requires at least two monthly meetings of the authority to be held in Atlantic, Cape May or Ocean Counties,…
Two teenagers were arrested on Thursday for stealing a woman’s bag on the Atlantic City beach. Police said 18 year-old Kaleef Ardis and a 17 year-old teen from Atlantic City grabbed the woman’s bag after she went into the water. The two suspects were arrested and charged with theft and possession of marijuana. They were…
After being unable to work out a deal before Friday, Atlantic City casino workers will go on strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino. Local 54 of Unite-HERE is sending about 1,000 of their union members to the picket lines at the start of the July 4th weekend without a new contract. The union was…