Heavy traffic and major delays were reported on both major and minor roadways Monday morning and afternoon as visitors to the Jersey Shore scrambled to get home after the perfect weather turned nasty. A six-mile delay due to volume was reported on the Garden State Parkway north of exit 25. Stop-and-go traffic and delays were also…
Visitors to the shore this weekend are heading home early due to wet weather conditions on Memorial Day. Traffic reports as of 11 a.m. Monday indicate that the estimated travel time from the end of the Garden State Parkway to the Atlantic City Expressway could take up to 80 minutes or more to complete. The…
Absecon Police continue to search for a dark-colored 2012 Honda Civic linked to a fatal hit-and-run accident early Saturday morning. Kyle Marcy, 26, of Galloway Township, was struck and killed while walking near Routes 30 and 9. The initial investigation found Marcy had just exited a 2015 Kia Forte, in which he was a passenger, before…
Two men were seriously injured during an overnight accident on the Atlantic City Expressway. State Police say two men were inside a vehicle that went off the westbound lanes of the Expressway in Winslow Township and hit several trees before it overturned. Both were airlifted to Cooper University Medical Center.
CEO’s of casino properties gathered in Atlantic City this week for the East Coast Gaming Congress. Resorts CEO Mark Giannantonio told his colleagues that if gambling was expanded to North Jersey, three to five Atlantic City casinos would be forced to close. Other casino operators discounted the studies sited by the Resorts CEO and claim…
A North Jersey lawmaker wants to put slot machines in the Atlantic City International Airport. Assemblyman Tim Eustace of Bergen County is proposing a constitutional amendment in a bill he introduced last week. The bill has not yet been scheduled for a hearing by the Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee.
The first water quality test results of the season have come in for Atlantic County and the news is good. The ocean waters off of Atlantic County’s beaches have received an “excellent” Ocean Water Quality rating from the Atlantic County Ocean Water Quality Program. The testing covers 14 miles of Atlantic County beaches from Memorial…
A Code Orange Air Quality Alert has been issued for South Jersey for Thursday. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the alert for unhealthy air pollution concentrations. People suffering from asthma, heart disease, or other lung diseases should avoid any strenuous activity or exercise outdoors while the alert is in effect.
Atlantic County Sheriff Frank Balles has his eye on another job, that of Atlantic County Executive. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Balles has not decided if he will run for sheriff in 2017, but says he will run for county executive in 2019, the position currently held by Dennis Levinson. Balles has been…
New Jersey lawmakers will vote Thursday on a bill to give Atlantic City more tme to avoid a takeover by the state government. A bill in the Senate would give the resort 150 days to come up with a five-year fiscal plan and balance their budget in 2017 by cutting a $100 million deficit. In…