On Saturday the 36th annual Stockton University Scholarship Benefit Gala was held at the Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway Township. The Press of Atlantic City reports that over $250,000 was raised at the event, attended by hundreds of Stockton University students and faculty, administrators and entertainers. Since 2007 donors have contributed over $3…
Revenue at Atlantic City’s eight casino properties was down by 1.7 percent in March over the prior year, but increased by 1.5 percent for the first quarter of 2016. Casino regulators reported that overall gambling revenue, including the Internet, was up by 3.1 percent over the first three months of 2015 at $597.8 million. Overall,…
A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at the clubhouse at the Hidden Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor Township. Officials say the fire started in an area that holds the men’s locker room. No injuries are reported, but the structure suffered significant damage.
On Tuesday U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced that New Jersey’s 177th Fighter Wing is among the units being considered by the U.S. Air Force to house the new F-35 fighter jets. The F-35s would replace the F-16 “Fighting Falcon” currently flown by the 177th, known affectionately as…
On Tuesday the Atlantic County Freeholder Board passed a resolution to recognize Tuesday as Equal Pay Day in Atlantic County. The resolution was passed to encourage local businesses and government agencies to ensure women are paid fairly by conducting internal pay evaluations. Statistics show that full-time working women make only about 78 percent of what men…
Local business groups in South Jersey are organizing to fight a ballot question this fall to allow casino expansion outside of Atlantic City. The group calls themselves the “No North Jersey Casinos Coalition” and has named Debra DiLorenzo from the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey as the chair. Locally, it is believed that…
Nearly 40,000 workers from Massachusetts to Virginia walked off the job Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. The Communications Workers of America and IBEW unions are on strike against Verizon after working without a contract for nearly eight months. One of the sticking points in the negotiations involves using out-of-state workers and shipping local jobs out…
On Tuesday hundreds of union workers marched from Caesars to City Hall, protesting the state’s proposed takeover of Atlantic City. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO showed their support for the city, in opposition to a N.J. Senate bill that would end the collective bargaining process for city workers. Union leaders from across the state fear…
Union leaders are threatening to send Verizon employees out on strike at 6 a.m. on Wednesday if a contract agreement cannot be reached. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America set the Wednesday morning deadline after ten months of “intensive negotiations” that have…
Traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway was higher in February according to toll records from the South Jersey Transportation Authority. The figures show that traffic was up by 12 percent over February 2015, with a 14 percent increase at the Pleasantville toll plaza. Officials believe a milder winter contributed to the increase in traffic on…