The state has gotten an indictment against 21 people for their alleged roles in a scheme in which they took cash advances at Atlantic City casinos against phony checks deposited into TD Bank accounts. The alleged ringleader of the scheme, Michael Williams, of Sickerville, will face charges of second-degree counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and…
Ex-NFL running back Ray Rice had his assault charges dropped on Thursday for an incident that took place at the Revel Casino. Rice finished his 12 month pre-trial intervention program, which means the charges are dismissed against him. Rice was a running back for the Baltimore Ravens, but hasn’t picked up with a new team…
Atlantic City is continuing the efforts to improve employment for its city residents. Mayor Don Guardian is going to announce a plan on Friday for employment and job training. Congressman Frank LoBiondo and U.S. Senator Cory Booker are scheduled to be in attendance. Those two lawmakers worked to get dollars in the door to help…
On Thursday South Jersey Gas will reapply to the Pinelands Commission for permission to build their 22-mile natural gas pipeline to the B.L. England Generating Station in Upper Township. The filing amends their 2013 private development application and states the pipeline will meet all Pinelands standards. A few changes were made to the project design,…
Atlantic City International Airport and Air Canada will welcome the first flight to/from Toronto on Friday. The first arriving flight from Toronto will arrive with a water cannon salute at 11:35 a.m. Officials are hoping this will provide a new influx of people to visit the area from Canada.
On Tuesday Spirit Airlines was forced to cancel Flight 311 from Atlantic City because the crew had exceeded its federally mandated work limits. The crew that was scheduled to work Flight 311 never arrived at the airport because their inbound flight was cancelled due to maintenance issues. Spirit said the company transported most passengers to…
Expect at least two beach concerts to take place in Atlantic City in August. Atlantic City Alliance Executive Director Jeff Guaracino said the Alliance is in talks with Live Nation now to finalize the acts but that the concerts would take place in Aug. It is likely that only one of the shows might be…
Atlantic City is looking to get back into the bond market. The city is attempting to sell $40.56 million in bonds to repay a loan to the state that was made in Dec. when the city couldn’t get any money from the bond market because of concerns the city would default. Atlantic City is using…
Atlantic Cape Community College has announced that Cape May County Freeholder Will Morey will deliver the keynote address at their 48th annual commencement ceremony this Thursday morning. Morey is also president and CEO of The Morey Organization, that runs amusement piers and other businesses in the Wildwoods. Morey was formerly the co-chairman of ACCC’s major…
On Monday the Atlantic City school board voted 7-3 to reject the proposed budget for the upcoming school year that would cut 223 jobs. The new budget proposed cost cuts of $17 million that would increase student/teacher ratios through layoffs. At the public hearing, attended by about 50 people, state monitor Gary McCartney told the board…