The website for the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority was hacked over the weekend. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the website was hacked by a group identifying themselves as Team System DZ. The front page of the web page was replaced with pro-ISIS messaging for a few hours on Sunday. By lunch time on…
Hamilton Township Police say there was an accident involving an overturned vehicle on Sunday morning. Samantha L. Boyle of Egg Harbor City was the only occupant was the driver and only occupant. Police responded to Malaga Road just north of Drake Avenue. Boyle was transported to an area hospital for minor injuries related to the…
A large fight had to be broken up at the Hamilton Mall on Saturday. Police were called around 6:30 p.m. for the report of up to 30 people involved in a brawl. While police responded, there was reports of shots fired, but that was found to be untrue. A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested for disorderly…
Egg Harbor Township Police say suspects brandished a handgun during a robbery of a gas station on Wednesday night. The suspects struck the victim in the face and he was stabbed in the lower torso area twice at the Sunoco Station on Fire Road at Delilah Road. The suspects fled the area on foot westbound…
On Thursday a man who allegedly killed a dog during an armed home invasion in Atlantic City was arrested after a raid by the city’s SWAT team. The 19 year-old man, Akram Daughtry, was one of two men who broke into a home on Easter Sunday on the 1000 block of North Ohio Avenue, allegedly killing…
The Revel Casino has no power at its facility. The power company has shut off power to the closed casino after Glenn Straub purchased the facility and couldn’t reach a deal with ACR Energy Partners. The Revel Casino was the only client of the power company. The two sides had been working on a deal…
The new owner of the Revel Casino is trying to get the property open as soon as possible. Glenn Straub has told reporters it is his goal to get the casino open by the summer if possible. He is planning to invest $150 million into the property to improve the facilities and complete portions of…
Steel Pier officials flew to Italy recently to do the first of three inspections on a Observation Wheel that is set to open later this year. The 200-foot Observation Wheel, one of the tallest in the country, will be erected adjacent to Steel Pier. The wheel is estimated to draw 50,000 riders a month to…
The energy company that supplies power to the former Revel Casino has threatened to cut the cord on Thursday. The Press of Atlantic City reports that attorneys for ACR Energy Partners intend to terminate electrical service to the Revel property, unless an agreement can be reached with Glenn Straub’s company to pay for the service. Straub…
A new report says that a proposed site of a Super Walmart stood up in court. Shorenewstoday.com reports that plans can move forward with a 120,000 square foot store in the township at the corner of Black Horse Pike and Fire Road. The report says the store could become a ratable base worth up to…