A public meeting will be held Wednesday in Atlantic City this afternoon to discuss offshore oil drilling off the East Coast. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding the public meeting that will be an open-house, one-on-one format from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Sheraton Atlantic City at 2 Convention Boulevard in…
Galloway Township Police reported that a 17-year-old female who was reported missing on March 10th has been found. Detectives did not release the details of her return, but the girl, named Ibirah Butts, has been located and returned home.
On Monday Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson announced that he will seek re-election. Levinson said in a statement that during his tenure, county government had 14 perfect audits by three different auditors. He also stated that the Atlantic County has the lowest debt ratio in New Jersey and taxes are lower than when he took office…
On Monday the N.J. State Senate confirmed Gov. Chris Christie’s nomination to the Pinelands Commission. Robert Barr from Ocean City was approved despite opposition from environmental advocates, who were removed from the Senate chambers for booing legislators over the vote. Barr will succeed Robert Jackson of West Cape May, who voted against a controversial South Jersey Gas pipeline…
On Thursday a high profile visitor will come to Atlantic City: former Secretary of State and possible Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. The former First Lady is scheduled to give the keynote speech at the American Camp Association at Atlantic City Convention Hall. The conference of the New York and New Jersey conference is billed…
Next Wednesday a public meeting will be held in Atlantic City to discuss a proposal for oil drilling off the East Coast. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold an open-house, one-on-one discussion with their staff from 3 to 7 p.m. March 18th at the Sheraton, adjacent to the Atlantic City Convention Center. The…
The proposed sale of the bankrupt Revel Casino to Glen Straub for $82 million was not approved by a federal judge on Friday. Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gloria Burns said she lacked the jurisdiction to move the sale forward, as several appeals of the sale have yet to be decided in federal court. The appeals were…
New Jersey tourism revenue set a record last year, generating $42.1 billion in economic impact for the state. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno delivered the news on Thursday at the annual Conference on Tourism, that state tourism revenues were up by 3.8 percent over the year before. Cape May County registered the largest spending increase of…
Trump Entertainment Resorts’ reorganization plan was approved on Thursday by a judge in Delaware. The plan gives billionaire investor Carl Icahn control of the reorganized company and the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. Icahn is owed over $290 million and will exchange his debt for 100 percent of the reorganized company’s stock. Icahn plans to keep…
On Friday night the Maxwell Football Club will hold it’s annual awards gala in Atlantic City and the University of Oregon quarterback will be present to receive one of their awards. Marcus Mariota will be presented the Maxwell Award, given to the college football player of the year. The gala will be held at the Tropicana…