Over 160 acres of parkland in Atlantic County will be burned next year to help fight forest fires. The Press of Atlantic City reports that controlled burns are planned for the Atlantic County Park in Estell Manor, and at the Warren Fox Nature Center. The controlled burns will take place during the first quarter of…
The days are numbered for NBC40. The longtime South Jersey television station will sign off the air for good on Wednesday at midnight. The television station lost its NBC affiliation recently and new owners may be converting the broadcast spectrum into another use besides television. Comcast yanked the NBC affiliation to concentrate on NBC10 in…
About 300 people showed up on the Atlantic City boardwalk to support police officers in a rally held on Friday. The rally comes on the heels for a pair of police shootings about a week ago that left three officers killed. Police have come under fire for deaths in Ferguson and New York City, and…
A proposed bond sale by Atlantic City is no more, they are going to borrow $40 million from the state. The city will have until March 31 to pay back the loan at a 0.75 percent interest rate. The city still wants to go through with a bond sale in the first part of the…
The Cape May-based Fisherman’s Energy broke ground on Tuesday by the Atlantic City Boardwalk, to prepare for underground electrical lines from non-existent offshore turbines. The company was denied financial support for their wind farm project from New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Economic Development Act of 2010 and has appealed the decision by the BPU. By starting…
On Tuesday afternoon an Atlantic City man’s body was discovered in the water at Farley State Marina. The victim’s body was found floating face-down underneath one of the docks with no obvious signs of trauma. An autopsy is pending and officials have not yet released the identity of the man. Investigators with the N.J. State…
Authorities say an Absecon man was shot and killed in Atlantic City on Monday night. Kenneth Sandoz was killed by gun shot on 1200 block of Adriatic Avenue. This marks the fourth homicide in Atlantic City this week. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene, and is investigating the death…
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made a new $20 million bankruptcy financing offer to help keep the Taj Mahal Casino open. Attorneys for Trump Entertainment Resorts said the offer runs through Dec. 31, 2015, and does not include a pledge by Icahn to pump $100 million into the struggling company. The plan also eliminates a…
NBC-40 reports that authorities are investigating what is believed to be a fatal shooting in Atlantic City on Monday night. The shooting occurred on Adriatic Ave., near the intersection of North South Carolina Ave. Sources told NBC-40 that at least one person was killed on Monday night. Their identity has not been released and police…
Good news at the Trump Taj Mahal. The casino announced it would reopen its Chairman Tower hotel rooms on Christmas Eve. The tower was closed about a week prior to the casino’s scheduled closing date on Saturday. The casino got a $20 million investment from Carl Icahn to remain open while the negotiations continue to…