The eight casinos left in Atlantic City saw gross operating profits increase in the resort. The third quarter produced a gross operating profit of $152.3 million for the casinos, a 3.4 percent increase over the year prior. Both online gaming and the reduction of the worst performing casinos helped increase the overall bottom line. Four…
A major credit rating says the ratable base for Atlantic City will be half of what it was in 2012 by next year. Moody’s released the report with the continued news of the Trump Taj Mahal possible closing. The report says that the resorts taxable base was $18 billion in 2012 and could be $9…
Traffic stopped in front of a motorcycle and the driver lost control causing an accident in Hamilton Township. Police say the incident took place on Route 40 Monday afternoon. Scott Piwowski, 20 year old male from Mays Landing, was operating the motorcycle. When the accident happened, Piwowski served into the on-coming lane of traffic. Duane…
A victory for Margate in its battle to prevent dunes from being built. A federal court on Monday ruled in favor of Margate and decided to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the state and the federal governments from building protective sand dunes in the community. Margate filed suit in a federal court to…
A Galloway Township man was given a five year prison term for taking a bribe as a public official. Logan F. Holt Jr., 55, of Galloway Township was an Atlantic County inspector who took a bribe from a taxi operator and operators of massage parlors and “stress therapy centers.” He was sentenced to five years in state prison,…
Police say a program to collect unwanted prescription drugs has been very successful in Egg Harbor Township. Police there say in the first two weeks since the box was implemented this month to take donations, 54 pounds of prescription medication has been collected. The box has been emptied twice in the past two weeks.
Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo has introduced legislation to help seniors and other vulnerable residents get the specialized care they need from various long-term care facilities when Medicaid throws up a road block. Designated the “Uncompensated Pending Medicaid Beneficiary Payment Relief Act,” the bill, would provide payments to certain long term care facilities for residents who have applied…
Police were called to the scene of a home invasion robbery on Saturday. The home in question was located near the Hamilton Mall. Responding officers located two suspects attempting to the flee the area. Further investigation led to the arrest of Anthony Arzuaga-Garcia age 20 of Ventnor and Nathaniel Peterson age 19 of Mays Landing. Both…
There continues to be no offshore wind farm near Atlantic City as a proposal was shot down again. The state’s Board of Public Utilities denied the application on Friday from the Fisherman’s Energy wind project. If the project went into effect, it would create roughly 500 jobs. Senate President Steve Sweeney lambasted the decision, noting…
Police are seeking the public’s help in a commercial burglary in Egg Harbor Township. The incident took place at an Ace Hardware Store in the Bargaintown section of the township. The suspect(s) disabled the building’s alarm system, made forcible entry to the building, damaged several items inside the building and were able to make entry…