Atlantic County introduced a new $205 million county budget during its freeholder meeting on Tuesday. County freeholders introduced the budget without comment. There has been talk of a tax increase on Atlantic County taxpayers due to financing issues relating to Atlantic City. ##
Candidates who are running for governor in New Jersey sparred during debates held at Stockton University Tuesday night. Republican candidates spent part of the evening debating pension reform measures. GOP frontrunner Kim Guadagno says it’s time for officials to sit at the table with public employees to discuss ways to save the pension system. ##
State and federal officials will not be changing the schedule for an Atlantic County beach fill project that will take place this summer. Ventnor officials have complained about the beach and dune project, saying it will impact it summer season. The Ventnor project will start in early June and run into July. ##
The body of a fisherman who’s been missing since January has been found in Barnegat Bay. The body of Christopher Hugg was found by the Ocean County Mosquito Commission on Friday; his body was identified this week. Hugg’s cause of death has been ruled a drowning. ##
Ventnor is pushing back on a plan that would allow dune construction work to occur during the upcoming summer season. Ventnor is telling the Army Corps of Engineers that the beaches are unavailable for the dune and replenishment work scheduled this summer due to multiple special events and activities. ##
Stockton University has a new athletic director. The university named Kevin McHugh as the new man in charge of athletics. McHugh leaves Bates College in Maine for the job; he starts July 1st. ##
Authorities have confiscated 4,000 bags of heroin from a 30 year old man in Linwood during two separate drug busts. Police say Richard C. Roycroft was arrested two times in five days on various drug possession and distribution offenses. ##
Many retail stores are closing their doors in our area, and nationwide…but our region gets a new store this weekend. Home Goods announced that it will be opening its first retail location in our area on Sunday at the Festival Shopping Center in Hamilton Township. ##
A long-awaited beach and dune project is coming to Absecon Island in Atlantic County. State and federal officials announced that work will begin in Atlantic City next week, with other work in Ventnor, Margate, and Longport to follow. This project was jeopardized to some opposition over dunes that may block the views of beachfront properties.…
The body of United States Marine Tyler Wechsler returned home to Atlantic County Thursday afternoon. Wechsler’s body was found along a hiking trail earlier this month in Hawaii after he was missing for more than a week. Another motorcade will occur Sunday for Wechsler as his body is transported to its final resting place in…