They’re here! The 52 contestants for the 2017 Miss America Pageant officially arrived in Atlantic City on Tuesday and made their debut in front of Boardwalk Hall.Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno was on hand to greet the contestants and gave credit to the city for bringing the competition back to Atlantic City in 2013 after a…
Many county offices in Atlantic County will be shut down on Friday during a furlough that is designed to save the County some money. The Press of Atlantic City reports that hundreds of employees will be furloughed on Friday in an attempt to close a $3.4 million budget gap. The county’s public libraries will be…
A restaurant located inside the Trump Taj Mahal casino is scheduled to close at the same time the building shuts down in October. The Il Mulino New York restaurant will close and drop 60 jobs, pushing the total job loss at the gaming company to slightly over 3,000. The Taj Mahal announced it would close…
New Jersey State Police are searching for the driver of a black pickup truck that was involved in Monday’s shootout in Atlantic County that killed one person. Police say they are looking for a black Dodge Ram truck with temporary Delaware license tags that may have been involved. The truck exited the Atlantic City Expressway…
Few details are available at this hour regarding a fatal shooting in Millville that occurred on Monday. City Police confirm that a man was shot dead in the 500 block of 4th Street. No word yet on the identity of the victim or circumstances surrounding the shooting. More information from police is forthcoming.
Cape May Mayor Ed Mahaney is seeking re-election. Mahaney announced on Tuesday that he submitted his petition to the City Clerk’s office and intends to seek re-election in the November 8th election. Mahaney says he would like to continue the progressive growth Cape May has enjoyed during his tenure as Mayor.
New Jersey’s minimum wage will not be going up to $15 per hour. Governor Christie on Tuesday vetoed a bill supported by democrats that would have increased the State’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Christie believes that minimum wage workers would be replaced by electronic kiosks if the wage took a big jump as…
The number of fatal accidents on New Jersey’s highways has risen again. New figures released this week show 562 people died in traffic accidents in the Garden State last year, which is six more fatalities than in the previous year. The main culprit? Additional driver distractions including cell phones.
N.J. State Police have charged five men in connection with a rolling shootout on the Atlantic City Expressway Monday afternoon. At least four males were injured and one killed in a crime scene that stretched for miles. Troopers on the Garden State Parkway found 22 year-old Rosemund Octavius of Egg Harbor Township in a silver Nissan Maxima,…
Earlier this month it was announced that 100 Macy’s department stores would be closing nationwide. On Monday, a company spokeswoman said Macy’s will not give the details of specific store closings until late January 2017. Sales at the national chain fell by 3.6 percent last year, while online sales were up by 15 percent. The…