Stockton University held a Pride Alliance flag raising on Monday and Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian spoke at the event. The 63 year-old mayor came out as gay when he was 23 and shared his thoughts about identity issues and public perceptions with students and faculty in attendance. Guardian and Stockton President Harvey Kesselman raised…
Unite Here Local 54 union members have now been on the picket line at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort for 90 days without getting a new contract or restoration of their pension and health benefits. The Taj is still expected to close it’s doors at 6 a.m. on Columbus Day, Oct. 10th. Union officials…
A Ventnor man was killed in a shootout with police Monday night after EMS personnel responded to a call at a home on Marshall Avenue near Dorset Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Philly’s Fox-29 reports that the paramedics were met with gunfire and multiple police units responded, including the Atlantic County SWAT team. A man who lived…
The Middle Township boys soccer team beat Millville 2-1 in overtime to boost their season record to a perfect 7-0. The Panthers were awarded a penalty kick with less than nine minutes remaining in the second overtime at Millville and Christian Rafter kicked the ball into the low right corner of the net for the…
Some planned power outages are still a go for Tuesday in Ocean City. Atlantic City Electric will conduct some planned power outages to reroute energy in the city; the outages will take place in the downtown and north end areas for about 30 minutes per neighborhood. Ocean City has also begun the process of demolishing…
North Wildwood’s City Council will meet Tuesday afternoon. Council is expected to take action on ordinances that regulate beach rules, and set mercantile fees. Council will also discuss the annual Best Practices Inventory report for the State and may exercise a one year option of its solid waste contract with Choice Environmental Services. The meeting…
Atlantic City Electric will make a presentation during the Stone Harbor Council meeting on Tuesday. The utility plans on adding additional feeders in Avalon and Stone Harbor to provide more reliable electrical service in the community. Some new utility poles will be coming to the island for distribution; they will be about ten feet taller…
Avalon Elementary School children learned about dune grass, and then planted it on Monday. Students were engaged by the Avalon Environmental Commission with the benefits of a healthy dune grass system in dunes and then planted new dune grass stolons on the 32nd Street beach in Avalon. Avalon conducts a dune grass planting event each…
Middle Township Police announced they are looking into some social media accounts that are made for clowns to harass local students. Police say one of the Facebook accounts encourages people to come visit the ‘clown’ in wooded areas of Middle Township. Police are warning the public not to engage in the creepy clown craze which…
A 27 year old South Jersey woman has been arrested for stealing an EMT’s wallet at the scene of a fatal accident. Authorities have charged Brittany Carulli with stealing the wallet while she sat alone in an ambulance at an accident scene on Sunday. Her boyfriend had just been fatally struck by a passing car;…