At least one credit rating agency is not sold on a potential state takeover of Atlantic City’s finances. S&P Global Ratings still believes Atlantic City could default on its debt despite a new bailout agreement reached with the state. The rating agency maintains a CC-negative junk rating for Atlantic City’s current debt status.
On Wednesday the public schools in Middle Township were placed on lockdown for 20 minutes due to a possible threat from social media. The Cape May City Police Department received information that a threat had been made to an unnamed school and posted online. Detectives from the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office traced the threat…
An investigation is on-going into a bomb threat made Wednesday morning against an unnamed school. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and Middle Township Police Department said the post was made on social media. The post is being traced back to a 22-year-old who lives in Middle Township and is being questioned by police. This…
Over 13,000 customers lost electrical power Wednesday afternoon due to strong and gusty winds. A wind gust of 66 miles-per-hour was reported at the Millville Airport as storms passed through the area. Atlantic City Electric reported outages in Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties due to the high winds and short spurts of heavy rain.…
New Jersey helped Hillary Clinton become the first female presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States. Clinton outpolled Bernie Sanders in New Jersey and won the majority of the state’s 126 delegates. Clinton and Donald Trump the two presumptive nominees, both carried the South Jersey area.
Upper Township republican voters have put Hobart Young and John Coggins on the November election ballot. Young and Coggins were challenged by Jon Grubb in the primary election. Grubb finished about 700 votes off the pace.
The Wildwood Catholic girls softball team saw their season end on Tuesday with a 4-3 loss to Benedictine Academy in the South Jersey Non-Public B final. Benedictine took a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but the top-seeded Lady Crusaders tied the game in the bottom of the inning. In the fourth inning Benedictine took…
The Showboat Atlantic City held a job fair on Tuesday for about 200 job openings and over 3,000 applicants turned out to apply for the jobs. The Showboat announced last week that they would be opening 852 hotel rooms this July and need a staff of managers, front-desk agents and housekeepers. Many former Showboat Casino…
One of Cape May County’s food distributors has purchased a rival company based in Vineland. Seashore Food Distributors of Middle Township, acquired Zukerman Food Service of Vineland for an undisclosed sum. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Seashore Foods will take control of Zukerman’s client list, delivery trucks, inventory and warehouse equipment. Seashore employs…
On Tuesday, New Jersey Democrats in the 2nd Congressional District made their choice on who will oppose 11-term U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo in November. David Cole, a 31 year-old former technology advisor in the Obama administration, overwhelmingly defeated Costantino “Tino” Rozzo of Vineland to win the Democratic nomination. Cole is from Mantua Township in Gloucester…