The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority will be paying up to $1.1 million to a creditor of the Steel Pier, who was fighting them in court for a debt payment. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the payment will be made to Firestone Financial, who were threatening to take possession of some of the Steel…
Police in Egg Harbor City are looking for a man who robbed a branch of Ocean City Home Bank on the White Horse Pike Monday morning. Police say the man demanded cash, received it, and then fled the bank following the hold up. He is between the ages of 35 and 40, medium build, with…
Lower Township Police have arrested a 23 year old man for having Oxycodone in his possession during a traffic stop on Saturday night. Police say James M. Matthews of the Villas had the drugs in his possession as police investigated a suspicious vehicle parked on West Greenwood Avenue of the Villas. Matthews posted ten percent…
Atlantic City decided to make its debt payments on Monday despite nearly being out of cash..and Governor Chris Christie is not impressed. Christie asked reporters if Mayor Don Guardian wants a gold medal for making debt payments on Monday. Christie believes Atlantic City will run out of cash sometime next week.
Water fountains at all New Jersey schools are being tested for lead. Governor Chris Christie announced that water will be tested in 3,000 New Jersey public schools later this year and all of the findings will be released to the public. 30 schools in Newark found lead levels as high as 35 times above the…
A bill that would have prevented gender based pay in New Jersey was vetoed by Governor Chris Christie on Monday. Christie alleges the new bill would make the state very business unfriendly, and went beyond federal standard. Christie says he supports equal pay but there is no reason to go beyond a federal equal pay…
A 63-year old fisherman who became ill on a boat was rescued on Sunday by the United States Coast Guard. The man became ill and needed medical attention while on board the scallop boat “Linda”. The Atlantic City Air Station responded, hoisted the man off the boat, and took him to a local hospital for…
A sergeant with the Atlantic City Police Department has admitted to making false statements to FBI agents so he could hide money. 39 year old Kiyia Harris of Egg Harbor Township pleaded guilty in court Monday to structuring financial deals to avoid reporting requirements. Harris was in a relationship with a cocaine dealer.
A Sports Authority store located at the Hamilton Commons in Atlantic County may close..along with all other stores in the nation. Sports Authority announced that it intends to hold an auction on May 16th to liquidate its assets. The only saving grace would be if a buyer stepped up and bought the sporting goods chain.…
On Thursday night, two Pennsylvania teenagers were robbed of their wallets on the street in the area of Andrews Avenue and the Boardwalk in Wildwood. The robbery victims were on their way to an event at the Wildwoods Convention Center at about 9:30 p.m. On Friday after an investigation, Wildwood Police arrested 18 year-old Jaquan Bartee…