In Sea Isle City on Monday, the local food and toy drive delivered Christmas cheer to 15 local families. It was the 22nd year for Mayor Lenny Desiderio’s annual holiday event, for families in need. This year city workers loaded four trucks with turkeys and toys and made deliveries to grateful families throughout the island…
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made a new $20 million bankruptcy financing offer to help keep the Taj Mahal Casino open. Attorneys for Trump Entertainment Resorts said the offer runs through Dec. 31, 2015, and does not include a pledge by Icahn to pump $100 million into the struggling company. The plan also eliminates a…
NBC-40 reports that authorities are investigating what is believed to be a fatal shooting in Atlantic City on Monday night. The shooting occurred on Adriatic Ave., near the intersection of North South Carolina Ave. Sources told NBC-40 that at least one person was killed on Monday night. Their identity has not been released and police…
James Mallon will become the new Business Administrator of Ocean City. Mayor Jay Gillian announced Monday that Mallon has been selected to replace Mike Dattilo, who is retiring next year. Gillian says Mallon is extremely qualified to assume the responsibilities of the position. Council will meet on December 29th to consider Mallon for the city’s…
New Jersey State Police are looking for the public’s help with catching the persons responsible for burglarizing boats in the Cape May Harbor area over the past few weeks. State Marine Police say multiple burglaries have occurred on vessels in the Cape May Harbor area; flares and other items are being stolen from the boats.…
The commissioner of the National Basketball Association would like to enlist Governor Chris Christie’s help with legalizing sports betting in the United States. Adam Silver announced this week that he’s asking Christie to help with efforts to convince Congress that sports betting should be legalized in this country. New Jersey had repealed its own law…
A Vineland school teacher has lost his appeal to get reinstated to his job following his arrest on marijuana charges in Atlantic City. Jeremy Rasmussen filed an appeal in court over the school district’s motion to dismiss him from his job. The Vineland Public School district had employed Rasmussen as an English teacher, with no…
The Boardwalk Basketball Classic tips off on Tuesday and the highlight will be the Wildwood/Wildwood Catholic girl/boy doubleheader. The game is tentatively scheduled to tip off at 6:30 p.m., with the girls game first and the boys game to follow. Both will be broadcast on 98.7 The Coast. The game’s start time is tentative, as…
Good news at the Trump Taj Mahal. The casino announced it would reopen its Chairman Tower hotel rooms on Christmas Eve. The tower was closed about a week prior to the casino’s scheduled closing date on Saturday. The casino got a $20 million investment from Carl Icahn to remain open while the negotiations continue to…
The number of traffic fatalities in New Jersey dropped by eight percent last year. New figures released this week by the federal government show 542 traffic fatalities in the Garden State in 2013 which is down from 589 fatalties during the prior year. The number of fatal drunk driving accidents also dropped by 11 percent.