Atlantic City will unveil its plans for Gardener’s Basin on Monday night. A special meeting will be held at 5:00pm inside the chambers of City Council to discuss a redevelopment of the north end of the city. Mayor Don Guardian has lobbied for a new vision for Gardener’s Basin and believes it should be modeled…
Gas prices actually slipped a little bit in New Jersey last week. A new gasoline price survey by Mid Atlantic AAA shows that the average price for a gallon of gasoline in New Jersey is $2.27, which is two cents cheaper than last week. This ends a five week span of seeing gas prices going…
A teacher at Bridgeton High School has been arrested and charged with growing marijuana inside his basement. 33 year old Geoffry Portale of Bridgeton has taught math at the high school. Authorities say Portale was growing marijuana inside his home by using an ultraviolet light. He and his wife, 33 year old Jamie A. Warner,…
Five men have been indicted in connection with a double murder in Bridgeton last year. The murders were the result of conflict stemming from a human trafficking brothel ring, according to authorities. Two men face the most serious charges of murder and felony murder. They are identified as 22 year old Aris Tejada of New…
The Millville School District is getting a new assistant superintendent. Donna Meyers is leaving her job as principal of Schalick High School in order to take the job in the Millville district. Her salary will be $136,000 annually. Meyers replaces Stephen Burke who worked for the Millville district for the past four decades.
Next Wednesday a public meeting will be held in Atlantic City to discuss a proposal for oil drilling off the East Coast. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold an open-house, one-on-one discussion with their staff from 3 to 7 p.m. March 18th at the Sheraton, adjacent to the Atlantic City Convention Center. The…
The proposed sale of the bankrupt Revel Casino to Glen Straub for $82 million was not approved by a federal judge on Friday. Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gloria Burns said she lacked the jurisdiction to move the sale forward, as several appeals of the sale have yet to be decided in federal court. The appeals were…
The 25th Annual St.Patrick’s Day Parade will step off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Sea Isle City rain or shine. The parade begins at 93rd Street and proceeds south on Landis Avenue to 63rd Street, ending at Kix McNutley’s, for an Irish celebration hosted by Mayor Len Desiderio and his family. This year’s Grand Marshals…
New Jersey tourism revenue set a record last year, generating $42.1 billion in economic impact for the state. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno delivered the news on Thursday at the annual Conference on Tourism, that state tourism revenues were up by 3.8 percent over the year before. Cape May County registered the largest spending increase of…
Police report that a wheelchair-bound homeless man who was struck by a car Wednesday night is listed in critical condition in an Atlantic City hospital. Timothy McCart, 55, was crossing Route 47 in Rio Grande in front of the Village Shoppes around 8:20 p.m. when he was hit by a westbound Ford Focus driven by…