Huge tax hikes are coming to Atlantic City residents and businesses. The city approved a budget with a 29 percent tax increase. The city has faced huge dips in revenue due to tax appeals from the casinos. The budget was initially set to go up 32 percent, but some slight trimming of the budget brought…
An auction that was set to take place on Thursday has been pushed back. Revel Casino will not be sold this week and additional time was given to look over the submitted bids. Bids were due by prospective buyers on Monday, but no word yet how many applications have been submitted for purchase. Revel is…
Cape May Brewery began with one simple question: Where’s all the beer down here?? With that in mind, we decided to open a microbrewery to provide South Jersey with fresh, delicious, local beer and help put New Jersey on the map as a craft beer state. In July 2011 we found our home here at…
A park in the city of North Wildwood has been named after former Mayor Bill Henfey. City leaders on were on hand Tuesday evening as the 8th Street field was named after the former mayor during the city’s annual National Night Out event. The city spent $3 million on the field and has applied to…
The city of Cape May has a new fire chief. Alex Coulter was named the new fire chief in the resort replacing Jerry Inderweis Jr. who retired back in June. At this week’s Council meeting, Coulter thanked the city leaders for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Cape May. Inderweis served more than a…
A big topic of conversation at the Wildwood Crest Commission meeting this week was a potential outreach to second home owners who are in the community on weekends. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Commission has discussed opening Borough Hall for four hours on a Saturday morning, starting at 8:00am. The Commission also…
A major march was held on the boardwalk in Atlantic City Wednesday as hundreds of workers protested the anticipated job losses in the gaming resort. Casino union members picked up signs and walked along the boardwalk to ask that some casino gaming halls that are set to close remain open at least four more months.…
The fate of the Atlantic City casino industry will be partially determined on Thursday as an auction will be held for the Revel Casino. The $2.4 billion casino property is going up for auction and more than a dozen interested parties are coming to the table to place their bids. If a buyer cannot be…