It’s not all bad news in Atlantic City. The 11 casinos not including Revel reported a 12.5 increase in gross operating profits. Overall revenues were down in the second quarter at those casinos compared go the year prior. Revel has not performed well in gambling revenue but claims other revenue is looking good so far.…
A huge boost in crowds came out to the Atlantic City Airshow. Officials expect the final tally will beat the 800,000 that came out last year. The Airshow is an annual traditions in the resort but isnt usually held on a Friday. The show went off well and businesses reported a great day.
Someone stole a fire truck during a fire call in Atlantic City over the weekend. Atlantic City fire crews who responded to a call at the Tropicana Casino early Sunday morning returned to their truck to find that the truck was no longer there. Crews searched for about 20 minutes before they located the truck…
A weekend fire caused extensive damage to South Jersey Marina over the weekend. Fire departments from Cape May, Lower Township, and Middle Township all responded to the fire on Saturday evening at the marina. When fire crews arrived, they found black smoke billowing from the building. Some significant fire, water, and smoke damage was experienced…
A South Jersey corrections officer has been formally charged with stealing $300 from an inmate who was lodged where the officer worked. 30 year old Michael Guzman of Woodstown has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that he stole the money from an inmate at the Salem County Correctional facility. The alleged theft…
It was a special welcome home on Friday. The Daily Journal reports that U.S. Army infantryman Eric Heredia returned home from Afghanistan. Vineland Mayor Robert Romano welcomed home the former graduate of Vineland High School. Heredia is now 23-years-old. It is expected that Heredia is going to be back overseas in September. He was in…
A new report says not everyone is looking to invest in Atlantic City. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Pinnacle Entertainment has yet to be able to sell the land yet. They owned the land where the Sands Casino was previously and Pinnacle planned a new casino resort there. No offers had been made…
It was a scary weekend to fly in North Jersey. Two flights this weekend were forced to return to Newark Airport after plane malfunctions were discovered shortly after takeoff. Authorities say no one was injured. The flight on Saturday involved the plane flying around the airport to burn off fuel.
A man wanted in a machete attack had a bullet put in him. Authorities say that the man got into a fight with Buena Borough Police and was shot. Eugenio Morales was wanted in Vineland for an attack on a woman. As a result of the bullet, Morales was taken to the Cooper University Hospital…
The Coast Guard rescued two people treading water near Cape May Friday after the sailboat they were on capsized. The two people, a 50-year-old man and his 21-year-old daughter, were boating with one other man on a catamaran when it capsized. The third individual managed to right the catamaran, lost sight of his two companions,…