Comcast Spectacor has sold the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team. The company announced that it sold the NBA franchise to a new group led by billionaire Joshua Harris. Apollo Global Management LLC is the new owners of the Sixers; the same company recently bought the rights to American Idol. Terms of the deal have not been…
The new owners of Resorts Casino Hotel got some good news on Wednesday–they have been approved for a new gaming license. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission granted a new gaming license to Resorts and its new owners, Dennis Gomes and Morris Bailey. The two men took over the casino just days before it was…
Both Wildwood and Atlantic City have something to be proud of. Both New Jersey seashore communities have been named in a top ten list of the best boardwalks in the United States. The Wildwoods learned that its boardwalk received a major honor this week when National Geographic Traveler magazine named the boardwalk among the top…
A 15 year old girl who was reported missing earlier this week has been found. Middle Township Police say on Wednesday afternoon, Detectives McClure and Martin of the township police department located Shakira Colon unharmed in Wildwood. Colon was reunited with her family after police located her. She had been reported missing earlier this week…
A bit of a change at the top of two schools in the Cape Atlantic League. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Hammonton High School athletic director Mike Gatley has left his position to take the same job at Mainland Regional High School. Gatley is a 1980 graduate of Mainland High School and lives…
Another major victory for the Ocean City Beach Patrol in a lifeguard competition. The Ocean City women lifeguards won the 14th annual Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational Tuesday night in Longport. Ocean City held off Ventnor and Wildwood Crest for the title. This was Ocean City’s sixth championship in the history of the competition.
A fire took place in the marsh area off of North Wildwood Blvd. Middle Township Police have updated information on the fire that took place on Tuesday evening. A camp fire turned into a fire in the marsh area. The juveniles were picked up by police, but no formal charges were filed.
It was another unsuccessful day for Democrats in Trenton. A number of votes were taken in an attempt to override the line-item vetoes down by Gov. Chris Christie, which in effect cut about $1 billion out of the budget. One of those votes that came up short was in the Urban Enterprise Zone funding. Democrats…
New polling data says Gov. Chris Christie could win if he ran for President. An online poll by Zogby said that Christie would beat Barack Obama if they faced in next year’s Presidential race. Christie was ahead 45 to 41 percent. In a number of other polls, Christie was behind Obama in the hypothetical match…
A court ruling upheld a move by the state legislature to end a health insurance program for legal resident aliens, according to the Star-Ledger. The state appellate said that the state will not be required to reinstate the FamilyCare program, which put about 12,000 people out of health insurance. The report says that six aliens…