About 500 city of Absecon residents received corrected mail-in ballots last week after an initial ballot omitted a City Council candidate’s name.The name of Ward 2 Democratic council candidate Theresa D. Watts was left off ballots mailed to her ward, and her name instead appeared on Ward 1 ballots, according to Atlantic County Clerk Joe … Read more
Residents should expect to see the Borough Council struggle with another round of obstacles as the 2026 budget process gets underway: At the council’s Oct. 7 meeting Frank Dallahan, a member of the Administration and Finance Committee, said the borough faces many of the same challenges that plagued the 2025 budget process.
“The Small administration is paving and behaving” was the message Mayor Marty Small Sr. shared as he announced the city secured $5.3 million to pave Pacific Avenue.And according to the Press of Atlantic City the announcement came two months after the city received $17.6 million to pave and synchronize traffic lights on Atlantic Avenue.Funding for … Read more
Traffic might soon have a smooth path throughout Atlantic City. BreakingAC.com reports a $5.3 million in grants will allow all of Pacific Avenue to be repaved and put sidewalks from Atlantic City High School into the city, Mayor Marty Small announced Tuesday. The announcement comes as Atlantic Avenue repaving gets set to start with in … Read more
25 year old Seth Car from Pleasantville pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree aggravated assault. On April 17, Pleasantville Police Department officers responded to a residence on Ridgewood Avenue in reference to a domestic assault. Police spoke with the victim, who advised that Carr strangled her until she began to lose consciousness. Carr also … Read more
Galloway Township police are looking for witnesses in a crash that killed a motorcyclist Friday. BreakingAC.com reports Kenneth Chivalette was riding his 2011 Harley Davidson south on South New York Road at 7:38 p.m., when he collided head-on with a 2021 Kia Seltos driven by Nicole Ciccone. Chivalette, 31, of Galloway, was taken to AtlantiCare … Read more
Ocean City’s Tony Polcini will not seek reelection to City Council when his term expires next year, he announced during last week’s council meeting.Polcini spoke at the meeting about his vote in connection to the Wonderland site, a hot topic in the city over the past year.After making his comments, and as Board President Terry … Read more
Ocean City City Council voted unanimously to designate the site of a deteriorating condominium complex near 34th Street an area in need of rehabilitation, a step toward potential residential development.For the past two summers, the units in The Seaspray on Bay Avenue have been inaccessible, with red tags warning that the building has been declared … Read more
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday confirmed that its active-duty military members will continue to receive pay during the ongoing federal government shutdown.The agency, which falls under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has a training center in Cape May.And according to the PRess of Atlantic City shortly after the shutdown began Oct. 1, U.S. … Read more
Crews from two of Egg Harbor Township’s volunteer companies rescued five people and a dog from flood waters in a West Atlantic City motel Monday. Police Chief Fred Spano lauded the work of first-responders from the Bargaintown and West Atlantic City stations, but he said the rescues should not have been necessary. Motel owners along … Read more