Gov. Mikie Sherrill, in a bid to offset electricity price increases set to go into effect in June, ordered the Board of Public Utilities on Tuesday to expand bill credits that ratepayers saw last summer and pause proceedings that could approve new rate increases. According to BreakingAC.com, Sherrill signed the orders, her first as governor, … Read more
Overdose deaths in Atlantic County were down nearly 46 percent last year over 2024, according to the New Jersey Medical Examiner’s Office. According to BreakingAC.com, there were 159 overdose deaths in the county in 2024, down 20 from the year before. But the decline was much more significant last year, with 86 deaths. Officials attribute … Read more
Two Mays Landing sisters are accused of attacking a fellow student at Oakcrest High School. According to BreakingAC.com, Bryanna Johnson, 18, and her 15-year-old sister broke the girl’s jaw during the Dec. 17 attack, in which they punched and kicked the girl, and stomped on her body and head. When a teacher tried to break … Read more
The State Comptroller filed a lawsuit Monday against the ownership group of two troubled South Jersey nursing homes, seeking to recover millions in what it said were “misspent and concealed Medicaid Funds.” According to NJ.com, the action came after the watchdog agency found what it called “a troubling pattern of mismanagement, self-dealing, and profiteering” at … Read more
A Delaware woman charged in a hit-and-run that left a 92-year-old Ventnor pedestrian seriously injured will have a detention hearing this week. BreakingAC.com reports 51 year old Leslie Myers was arrested in Pennsylvania on Jan. 7, and jailed on charges including assault by auto and leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury. … Read more
An Atlantic City man charged with stabbing an Egg Harbor Township teen was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday. According to BreakingAC.com, 40 year old Tyler Smith pleaded guilty in September to attempted murder and bias intimidation. He must serve at least 12 years and nine months before he is eligible for parole under … Read more
Sentencing is set for April 10th for a Galloway Township man facing a three-year prison term after pleading guilty to strangling his wife last year. Naaron Reed, 50, has been jailed since Feb. 16, after the victim was able lock herself in the bathroom and call police, reports BreakingAC.com. The woman told police that Reed … Read more
The Atlantic City Fire Department has added to its fleet. According to BreakingAC.com, a ladder truck and engine were pushed into Fire Station 4, as is tradition when a new piece of equipment is put into service. The new equipment will be housed at Station 4 — the Firefighter John A. Seedorf Memorial Fire Station … Read more
Atlantic City Electric will be performing utility upgrades along Corson Tavern Road (CR 628) in Dennis Township as part of a larger resiliency upgrade to their facilities within Middle and Dennis Townships. The work will include the replacement of the existing timber electric poles with new steel poles founded on caissons. The construction operation will … Read more
An abandoned building that has been a big eyesore in Egg Harbor Township for years was brought down Thursday. From around 2011 through 2013, a church operated in the small tan building at 6024 Black Horse Pike, although that structure was there long before then. The building is being demolished to make way for a … Read more