Atlantic County has agreed to contract with two prominent local law firms for labor and land use litigation. The agreements were unanimously approved by the Atlantic County Board of County Commissioners at its February 20th meeting. According to County Executive Dennis Levinson, the firms are needed to provide services for positions that are currently vacant … Read more
If you have access to 2.5 million dollars a golf course established by late Atlantic City business leader Sara Spencer Washington more than 80 years ago is now up for sale.The nine-hole, family-owned and operated Pomona Golf Course and Country Club, located on Moss Mill Road near Stockton University, has been on the market since … Read more
Unfortunately, the male baby gray seal that was found wandering on 42nd Street in Ocean City two weeks ago has died according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The pup was being treated for parasites and a possible respiratory infection at the Brigantine-based Stranding Center after it came out of the bay on West Avenue … Read more
This is pretty severe. College students in New Jersey would lose state financial aid if they get convicted of hazing under a bill a Democratic lawmaker introduced last week.Assemblywoman Carol Murphy’s proposal would expand on anti-hazing protections lawmakers adopted in 2021 after the 2017 death of Timothy Piazza, a 19-year-old Readington resident and Penn State … Read more
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority wants its say in a city plan to change traffic patterns along Atlantic Avenue, otherwise known as the “road diet.” According to the Press of Atlantic City, attorneys for the CRDA recently filed papers seeking to stop further development of the plan without review by the authority. On Tuesday, after … Read more
A man wanted in connection with an Atlantic City homicide was cuffed Tuesday after trying to elude police by jumping from a third floor window of an apartment. 35 year old Jamar Jones of Atlantic City sustained serious but non-life- threatening injuries from his fall at 61 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Jones was … Read more
A Pleasantville man is under arrest after he allegedly locked a local business owner into a store and attempted to sexually assault her. The Press of Atlantic City reports 37 year old Dashawn Cooper was charged with kidnapping, attempted aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, criminal restraint and criminal mischief. The incident happened Monday afternoon, Police … Read more
Atlantic City Police Department reporting on its Facebook page, that there have been several media reports today regarding a homicide that occurred near the area of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Arctic Avenue. This is completely INCORRECT. The Atlantic City Police Department and Atlantic City SWAT Team were searching for a wanted male who … Read more
In Atlantic City renovations to the City Hall courtyard are set to begin next month, Mayor Marty Small Sr. said Sunday.The courtyard will be renamed after late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver. City officials announced in October that the project would honor Oliver, who died in August at 71. “This has been in the works for … Read more
Need a book in egg Harbor Township? The local branch of the Atlantic County Library is set to reopen today county officials said.The branch has been closed since November to allow for the installation of a new HVAC system and generator. The $2 million project was funded in part by the state Library Construction Bond … Read more