News Staff The Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control has scheduled a second aerial spray for Thursday, July 24, between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM, weather permitting, for portions of Galloway and Port Republic. In Galloway Township, the areas to be treated are bounded by: Route 9 and King’s Highway; Rt. 9 east to the E.B. Forsythe … Read more
An Atlantic City political operative who admitted submitting fraudulent mail-in ballots in the November 2022 general election was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday, reports the Press of Atlantic City. Craig Callaway, 64, pleaded guilty in February to procuring, casting and tabulating fraudulent ballots during the runup to the 2022 general election.
An Egg Harbor Township man is in the hospital recovering from a hit and run accident that occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday on N. Main Street near Loraine Avenue Avenue. According to BreakingAC.com, police have charged another Egg Harbor Township man with numerous offenses following the incident. 56 year old David Doebley of Egg … Read more
Atlantic County has received a $15 million payment as legal settlement of a dispute between Atlantic County and the State of New Jersey over the 2021 amendments to the casino payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) law. According to County Executive Dennis Levinson, the settlement with the state was reached on April 2. The state had until Aug. 1 … Read more
39 year old Dalvin Chalmers of Atlantic City, faces a 3-year sentence for 3rd-degree criminal coercion after pleading guilty. According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor, Chalmers approached a man who was parking his truck on Richmond and Winchester avenues Oct. 25, 2024, and threatened to assault him if he did not get out of his … Read more
Residents in Atlantic City Housing Authority-run properties got the news many have been waiting for Monday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is set to takeover the long-troubled authority. BreakingAC.com reports the authority has been determined to be in “substantial default,” Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Benjamin Hobbs wrote in an 18-page letter Monday … Read more
A police sergeant in Avalon has filed a civil action seeking to get his job back after being fired in May. According to the Press of Atlantic City, in April, a hearing officer sustained charges against Stephen Bowers, after an investigation that began in 2024, alleging Bowers went home during his shift on multiple occasions … Read more
An Egg Harbor Township teen died after he was injured in a crash in Somers Point on Thursday night. BreakingAC.com reports police were called to Maryland Avenue and the bike path for a crash between a bicycle and car just before 8 p.m. The 14-year-old bicyclist was taken to AtlantiCare’s Regional Trauma Center by EHT … Read more
The Atlantic County Institute of Technology got a boost to help grow its tree program courtesy of environmental grant. According to BreakingAC.com, ACIT was the only Atlantic County school district to receive part of the nearly $4.5 million in grants to 40 public schools, colleges and universities across the state through the Trees for Schools … Read more
An unlicensed ATV driver is accused of eluding Atlantic City police on three separate occasions over four days earlier this month. According to BreakingAC.com, 32 year old Abdus Salaam Gray came close to causing several accidents, including almost hitting a woman and her dog walking across the street and nearly striking a patrol vehicle. Gray … Read more