News Staff In North Wildwood, an emergency beach project is set to add 1.3 million cubic yards of sand to badly eroded city beaches at a cost of $10 million.Mayor Pat Rosenello and Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans for the beach fill in April, with the intent of rebuilding the beaches before the start of summer, with … Read more
The Atlantic City school board has advertised a special meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss “personnel matters.”“Action will be taken,” according to the legal ad in the Tuesday edition of The Press of Atlantic City.Board President Shay Steele confirmed the meeting will be held but declined further comment.A $2 million tort claim filed last … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department arrested two men and a woman following an investigation into gunshots being heard. On May 5 at 10:20 PM, patrol officers responded to the Club Wyndham Skyline Tower in the beach block of North Carolina Avenue for a report of gunshots being fired from a balcony. An investigation into this … Read more
A bill that would lower the bar for counties to set non-salary compensation for top officials was approved by a Senate panel this week. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the bill, which the Senate Urban and Community Affairs Committee approved in a 3-0 vote with abstentions from both the panel’s Republicans, would remove … Read more
23 year old Nahjajuan Ellis of Atlantic City pleaded guilty this week to drug and handgun offenses arising from the execution of a residential search warrant in January 2023. On January 26, 2023, the Vice Unit of the Atlantic City Police Department executed a search warrant on an apartment in Atlantic City. Prior to executing … Read more
42 year old Tawanne Williams of Philadelphia, and 33 year old Jessica Bryant of Atlantic City, NJ pleaded guilty in relation to a shooting which occurred in the summer of 2022 in Atlantic City. On August 31, 2022, the Atlantic City Police Department responded near the Carolina Villages apartment complex where they found a man … Read more
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson was inducted into the inaugural New Jersey Association of Counties County Executive Hall of Fame at a conference over the weekend. Levinson, 78, who was elected in 2023 to his seventh four-year term as county executive, was formerly a freeholder (now called county commissioner) and a public school history teacher.
In Wildwood, former Cape May County GOP Chairman Marcus Karavan, described as instrumental in expanding Republican control in the county, has died after an illness.The Press of Atlantic City goes on to say current CapeGOP Chairman Michael Donohue and his brother, former Middle Township Mayor Tim Donohue, let party members know in a recent email, … Read more
A Gloucester County man who admitted sexually assaulting several minors for nearly three decades in Vineland was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said. And according to the Press of Atlantic City Andy Chanza, 67, of Newfield, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault in December. He will … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department located a woman being held against her will and arrested her captor. On May 3 at 4:37 PM, patrol officers responded to the 1400 block of Absecon Boulevard in reference to a woman being held against her will, assaulted and fearing for her life. A third party was providing information … Read more