OCNJ City Council Approves Hiring Professional Planner For Wonderland Site

Ocean City City Council has hired a professional planner to help guide it through the complicated and contentious process of evaluating development options for the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site on the Ocean City Boardwalk. According to OCNJDaily, the governing body gave approval for a no-bid professional services contract with Jennifer L. Heller of … Read more

AC Man Pleads Guilty In Drug, Weapons Case

37 year old Rashid Hamilton from Atlantic City, has pleaded guilty to second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and third-degree possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance. On August 16, 2025, Atlantic City Police Department officers observed Hamilton display a clear bag containing cocaine to another male in the area of S. Kentucky … Read more

65 Entrepreneurs To Receive Dollars Through AC’s Small Business Micro-Grant Program

65 local entrepreneurships will receive as much as $15,000 each through Atlantic City’s Small Business Micro-Grant Program. A total of $900,000 in grants is funded through federal relief provided by the American Rescue Plan Act, and was designed to help small, for-profit businesses in the city to recover from the economic challenges caused by the … Read more

Wonderland Consultant

In order to assess ideas for Ocean city’s most urgent problem-what to do with the former Wonderland amusement park property on the Boardwalk-City Council hired a professional planner on Thursday.The appointment of Jennifer L. Heller of Egg Harbor Township-based Polistina & Associates LLC to assist legislators in considering options for the property at 600 Boardwalk … Read more

Plesantville Man In Custody

According to authorities on Thursday, a man from Pleasantville has been taken into custody for breaking into a nearby gift shop.After an investigation after the February 25 break-in at the Paisley Pelican in the Small World business building at 1307 W. Brigantine Ave., Vito C. Anderson, 40, was accused. On Tuesday, a municipal judge issued … Read more

Millville Man Pleads Guilty

According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, a Millville man entered a guilty plea on Tuesday for operating a vehicle that he knew was stolen.Benny Dixon, 21, is anticipated to get a three-year jail sentence on April 17 from Superior Court Judge Dorothy Garrabrant in accordance with the terms of his plea deal. According to … Read more

Stockton University Adding Eight New Options In Degree Programs

Stockton University announced this week it will offer eight new options within its degree programs starting in the fall 2026 semester in the areas of health science, education and social and behavioral sciences. Among the new offerings, graduate students pursuing a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice can now choose a Victimology and Victim Services … Read more

Man Admits Stabbing Parents To Death

A New Jersey man has admitted to stabbing his parents to death with a kitchen knife and then dragging their bodies into a bedroom following an argument about household chores. Michael Mulgrew, 37, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of murder in the deaths of his parents, 71-year-old Eugene Mulgrew and 69-year-old Cheryl Mulgrew, … Read more

Vineland Man Admits Shooting Two In 2022 AC Incident

A Vineland man faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that wounded two people in Atlantic City four years ago. According to BreakingAC.com, 32 year old Ricardo Ferrera pleaded guilty this week to second-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree aggravated assault by pointing a firearm. He would have to serve at least … Read more