On November 5 at 12:22 AM, patrol officers responded to the area of Kentucky and Arctic Avenues for a ShotSpotter alert. Officers located Brian Wilson in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. An investigation conducted by detectives of the Violent Crimes Unit determined that Wilson exchanged gunfire with another man who fled the scene … Read more
A former Vineland resident was arrested Monday after he allegedly set a mattress on fire in a motel room he was living in. According to the Press of Atlantic City, 31 year old Shawn Negron was charged with arson, causing or risking widespread injury or damage, and criminal mischief. He is being held in the … Read more
In Atlantic City U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, again urged a federal takeover of the Atlantic City Housing Authority on Tuesday after it increased a contract to repair rather than replace the heating system at Stanley Holmes Village from $1.5 million to $5.5 million without rebidding.The authority is considered in contempt of court for … Read more
Help is hopefully on the way for the odor coming from the Atlantic County Utilities Authority landfill, the authority said Tuesday.The ACUA said it plans to spend $7 million to install a permanent cap over 16 acres of the landfill that will increase gas collection efficiency, reduce the generation of leachate, improve stormwater quality and … Read more
Work is underway on a project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to widen beaches in Atlantic City and some neighboring shore towns. It will place 1.2 million cubic yards of sand on the shoreline – enough to fill as many as 120,000 dump trucks – to make up for losses from normal tides … Read more
On November 23 at 8:07 PM, Atlantic City police were alerted by a citizen that a man needed medical attention near Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues. The man was transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. An investigation determined that the man had fallen to the ground. After … Read more
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew wants to see the federal government take over operations of the Atlantic City Housing Authority, after the ACHA increased a contract to repair rather than replace the heating system at Stanley Holmes Village from $1.5 million to $5.5 million without rebidding. Van Drew said the authority is wasting millions of … Read more
Gov. Phil Murphy signed bipartisan legislation Monday to make the state’s outdoor dining rules permanent, extending a pandemic-era practice that allowed restaurants to operate amid indoor restrictions.New Jersey has allowed outdoor dining on a temporary basis since June 2020, when Murphy issued an executive order meant to ease restaurant operations amid shutdown orders and strict … Read more
City of Vineland school students and employees, along with the district’s food service provider, dished out more than 300 Thanksgiving meal boxes to local families last week.The initiative Friday by the local school district and Sodexo took aim at food insecurity, officials said. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Southern Branch, prepared the meal boxes, … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City, a settlement proposal could resolve a complicated tangle of disputes between the city and the state Department of Environmental Protection and spell the end of the Lou Booth Amphitheater on Second Avenue.The tiny outdoor theater, the site of summer concerts and church services, would be removed and the … Read more