35 year old Andrew Osborne of Philadelphia was sentenced to 25 years for Aggravated Manslaughter in the stabbing death of 47 year old Brian Wilkinson of Egg Harbor Township inside a hotel room at the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City on September 23, 2022. In May, Osborne admitted stabbing Wilkinson to death inside Wilkinson’s hotel … Read more
The National Park Service has awarded a $750,000 America’s Treasures Grant to the Absecon Lighthouse for restoration work.“This is a huge step forward toward restoring the Absecon Lighthouse,” said Jean Muchanic, executive director of the Inlet Public/Private Association, which manages the lighthouse as an educational venue and tourist attraction. The New Jersey Department of Environmental … Read more
A Bridgeton man 31 year old Cas Albert Miller who allegedly shot two other men at a city apartment complex was ordered held in jail until his trial. Miller is charged with criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault with a weapon and other weapons offenses.Police responded to the Amity Heights apartment complex on Pamphylia Avenue at … Read more
The city’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, state gambling regulators said Thursday.Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations collectively posted a gross … Read more
Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to state gambling regulators. Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations collectively posted a … Read more
The board of the Atlantic City Housing Authority passed a resolution Thursday evening to increase the allowable payment to Kisby Lees Mechanical LLC from $1 million to $2.5 million. The Press of Atlantic City reports the company has been repairing broken and leaking gas pipes at the troubled Stanley Holmes Village complex and other mechanical … Read more
A Mays Landing woman was sentenced to six years after admitting she shot husband in their home on Christmas Day in 2022. According to the Press of Atlantic City, 53 year old Marylue Wigglesworth pleaded guilty in June before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Donna M. Taylor to manslaughter in the death of David Wigglesworth. … Read more
An Egg Harbor City man accused of allegedly shooting and killing another man in the Hamilton Mall parking lot nearly eight years ago was ordered held in jail until his trial begins.Steven Martinez, 30, is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses in the shooting death of Demond Cottman, 21, of Atlantic … Read more
A 56-year-old Vineland man was found guilty Monday of sexually assaulting two children under the age of 13, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said. According to the Press of Atlantic City Christopher A. Bonner was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of four additional sexual-assault related counts … Read more
Zack Mullock wants another term as mayor of Cape May, filing petitions with the city clerk this week. Cape May elections are nonpartisan, which means the deadline for filing for a spot on the November ballot is today. No one else had filed when he dropped off his petitions, he said, but he added he … Read more