West Nile virus has been found in two recent mosquito samples collected from Linwood and Buena Vista Township, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. The Linwood sample was collected from the 300 block of Royal Avenue and the Buena Vista Township sample was collected from Cushman Avenue and Cloverdale Lane. Both samples … Read more
19 year old Jai Caesar of Atlantic City pleaded guilty to second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in exchange for a sentence recommendation of five years in state prison. On August 11, 2022, Atlantic City police responded to a report of a gunshot hitting the window of a residence on North Indiana Avenue in Atlantic … Read more
Atlantic County officials don’t want approval of a proposal that calls for housing migrants at Atlantic City International Airport. According to news reports, State legislators, county officials and local mayors also are scheduled to hold a bipartisan news conference at 11 a.m. Friday at Fireman’s Memorial Plaza in Atlantic City to express their opposition to … Read more
In Sea Isle City, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Ferguson Contracting of Yardley, Pennsylvania, as the result of a fatal accident at the Spinnaker Condominiums worksite, Feb. 24.In a citation summary provided by OSHA, the agency fined Ferguson Contracting $18,082 related to the balcony collapse that took the life of a man … Read more
In Atlantic City a Pennsylvania man was arrested Sunday after pulling out a gun on a driver at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, according to police. And according to the press of atlantic city Sean Bennett, 30, of Chester, was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault on a police officer, obstruction … Read more
Atlantic City Police arrested a man after pulling a handgun on a driver at a traffic light. Early on the morning of August 27th an officer was stopped by a citizen reporting that a man pulled a handgun on him. While stopped at the traffic light at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Pacific … Read more
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson will be joined by state legislators, county commissioners and Atlantic County mayors at a late morning press conference Friday, to voice their concerns and opposition to the federal government’s proposal to relocate migrants from New York City to the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township. The airport is … Read more
Orsted, the global wind energy developer, says its first offshore wind farm in New Jersey will be delayed until 2026 due to supply chain issues, higher interest rates, and a failure so far to garner enough tax credits from the federal government. The Danish company revealed the delay during an earnings conference call Wednesday, during … Read more
The Atlantic County Mayors Association planning to meet Thursday to condemn a proposal that calls for housing migrants at Atlantic City International Airport. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the association is planning to pass a resolution and craft a letter opposing the plan, according to its president, Absecon Mayor Kim Horton. The condemnation … Read more
27 year old Oshshakkur Derrick of Somers Point was sentenced to 54 years in prison on murder, robbery and aggravated assault counts. It stems from a November 22, 2020 home invasion on the 100 block of N. Pennsylvania Avenue in Atlantic City in which Derrick, and another unidentified male, broke into a house in an … Read more