Stockton University will offer a 20% discount on undergraduate summer tuition and fees for students who want to live on campus and work and learn at the shore this summer. The goal is to give college students the opportunity to remain in Galloway or Atlantic City campus housing while they take classes or work over … Read more
37 year old Fred Gilbert from Egg Harbor City, and a Sergeant with the Atlantic County Justice Facility, has been charged with Official Misconduct and related offenses based on his involvement in an incident that occurred within the Atlantic County Justice Facility in 2023. Gilbert is charged with Official Misconduct, Witness Tampering, Obstruction, and False … Read more
The Atlantic City Free Public Library will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by holding its annual MLK Read-in program on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 12-2 p.m. at the Noyes Arts Garage Stockton University – located at 2200 Fairmount Ave. Atlantic City Councilman Kaleem Shabazz, Library Board of Trustees President … Read more
A news release from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office says the agency will continue to focus on the county’s most violent offenders in 2024. As part of the Atlantic County Violent Crime Initiative that started in June, the Prosecutor’s Office meets monthly with representatives of other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to identify … Read more
No suspects yet in a case where an Atlantic City man was shot Sunday at the Pineland Gardens apartments off Harding Highway, police said.Quonier James, 22, sustained two gunshot wounds at 11:29 p.m. after shots were fired from a person in a black sedan, police said Monday in a news release. James was transported to … Read more
Gov. Phil Murphy announced a series of new measures he wants the newly expanded Democrat-led Legislature to adopt during his State of the State address Tuesday. Among them, allowing 16-year-olds to vote in school board elections, reducing medical debt, expanding affordable housing and launching an artificial intelligence “moonshot.” It was Murphy’s sixth and final state … Read more
A major winter storm brought flooding and strong winds to the Jersey shore on Tuesday night. WPVI reports as the tide was coming up, streets began to fill with water on Landis Avenue in Sea Isle City. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency due to the treacherous conditions. The declaration went … Read more
In the first 7 days of 2024 there have been 4 homicides in Atlantic City and PBA Local 24 officials are urging the city to look at hiring additional cops. The Press of Atlantic City reports President Jules Schwenger said in a statement released Monday night. “In all of 2023 we had a total of … Read more
In June of 2023, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office launched the Atlantic County Violent Crime Initiative (VCI). This initiative is a collaboration of multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies operating within Atlantic County. Atlantic County’s VCI meets formally on a monthly basis to identify the most violent offenders and coordinate law enforcement efforts. … Read more
More problems are plaguing the residents of Stanley Holmes Village Housing as the residents of the 420-unit public housing complex are again without heat or hot water.Problems started Friday, said Olga Pomar, the South Jersey Legal Services attorney representing about 100 tenants suing the Atlantic City Housing Authority over poor conditions there. Pomar said the … Read more