Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds has called for the commissioning of an independent study on the issue of police staffing. The Press of Atlantic City reports the city has 297 police officers, Reynolds said during the city’s Clean and Safe meeting Friday morning, and 30 new officers on the way, which would increase that number … Read more
Phase 2 of the Atlantic Avenue “road diet” from Tennessee to Albany avenues can continue this year if the city approves new contracts as expected. According to the Press of Atlantic City, several Boardwalk casinos and AtlantiCare filed suit in December to stop the slimming down of the artery from four travel lanes to two. … Read more
Three nursing home owners with locations in Hammonton and Deptford will be suspended from NJ Medicaid after having been found to have committed fraud, the Office of the State Comptroller said Thursday. They’re accused of siphoning $83 million in nursing homes funded by New York Medicare and Medicaid to enrich themselves.
A yearlong detour is scheduled to go into effect today on Somers Point-Mays Landing Road between Steelmanville Road and English Creek Avenue for reconstruction of a bridge, Atlantic County said.The detour was originally scheduled to begin Monday but was postponed, the county said Tuesday in a news release. If you drive that area you’re advised … Read more
After more than a dozen years on Ocean City City Council, Karen Bergman plans to resign to take a job as supervisor of the local senior center.City officials and some members of the public lauded Bergman for her efforts on council after she made the announcement during a Thursday morning council meeting, at which Mayor … Read more
Three nursing home owners with locations in Hammonton and Deptford will be suspended from NJ Medicaid after having been found to have committed fraud. The Press of Atlantic City reports , citing poor conditions in the facilities and evidence of massive Medicaid fraud in New York, the OSC’s Medicaid Fraud Division sent letters Thursday to … Read more
Ocean City Council unanimously approved an ordinance raising the cost for permits and imposing new limits on where buskers can play. According to the Press of Atlantic City, performers will now need a $200 permit and will be kept from the busiest areas of the Boardwalk, limited instead to two performance areas which each include … Read more
On Thursday, 32 year old Shron Stotts from Egg Harbor Township pleaded guilty to the second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm without a permit, in exchange for a recommended sentence of five years in New Jersey State Prison, with a forty-two month period of parole ineligibility. On April 10, 2023, Egg Harbor Township police officers … Read more
Atlantic City’s Public Works Department has started repairing the portion of the Boardwalk in front of Resorts Casino Hotel that was damaged by a November fire. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Andrew Kramer, a spokesperson for the city, said although the public works crew began to replace some of the boards in front … Read more
The seven-member Galloway Township Council voted unanimously Tuesday to start the process of having the speed limit reduced on Old New York Road from 50 mph to 45 mph between Route 9 and Motts Creek Road.The ordinance is scheduled for a public hearing and final vote at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the municipal complex … Read more