A split Atlantic City Council gave final approval to a controversial offshore wind plan Wednesday night. BreakingAC.com reports t he Atlantic Shores plan would dig a line of cables through the Fifth Ward, with opponents alleging potential health risks and a negative impact on homes and streets in the ward. A crowd heavily skewed against … Read more
The Atlantic City Airshow won’t return in 2025, the Greater Atlantic City Chamber announced on Thursday. It marks the second straight year the Atlantic City Airshow will not be held, but the Greater Atlantic City Chamber hopes the event will return in 2026. The Greater Atlantic City Chamber said they will reevaluate the operations of … Read more
New Jersey is making it easier for people with a gambling problem to ban themselves from casinos.The state Attorney General’s Office, which includes the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said Wednesday it will allow people to put their names on the state’s gambling self-exclusion list for physical casinos by using the division’s website.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted Wednesday to open a four-month window for considering an 8% increase in delivery rates for Atlantic City Electric customers. And the Press of Atlantic CIty goes on to say the rate increase, which the company applied for in November, will be reviewed by the BPU and the … Read more
Atlantic city’s mayor, 50 year old Marty Small Sr. who is accused of abusing his teenage daughter, was indicted Tuesday on a separate witness tampering charge after he allegedly told her to lie about a previous head injury she sustained, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said. Small allegedly asked his daughter Sept. 15 to “do … Read more
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr., accused of abusing his teenage daughter, was indicted Tuesday on a separate witness tampering charge after he allegedly told her to lie about a previous head injury she sustained. The 50 year old Small allegedly asked his daughter Sept. 15 to “do him a favor and twist up” the … Read more
Atlantic City Police arrested three robbery suspects fleeing the area within 15 minutes of arriving on scene to a call for help. Monday night, patrol officers responded to a residence on Brooklyn Avenue for a report of an armed home invasion. One suspect, Andrew James, was observed running and identified by a witness as being … Read more
On Tuesday, 19 year old Azair Wilson of Atlantic City was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison on charges of first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of Tamaj Bennett, 18, also of Atlantic City. On Sunday, June 18, 2023 (Father’s Day), the Atlantic City Police Department responded to a report of … Read more
The state Juvenile Justice Commission has filed a countersuit against Atlantic County, saying it has yet to address an overcrowding issue at its Harborfields juvenile detention facility, according to court documents.And an article in the Press of Atlantic says the move comes after the county filed its own lawsuit in September against the commission, alleging … Read more
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson wanted the Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution Tuesday supporting the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, after some Republicans criticized the agency in October over landfill odors and suggested the authority could be privatized.The Press of Atlantic City says the commissioners did not pass a resolution of support, but some … Read more