The Atlantic City Police Department arrested the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash with drugs. Tuesday afternoon, an officer saw two vehicles crash into each other at Tennessee and Baltic Avenues. One of the drivers, 22 year old Louis Murphy of Atlantic City, exited one vehicle and began to walk away prompting police … Read more
Atlantic City City Council postponed a public hearing on an ordinance to lower the voting age for school board elections in the city to 16 from 18 at its meeting Wednesday night. According to the Press of Atlantic City, sponsor and Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz said there were still some details to be worked … Read more
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office gave the community some insight into it Safe Place law enforcement initiative that began this year. BreakingAC.com reports the office joined more than 350 agencies internationally in receiving certification as a partner in the program, which had its first business join in August, when the logo went up at Casciano’s … Read more
Gov. Phil Murphy has declared a drought warning for all of New Jersey, imposing new restrictions on water system operators and intensifying calls for water conservation by the public.The action Nov. 13 comes after October became the driest October since records were started in 1895. September was the third-driest September in the state’s history.
After many thoughts about the future of the former Gillian’s Wonderland in Ocean City, developer Eustace Mita brought a proposal for a 252-room hotel to be known as “Icona in Wonderland” to a meeting of the Boardwalk Merchants Association.The total cost of the project could fall between $135 million and $155 million, Mita said. The … Read more
A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday in Galloway Township after he allegedly tried to scam an elderly couple out of $60,000 by posing as a federal agent, police said. Dipen Patel, 51 was charged with theft by unlawful taking. He was released on a summons as multiple search warrants are pending, police said in a … Read more
The developer of the ICONA brand of luxury resorts at the Jersey Shore revealed plans Wednesday for a $135 million hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk in place of the former Wonderland Pier amusement park. According to BreakingAC.com, Eustace Mita plans to call the upscale hotel “ICONA in Wonderland” and would incorporate the defunct amusement … Read more
A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly tried to scam an elderly couple out of $60,000 by posing as a federal agent. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 51 year old Dipen Patel of Bensalem, was charged with theft by unlawful taking. Officers got a call at 4 p.m. from a woman who … Read more
New Jersey on Wednesday stepped up from a drought watch to a drought warning in the face of a dry autumn and a dry winter ahead. Recent rainfall was not nearly enough to head off the drought, say officials, warning the drought could worsen as time goes on. New Jersey American Water has issued a … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department and city officials have made Ryan Blatstein a police officer after his death. The son of Showboat Resort Atlantic City owner Bart Blatstein, Ryan, 39, died last summer. The Press of Atlantic City reportsRyan Blatstein was an avid supporter of law enforcement, including in Atlantic City, where he often participated … Read more