State lawmakers are considering making a decision on legislation to end smoking in the Atlantic City resort’s casinos. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, said during a news conference the legislation that was first proposed 17 years ago.While Casino workers have lobbied for the bill’s passage casino officials and heads of a local union representing hundreds … Read more
NJ Transit will be providing “early getaway” rail and bus service Wednesday.NJ Transit’s Family SuperSaver Fare, which allows up to two children under 11 to travel free with each fare-paying adult, will be in effect from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Monday. NJ Transit will introduce additional trains and buses during the morning and … Read more
Atlantic City Police are investigating a Sept. 4 shooting that wounded two men and your help is needed. According to the Press of Atlantic City Officers responded to a gunshot alert in the first block of South Presbyterian Avenue at 9:17 p.m. They found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, police said Monday in a … Read more
Lower Township Police will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign. Beginning December 1, 2023 and continuing through January 1, 2024, local, county, and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking … Read more
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is set to meet in person for the first time Tuesday since going remote for the COVID-19 pandemic, and a cannabis business is again on the agenda. The Press of Atlantic City reports CRDA staff has recommended the authority board reject an application for a cannabis dispensary at 1926 Atlantic … Read more
The Dennis Township Committee passed an ordinance that would extend a prohibition on loitering to “quasi-public” places and ban sleeping in cars and changing clothes in such places. The Cape May County Herald reports the measure prohibits loitering as well as obstructing people or vehicles and contains the presumption that anyone under 18 who is … Read more
he Atlantic City Police Department recovered more than 1,200 bags of heroin stemming from a motor vehicle stop. On November 18, 2023, at 6:19 PM, Police conducted a motor vehicle stop in the 200 block of north South Carolina Avenue. During the stop, K9 Gee indicted to presence of narcotics in the vehicle. The driver, … Read more
This year’s recently-concluded International Fraud Awareness Week is an annual, global effort to minimize the impact of fraud through awareness and education. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office – including the Financial Crimes Unit – continues its efforts to raise awareness on fraud and scams affecting individuals across our county. Last month, defendant Wei Song of … Read more
In Egg Harbor Township the shut down of an illegal “Open Mic Night” being hosted in a warehouse Friday resulted in the arrest of five people, the seizure of over 57 pounds of drugs, and the recovery of three guns, police said.Among those arrested were two men in their 20’s of Jackson Township and alos … Read more
As proposed, a new seawall in Cape May along Beach Avenue would rise at least 11 feet above base flood elevation, increasing long-term protection from coastal storms. While the original proposal for the seawall was basically a big block wall. Since then, Mayor Zach Mullock said, the proposal has been amended with aesthetic improvements, to … Read more