A group of residents in the Chelsea Heights neighborhood asked the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to just say no to expanding the city’s weed-friendly green zone.With several new cannabis businesses opening up and more in the works, city officials say the new industry is just getting started and will mean jobs, revenue and new life … Read more
New Jersey’s internet gambling market continues to smash records. But the amount of money won from in-person gamblers at most of Atlantic City’s casinos is less than it was before the COVID19 pandemic. Figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that the casinos and their online arms won over $197 … Read more
Recovery Centers of America announced Wednesday that its Lighthouse location has partnered with Addiction Recovery Systems of Somers Point to continue methadone medication treatment for patients staying at the center. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the collaboration broadens the organization’s ability to fight the opioid crisis and will allow the facility to accept … Read more
A referendum petition with almost 1,100 residents’ signatures opposing the expansion of the cannabis “green zone” to Albany Avenue has been submitted to the city clerk. The Press of Atlantic City reports the expansion to Albany Avenue on the edge of the Chelsea Heights residential neighborhood would run from west of the Albany Avenue bridge … Read more
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office was joined by the Coalition for Safe Communities, Pastors United for Community Service and the Fellowship of Churches for an Active Threat Training this past Saturday at Stockton University. Detectives from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and Edwin Moore of the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, provided … Read more
In Ocean City a fire damaged a two-story home on Simpson Avenue Monday afternoon.Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of Simpson Avenue at 4:51 p.m. and found heavy fire coming from the side of the wood-frame residence, the Ocean City Firefighters Association said in a post on social media.Three people were displaced as a result … Read more
A Brigantine man who allegedly struck his girlfriend in the head with a glass vase at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City before cleaning up the scene was ordered held in jail Monday until trial. Kevin Turkvan, 31, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, domestic violence aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, terroristic … Read more
In a unanimous vote after a brief closed-door meeting, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority named former Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler its new executive director. And the Press of Atlantic City goes to say sources had indicated that Scheffler had the backing of Gov. Phil Murphy’s office and would get the job, but the vote … Read more
A Brigantine man who allegedly struck his girlfriend in the head with a glass vase before cleaning up the scene was ordered held in jail Monday until trial. According to the Press of Atlantic City, 31 year old Kevin Turkvan is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, domestic violence aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department recovered a handgun and arrested two men during a motor vehicle stop. On April 15, 2024, at 8:38 PM, police conducted a motor vehicle stop in the 1900 block of Atlantic Avenue. As an officer approached to speak with the driver, 23 year old Isaiah Butler of Atlantic City , … Read more