Area Nursing Home Owners Suspended From Medicaid

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 Passes Buskers Measure

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

EHT Man Pleads Guilty To Weapons Counts

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

Repairs Underway On Fire Damaged Boardwalk In AC

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

Galloway Township Traffic

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

Margate Business Administrator

In Margate, Ken Mosca is no longer city business administrator.A resolution was on Thursday’s commissioners agenda to terminate Mosca but was pulled because he had submitted a letter of resignation earlier in the day, city officials said.The city did not provide a reason why Mosca had submitted a letter of resignation. According to the Press … Read more

NJ Transit Fare

Get ready to shell out a little more for a ride. NJ Transit has proposed a 15% increase in fares beginning this summer. First, the transportation company will give New Jersey residents a chance to voice their concerns at 10 public hearings between March 4 and 8, including a stop in Atlantic City. The resort’s … Read more

ACHS To Appeal Basketball Tourney Disqualification

Atlantic City High School will appeal the disqualification of the Vikings’ boys basketball team from the state tournament before the controversies committee of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association at 10 a.m. in Robbinsville. The NJSIAA governs most New Jersey high school sports. According to the Press of Atlantic City, it’s unclear how long … Read more

Public Hearing In AC On NJ Transit Proposed Fare Hikes

Citing a continued decrease in riders, NJ Transit has proposed a 15% increase in fares beginning this summer. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the transportation company will give New Jersey residents a chance to voice their concerns at 10 public hearings between March 4 and 8, including a stop in Atlantic City. The … Read more

ACPO Marks National Stalking Awareness Month

Wednesday marked the twentieth annual National Stalking Awareness Month, a call to action to recognize and respond to this dangerous victimization. According to the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), stalking can have a behavioral as well as a criminal definition. Behaviorally, stalking refers to extended patterns of behavior that would cause a “reasonable … Read more