According to the Press of Atlantic City the international president of the United Auto Workers union who recently won large raises for his workers, is taking aim at a new target: New Jersey lawmakers who are delaying votes on a bill to ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos. The head of the union, which represents … Read more
New Jersey’s attorney general Matt Platkin sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, sending a message alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits mark the first complaints filed under a 2022 law passed last year.
The cost of removing old pilings from the beaches in the Strathmere section of Upper Township is going up. The Cape May County Herald reports the township was given an estimate requiring an additional $150,000 to remove pilings exposed due to severe erosion and strong wave action. The township is paying 25% of the state … Read more
The Atlantic City and Ventnor City police departments conducted a cooperative investigation leading to the arrest of a man responsible for graffiti throughout the Downbeach area. On December 4th officers arrested 40 year old Steve Araujo of Ventnor City following an investigation into graffiti being spray painted and marked on numerous locations in Atlantic City … Read more
A sailboat grounded near Sunset Beach burned overnight, leaving a smoldering shell by Tuesday morning. The Press of Atlantic City reports the sailboat, named Panache, had been on the beach since October. Officials presumed the boat was deliberately set on fire. It was set to be removed from the beach Tuesday.
An Atlantic County jury convicted 34 year old Lewis Johnson of Pleasantville has been convicted of murder for the killing of 17-year-old C.W. on the 2000 block of Blaine Avenue in June of 2020. Johnson drove down to Atlantic City from Easton, Pennsylvania to help his then-girlfriend Shaquana Lewis confront the parents of her daughter’s … Read more
Pleasantville has received more than $730,000 in state grant funding for three projects designed to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety throughout the community. According to the city improvements include Second, Third and Fourth Streets.
The federal overseer of the Atlantic City Housing Authority, which has seen trouble providing heat and hot water in some of its nine properties, is due to visit Stanley Holmes Village and talk to residents this week. At the same time, a group of more than 100 residents at the 420-unit Stanley Holmes complex is … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City two South Jersey men have been charged for their involvement in a dog-fighting ring that involved a Telegram-based dog fighting collective spanning several states, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday.Johnnie Lee Nelson, 34, of Bridgeton, and Tommy J. Watson, aka “Snakes,” 43, of Clayton worked with others to … Read more
A 46-year-old Ocean City man known to be sufferring from mental illness was arrested Friday after calling police and saying he had killed his mother, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said. Jeffrey Surgent was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, said … Read more