Atlantic city’s casino industry paid more than $504 million in taxes and fees last fiscal year, a record amount that helps fund programs around the state for its most vulnerable residents. According to the Press of Atlantic City the Casino Revenue Fund was established in 1976 with the provision that state revenues from casino gambling … Read more
In Upper Township the smokestack at the former BL England power plant will be taken down at 10 a.m. Oct 26, according to an announcement from owner Beesleys Point Development Group.The smokestack takedown means demolition of the site will be “substantially complete,” according to a statement from Beesleys Point Development Group.The area was in remediation … Read more
A man awaiting sentencing over cyber harassment charges was found dead last weekend at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, less than a week after a judge granted his release from jail. According to the Press of Atlantic City, 49 year old John LeVance of Absecon, was scheduled for sentencing Nov. 1 after pleading … Read more
44 year old Emery Chapman of Pleasantville, pled guilty on two separate indictments to charges of first-degree leader of a narcotics trafficking network, possession of heroin with intent to distribute, and strict liability for causing a drug induced death. In December 2018, Emery supplied heroin to Brian Whitted, 61, of Galloway Township. Whitted later resold … Read more
You could call it a case of seeing double The Atlantic City zoning board voted not to hear an application from Garden State Outdoor, which was seeking size, buffer and height variances to build an oversized billboard at a Sunoco gas station at the foot of the Albany Avenue bridge, close to residences. The board … Read more
It took three months of investigative work and now an Atlantic City man is facing 28 charges after being arrested following a three-month-long drug investigation. The Atlantic City Police Department says their detectives in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force executed a search warrant in the 900 block of Lexington … Read more
According to coverage in the Press of Atlantic City the plaintiffs in separate sexual misconduct lawsuits against an Atlantic city employee have agreed to drop Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. from the complaints, court records show. Both the plaintiff and defense in the cases signed a mutual stipulation of dismissal of Small from the … Read more
About 160 residents — many visibly angry — attended an Atlantic City Housing Authority meeting Thursday night, where they reported continuing problems with mold, pest infestations, leaks and unsafe living conditions in the authority’s nine complexes. The Press of Atlantic City reports some live in the 420-unit Stanley Holmes Village, where more than 80 residents … Read more
Three new mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. The samples were collected earlier this week from Pleasant Avenue in Hammonton, Mill Run Drive in Hammonton and Smith Bowen Road in Galloway. All were confirmed on September 27. West Nile virus was previously confirmed … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department arrested a drug dealer responsible for distributing narcotics throughout Atlantic County. On September 27, 2023 a search warrant was executed in the 900 block of Lexington Avenue, the result of a three-month investigation into the possession and distribution of narcotics. The target of this investigation was 19 year old Diogenes … Read more