CAMDEN – An Atlantic County man today admitted sending a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard and submitting fraudulent information on a loan application, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced in a release. Andrew Biddle, 51, of Egg Harbor Township, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Renée Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY Atlantic County’s plans for a countywide municipal court system to save taxpayers an average of 30-40% in annual court costs recently received another boost with the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee’s unanimous support of required legislation and the decision by the NJ Superior Court to continue Read more…
Atlantic County government’s strong management, conservative budgeting and detailed multi-year planning have resulted in maintaining its top tier credit ratings by the world’s largest credit rating agencies. Moody’s Investors recently assigned the county an Aa2 rating with stable outlook and Standard and Poor’s assigned it an AA rating with a Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Sheriff’s Detectives Mark Allen, Dalton Rodriguez and Jordan Corona on June 11 arrested a wanted fugitive in the Town of Hammonton after a brief foot pursuit, according to Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler. Upon taking the person into custody the individual was placed in the rear of Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Stockton University School of Business will hold a virtual Summer Entrepreneurship and Business Academy for rising high school juniors from July 19-23. The program, which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., will introduce students to college level business courses. Participants will learn about accounting, Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University will hold three weeklong Noyes Summer Art Camps in the Stockton University Art Gallery at the Galloway Township campus. Each camp runs 9 a.m-12 p.m. and is geared to children ages 6 to 13. All art camps include art Read more…
MAYS LANDING – A new $40 million state education grant will allow the Atlantic County Institute of Technology to expand its capacity and its programming to meet the increasing demand of students who wish to attend the high school. The grant will be used for the construction of a three-story, Read more…
A bat collected from the 400-block of S. Nectar Avenue in Galloway township was confirmed positive for rabies on June 9, the second rabies case in Atlantic County this year. The first case involved a raccoon in Port Republic. The Galloway homeowner was alerted by his barking dog of a Read more…
MAYS LANDING – The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police has awarded Accredited Command Executive certification status to Capt. Kevin B. Hincks, Capt. Brian J. Lee and Lt. Matthew E. Paley of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. “The only way we can truly achieve reform in our criminal Read more…
Atlantic County Health Department today reported seven deaths from COVID-19, including a 45-year-old Ventnor woman. Other reported deaths include an 81-year-old Absecon man, a 77-year-old Atlantic City man, two Egg Harbor Township residents – a 63-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, a 71-year-old Galloway Township man and an 84-year-old Hammonton Read more…