Atlantic City Joins New Jersey Municipalities to Say No to Toxic Construction Particles in Air and Environment
Atlantic City is the ninth New Jersey municipality that is taking action against harmful and often toxic micro particles of dust caused by the building boom in the Garden State. In a unanimous 9-0 vote on February 19th, the city council approved an ordinance that...
Preliminary State Development Plan Public Meeting – March 13
Atlantic County government will host a public meeting in cooperation with the state Office of Planning Advocacy for comments and feedback on the draft Preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan. The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 13, 5-7 pm at the...
Clearing the confusion: Do you need a beach tag to surf or fish?
A law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2019 aimed to settle a long-standing debate: If you’re simply crossing the beach to access the ocean—whether for surfing or fishing—you shouldn’t need a beach tag. But not every town got the memo. Or, if they did, they didn’t...
Spring is coming — and so is the St. Patrick’s Day Parade!
Letter from the editor With each passing day, we inch closer to spring. In just 18 days, we “spring forward,” gaining delightfully longer evenings. The official start of the season is still 29 days away, and Memorial Day is 98 days out — but who’s counting?...
NJBPU announces cost increases for electricity; Atlantic City Electric customers to be affected
By Julia Train In a Feb. 12 news release, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced cost increases for electricity supplied to most residents and small- to medium-sized businesses by New Jersey’s four regulated Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs)....
