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Best of The Press March 11 2013

A gallery of the day's photographs by the photographers at The Press of Atlantic City.

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Ben Fogletto

LESS MONEY FOR ROADS

Vehicles travel past the U-Turn lanes in the median of the White Horse Pike, west of Columbia Avenue in Mullica Township. Monday March 11 2013 (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)

Danny Drake

black market

Food 4 Less store on the 1700 block of Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic City. Atlantic City's crackdown on convenience stores doesn't always close them. One owner, accused of selling stolen goods, now has another store when he was arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. While mercantile works to close the stores, the owners say they should stay open until found guilty, and that the rules have not been made clear to them. Tuesday, March, 5, 2013( Press of Atlantic City/ Danny Drake)

Danny Drake

black market

24 Seven Deli owner, Tariq Mehmood, of the Cardiff section of Egg Harbor Township, in his store on the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic City. Atlantic City's crackdown on convenience stores doesn't always close them. One owner, accused of selling stolen goods, now has another store when he was arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. While mercantile works to close the stores, the owners say they should stay open until found guilty, and that the rules have not been made clear to them. Tuesday, March, 5, 2013( Press of Atlantic City/ Danny Drake)

Danny Drake

black market

24 Seven Deli owner, Tariq Mehmood, of the Cardiff section of Egg Harbor Township, holds a photo on his phone of one of the herbal products, Stiff Nights, confiscated by police at his store on the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic City. Atlantic City's crackdown on convenience stores doesn't always close them. One owner, accused of selling stolen goods, now has another store when he was arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. While mercantile works to close the stores, the owners say they should stay open until found guilty, and that the rules have not been made clear to them. Tuesday, March, 5, 2013( Press of Atlantic City/ Danny Drake)

Danny Drake

coming home

Matthew Sykes talks about his program Tuesday across from the Atlantic County Civil Courts Building at North Carolina and Bacharach Boulevard in Atlantic City. Sykes, 25, grew up in the resort's Bungalow Park neighborhood and now lives in Landover, Md. The Rutgers School of Law-Camden graduate is returning home through a program he began that will help students return to education after they go through the juvenile justice system.

Ben Fogletto

Ballys

Wild Wild West Casino, in Atlantic City, Monday March 11, 2013.

Ben Fogletto

Ballys

Wild Wild West Casino, in Atlantic City, Monday March 11, 2013.

Ben Fogletto

Ballys

Wild Wild West Casino, in Atlantic City, Monday March 11, 2013.

Michael Ein

FIREPLACES

The Fireplace Shanty President Tom Houpt, III, of Margate, left, and Matt Brader, of Mays Landing, install a gas fireplace in a private home, Monday Mar. 11, 2013, in Egg Harbor Township. (The Press of Atlantic City/Staff Photo by Michael Ein)

Dale Gerhard

Dr. Renee Murtaugh of EHT, (right) superintendent of curriculum and instruction at Stone Harbor Elementary School, greets the students as they arrive at the school. The Stone Harbor Elementary School reopened for the first time Monday morning March 11, 2013, since being flooded and closed from Hurricane Sandy. Students were welcomed back by faculty and officials as the day began. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City)

Dale Gerhard

A banner was placed at the entrance to the school for returning students to sign. The Stone Harbor Elementary School reopened for the first time Monday morning March 11, 2013, since being flooded and closed from Hurricane Sandy. Students were welcomed back by faculty and officials as the day began. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City)

Dale Gerhard

Dr. Renee Murtaugh of EHT, (center left) superintendent of curriculum and instruction at Stone Harbor Elementary School, greets the students as they arrive at the school. The Stone Harbor Elementary School reopened for the first time Monday morning March 11, 2013, since being flooded and closed from Hurricane Sandy. Students were welcomed back by faculty and officials as the day began. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City)

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