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Relatives of Boston Marathon bombing victim plan May 26 fundraiser in Egg Harbor Township
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:35 am
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The extended family of a man who lost his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing wants to hold a fundraiser to pay for his expenses and thank everyone who has kept him in their thoughts and prayers.
Officials want repairs to Lake Lenape Dam in Hamilton Township completed
Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:02 am
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - Local officials are looking to make long-overdue repairs to the county's largest and oldest dam this summer, enabling the water levels to be more easily controlled.
Atlantic County builds wetlands so it can develop others
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:15 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - When Atlantic County replaces a long-closed bridge this summer, the project will be helped along by a decision several years ago to buy and set aside property that would be turned into wetlands.
Candidates for New Jersey's state seats have raised $30.5 million
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:09 pm
By DEREK HARPER
'Embrace sleeping on the floor,' speaker tells Stockton graduates
Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:15 am
Follow your passion. Live your life. And think about sleeping on the floor. Speakers at the 2013 commencement of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey encouraged students to boldly venture into the next chapter of their life.
Chefs share culinary tips in Taste of Revel weekend-long event
Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:50 am
ATLANTIC CITY - About 50 people clustered around a long U-shaped table and at other nearby tables a little before 1 p.m. Saturday, soundlessly hanging on Marc Forgione's every word.
Clarion Hotel in Egg harbor Township to become affordable apartments
Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:18 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — An affordable housing project may soon take over a large Black Horse Pike hotel that has seen damage from Hurricane Sandy, sharply increased taxes and low occupancy rates.
EHT hotel approved to become housing
Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - An affordable housing project may soon take over a large Black Horse Pike hotel that has seen damage from Hurricane Sandy, sharply increased taxes and low occupancy rates.
Egg Harbor Township passes $36.5 million budget
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:27 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Township Committee unanimously approved its $36.5 million budget at its Wednesday meeting, a $1.8 million increase from 2012 that will cost the typical taxpayer about 3 percent more in local taxes.
Mourners pay last respects to Sea Tow boat captain David McAuliffe
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 1:30 am
SOMERS POINT — About two weeks after an emergency beacon first signaled David C. McAuliffe’s boat was in distress, family and friends gathered Tuesday to tearfully pay their final respects to the 34-year-old captain who died at sea.
Mourners gather for boat captain killed at sea
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:03 am
Mourners attended the first of two viewings for Capt. David C. McAuliffe at George H. Wimberg Funeral Home in Linwood on Monday evening.
Medicinal marijuana facility in Egg Harbor Township expects to open in September
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:05 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - A local medicinal marijuana facility expects to open for business Sept. 9, a state official said Monday, saving area residents from a drive to Essex County.
DOT study wanted for stretch of Route 50 in Hamilton Township
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:01 am
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - Township Committee wants the state Department of Transportation to review a dangerous road in hopes that something can be done.
Brain games prepare Egg Harbor Township students for state tests
Monday, May 6, 2013 12:02 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — After two hours of yelling, hastily scribbled answers and prizes, it came down to this: six high school freshmen standing onstage, desperately trying to drop Mentos off their forehead and into open bottles of Diet Coke that their teachers had carefully placed in the middle of blue tarps.
Funeral services for Sea Tow captain set for Tuesday
Friday, May 3, 2013 11:50 pm
The family of the Sea Tow captain lost at sea last week will hold a funeral for him Tuesday morning, according to his obituary.
Life jacket might have saved lost Sea Tow captain's life
Friday, May 3, 2013 12:05 am
Capt. David C. McAuliffe could have potentially survived the sinking of his Sea Tow rescue vessel last week if he had been wearing protective equipment, marine safety experts said.
Body found on Ocean City beach identified as missing Sea Tow captain
Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:08 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Lynsey McAuliffe said she will always cherish the brief time she and her husband, David C. McAuliffe, spent together, now that she knows he can never come home to her again.
Damaged propellers could tell what sank the Cape Hatteras
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:00 am
Badly damaged propellers on the Cape Hatteras may help explain why the boat sank so quickly, the wife of its missing captain and others said Tuesday.
FEMA aid deadline today starts last minute rush to apply
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:01 am
Today's deadline for applying for federal assistance in the wake of Hurricane Sandy has created a spike in last-minute interest.
Sunken Cape Hatteras raised, captain's body not found
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:16 am
LONGPORT - Salvage crews raised the sunken Cape Hatteras out of the water on Monday afternoon and placed it on a barge in the Intracoastal Waterway, allowing Coast Guard investigators to start their probe into why the boat sank so quickly last Tuesday.
Boat found in Great Egg Harbor off Ocean City, captain still missing
Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:15 am
With the vessel now located, State Police and the Coast Guard plan to jointly investigate what caused a boat commanded by David C. McAuliffe, a locally experienced captain, to sink near the Great Egg Harbor Inlet.
Shoals a problem where Egg Harbor Township boat captain disappeared
Friday, April 26, 2013 12:05 am
Great Egg Harbor Inlet, where missing ship captain David C. McAuliffe’s emergency beacon signaled his distress Tuesday morning, was already a shifting and dangerous waterway in storms, a situation that local captains said Hurricane Sandy only worsened.
Family urges continued search for missing Egg Harbor Township boat captain
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:45 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The family of David C. McAuliffe, who is feared lost at sea, desperately begged potential rescuers to not give up on him, saying a favor must be repaid to a man who has saved countless lives on the region’s waters.
Margate Causeway billboard to stay dark, for now
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:45 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Margate Causeway billboard will remain turned off for now, following a hearing Monday in front of Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten.
Primary candidate in 2nd District spurred by taxes
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - For Marybeth Bennett, her expensive prosecution for illegal bird-rescuing first got her interested in politics, but it was her growing tax burden that got her to run for state Senate.
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Hamilton wants to clarify when to sell towed autos
Sunday, April 21, 2013 12:01 am
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Township officials hope their $1,800 mistake will help lead to clearing up New Jersey’s ambiguous laws regarding when a municipality can sell a car after it has been towed and impounded.
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Three injured in crash on White Horse Pike in Galloway Township
Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:57 pm
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Three people were injured Saturday afternoon on the White Horse Pike after a car crashed into the back of another car that had stopped to turn, township police said.
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Atlantic City International Airport reopens after scare
Friday, April 19, 2013 1:45 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Police briefly closed the road to Atlantic City International Airport on Friday morning, and then temporarily evacuated the facility after another incident several hours later, as law enforcement remained on alert for suspicious packages in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Development near Hamilton Township Mall fueling commercial growth
Friday, April 19, 2013 12:05 am
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — South Jersey Gas employees Jonathan Oliva, 24, and John Eichinger, 34, had expanded options for lunch Thursday after meeting with Hamilton Mall officials about relocating utility lines for future development there.
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SJTA may alter plan to close at least one of two area bridges over expressway for repairs this summer
Monday, April 15, 2013 9:41 pm
The South Jersey Transportation Authority may close two local bridges over the Atlantic City Expressway for repairs this summer, forcing drivers to find new routes.
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Hamilton Township adopts municipal budget with no tax-rate increase
Monday, April 15, 2013 9:29 pm
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Township Committee formally approved its $25.3 million budget Monday night by a 5-0 vote.
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Judge removes Democrat from ballot for 2nd District Assembly primary
Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:00 am
Gary Stein,a Democratic candidate for General Assembly, will not be on the June ballot, after a state judge ruled he did not have enough signatures on his ballot.
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Egg Harbor Township affordable housing plan dropped
Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:15 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP -- A controversial affordable housing development will not go forward, Mayor James “Sonny” McCullough said after the developer withdrew the application Wednesday afternoon.
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Egg Harbor Township budget plan may raise tax bills
Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:47 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Typical township homeowners will pay about $32 more a year for municipal services, according to the $36.6 million municipal budget introduced Wednesday night.
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Housing market growing, but problems remain, analysts tell Atlantic City audience
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:30 am
A strongly improving real estate market is helping pull the region, state and country out of a recession, speakers said at an annual economic forecast session Tuesday. But growth is expected to remain tentative.
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Egg Harbor Township set to vote on controversial plan for affordable housing Wednesday
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2:15 am
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP —Nearby residents said they will turn out to show their opposition Wednesday as the Township Committee is expected to vote on a controversial ordinance to rezone land for affordable housing .
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Atlantic City Alliance recruits 'Do Crew' candidates to promote resort online, in person
Saturday, April 6, 2013 2:00 am
Want to know a thing or two about Atlantic City? Kathleen Rizzo thinks you should talk to her.
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Viewings for Galloway homicide victim set for Sunday, Monday
Friday, April 5, 2013 6:06 pm
There will be two viewings for a man found dead on his Galloway Township driveway early Thursday morning, while law enforcement on Friday made no further announcements in the incident.
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Residents displaced by Egg Harbor Township condo fire try to salvage belongings
Thursday, April 4, 2013 9:10 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Residents in a condominium building gutted by fire late Wednesday attempted to salvage what they could on Thursday.
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Coyotes most likely living near you in South Jersey
Monday, April 1, 2013 2:15 am
Hamilton Township resident Jan Bilicki had lived on Clarkstown Road for a decade, but she never heard the region’s newest residents — coyotes — until last summer.
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Middle Township protest cost taxpayers $185,000
Friday, March 29, 2013 12:00 am
What started as a protest by fewer than a dozen people in Middle Township against an unpopular toll increase scheme in January 2008 wound up costing taxpayers $185,206 after a school official asked police to arrest the protesters.
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Egg Harbor Township Committee puts off vote on zoning for affordable housing
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:52 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Township Committee put off a final vote on a controversial ordinance to rezone six acres near the Shore Mall for affordable housing, telling the more than 100 people who attended Wednesday night’s meeting to return April 10 for the decision.
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Greater Egg school tax up in Hamilton, Galloway townships; down for Mullica, Egg Harbor City
Monday, March 25, 2013 10:07 pm
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Taxpayers in Hamilton and Galloway townships will pay more to the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, while those in Mullica Township and Egg Harbor City will pay less.
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Egg Harbor Township may rezone tract for affordable housing for veterans
Monday, March 25, 2013 9:06 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Officials are looking to rezone a six-acre tract near the Shore Mall to provide affordable housing for veterans.
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Proposed Egg Harbor Township school budget up about 2 percent
Monday, March 25, 2013 6:55 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The township's school budget will increase by about two percent next year to $113.5 million, school officials said, with the total amount raised by local taxes set to increase by almost three percent to $69.2 million.
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Hamilton Township knows it’s not every day you turn 200
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:30 am
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Man shot in the head at Stanley Holmes Village in Atlantic City
Sunday, March 24, 2013 7:00 am
ATLANTIC CITY – A man was shot in the head Saturday afternoon at the Stanley Holmes Village apartment complex in Atlantic City, police said.
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Atlantic County Democrats pick nominees for Assembly, Senate, Freeholder Board
Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:37 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Atlantic County Democrats ratified their slate of county and state candidates Saturday, but left open whom the county party will back for Atlantic City’s mayor.
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