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Sea Isle City administrator to temporarily fill vacancy in Ocean City

OCEAN CITY — Sea Isle City’s business administrator George Savastano will add another title to his resume this summer: interim Ocean City business administrator.

 

5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five.

 

Pleasantville pays former school employee $185K settlement

PLEASANTVILLE — After alleging her termination was the result of retaliation, a former school employee received an $185,000 settlement from the district in November.

 

Trump-era steak joint, strip club return to Hard Rock Casino

ATLANTIC CITY — The Trump name is gone from the city's Hard Rock Casino, but some popular nightspots from the days when it was the Trump Taj Mahal will be back when it reopens this month.

 

Ex-chemical industry lawyer to lead Superfund task force

WASHINGTON — A lawyer tapped to lead a task force at the Environmental Protection Agency overseeing cleanups at the nation's most polluted places worked until recently for a top chemical and plastics manufacturer with a troubled legacy of creating some…

 

Ocean City swimmers pulled from water off Ninth Street jetty

OCEAN CITY — Bystanders and Ocean City police and firefighters pulled five people safely from the water Friday off the jetty at Ninth Street, officials said.

 

Murphy tells state departments to prep for government shutdown

Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to his department heads on Friday, telling them to begin preparations for a possible state government shutdown July 1 if legislators can't pass a balanced budget by then.

 

Major changes to Miss America to be announced

Gretchen Carlson, the chair of the Board of Trustee of the Miss America Organization, is scheduled to announce changes to the pageant Tuesday on ABC's Good Morning America.

 

Little Egg school chief tapped to head Pinelands Regional, too

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The local and regional school districts here now have one superintendent, a move that administrators hope will bring stability for students and savings to taxpayers.

 

‘Whelan’s Whales’ brings swimming lessons to Atlantic City children

ATLANTIC CITY — Shirley Tucker sat on the side of the pool at the Martin Luther King Jr. School Complex one May Thursday afternoon watching two of her young great-grandchildren bob up and down in the water.

 

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