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Stockton's Shorecast panel highlights tourism growth, expectations

GALLOWAY —The tourism industry along the shore and in Atlantic City has grown and will continue to grow with new casinos and attractions entering the market, experts said Tuesday.

 

Unattended stove leads to fire in A.C., chief said

A stove left unattended led to a fire in Atlantic City on Sunday night, according to Fire Chief Scott Evans.

 

35 culinary students graduate at Atlantic Cape

MAYS LANDING — Thirty-five new chefs and baking and pastry professionals earned medals and certificates Monday during the Atlantic Cape Community College Academy of Culinary Arts graduation ceremony.

 

Senate President Steve Sweeney eyeing June for sports betting in N.J.

New Jersey lawmakers will move quickly to regulate legal sports betting with the state's second-most powerful official eyeing the first week in June.

 

Hands Across the Sand demonstration in A.C. against offshore drilling

Opponents of offshore drilling will be holding a Hands Across the Sand demonstration on South Bartram Avenue in Atlantic City on Saturday.

 

Tom Wolfe, pioneering 'New Journalist,' dead at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Tom Wolfe, who chronicled everything from hippies to the space race before turning his sharp eye to fiction, has died. He was 87.

 

N.J. hospitals fall short in maternity health care, new report shows

Only a few New Jersey hospitals are fully meeting maternity and childbirth health care goals, according to a new national report, and experts say hospitals need to improve in this area of medicine.

 

Here's what we know about sports betting in A.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a federal ban on sports betting was welcomed news Monday in Atlantic City and Trenton, where officials in both cities are preparing to score big by capitalizing on a soon-to-be regulated industry.

 

A.C. internet gaming revenue continues to rise in April

ATLANTIC CITY — Internet gaming revenue continued to rise in April while monthly casino win increased for the first time in 2018 over the previous year.

 

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