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The Absecon drawbridge on Route 30 near Grammercy Avenue will be conducting frequent openings and closings from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout this week, according to a tweet from the Atlantic City Police Department.

Beginning Monday and running through June 3, the annual Click It or Ticket campaign will focus on the life-saving value of seat belts, and police departments throughout the area will be participating.

A third act has been announced for this year's Atlantic City BeachFest Concert series.

World-class gamers competed in front of 1,200 fans and even more online viewers at the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Season 7 Finals at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City over the weekend.

We had a nice taste of dry weather Sunday (many of us were actually rain-free). With some good timing, it is possible that South Jersey’s wet weather streak will stop Monday.

Now that they have the governorship as well as control of the Legislature, the state’s Democrats have wasted no time increasing the burden on New Jersey’s heavily regulated and taxed businesses.

One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion and fatigue overnight Saturday after the Atlantic City Fire Department responded to a fire at a vacant two-story building on the 100 block of Bay Street.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — A Mays Landing man was charged after he ran away from a traffic stop, and police found he had drugs, a handgun and cash, Galloway Township police said in a news release.

A record rainfall of 1.14 inches of rain was set at Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona on Sunday. This breaks the old record of 1.13 inches, set back in 1927.