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Help coming to Little Egg on sustainable public buildings

Little Egg Harbor Township and Little Egg Harbor School District are among seven public entities in the state to win free help to improve energy efficiency in their buildings.

 

Our view: Atlantic County, state finally end fight over share of casino payments

An intra-government fight lasting three years ended recently, one in which all three combatants represent the interests of people in Atlantic County.

 

Showboat in A.C. is the scary place to be this weekend

ATLANTIC CITY - People into horror and scary things needed to find their way to the Showboat Atlantic City Hotel as the Halloween Show and National Haunters Convention has been held there this weekend.

 

Expanded sports betting fuels fears about gambling addiction

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For sports leagues and gambling industries, the imminent expansion of legalized sports betting promises a bonanza. For the experts and organizations already concerned about pervasive problem gambling, it promises a whole new roster of worries.

 

Warming back up, spotty showers Sunday

We are not out of the woods yet, but the week’s worth of rain and thunderstorms seems to be over.

 

In deadly school shooting, a confession but motive a mystery

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The 17-year-old suspect in the killing 10 people at a Texas high school has confessed, authorities say, but his motivation for the attack remains unclear.

 

A.C. drum and bugle corp donates instruments to Newark marching band

Thousands of dollars of musical instruments collected over the decades by the now defunct Neptune Guard Drum and Bugle Corp of Atlantic City will no longer sit in a room collecting dust.

 

Cleaning up the ocean one hand at a time

ATLANTIC CITY — Clean ocean activists started their day with a beach cleanup at S. Bartram Avenue on Saturday, fanning out over what appeared to be a clean beach to find countless small pieces of plastic, bottle caps and fragments…

 

South Jersey mom and daughter watch royal wedding

The mother and daughter team of Charlene and Jessica Petkevis woke up at 3:30 a.m. Saturday and were in front of television by 3:50 a.m. in Ocean City watching coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

 

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