AC Kiwanis Club Makes New Start
The Atlantic City Kiwanis Club held Charter Night on May 18 at the Claridge Hotel as chapters from around the state joined them to celebrate their recharter.
Mark Tyler
Mark Tyler graduated from Atlantic City High School and went on to Columbia Union College, in Takoma Park, MD, which is now Washington Adventist University. Mark earned a BA degree in Journalism. His
New City Hall Mural Honors AC’s Past, Present
The City’s first Black Mayor James L. Usry, as well as former mayor, assemblyman and senator Jim Whelan, are both immortalized on the wall. The mural also pays homage to the Miss America Pageant, the Steel Pier and the historic Diving Horse of years long past.
AC Budget Shows Tax Decrease Again
The proposed 2023 Fiscal Year budget is $225,811,360.74 and has a more than 5-cent tax decrease.
Atlantic City Skate Zone to Remain Open
The building was previously controlled by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, through a lease agreement. The CRDA then subleased the property to Comcast who hired a different company to run the day-to-day operations as the Flyers Skate Zone.
Atlantic City Dispensary: AC Opens First Marijuana Dispensary
MPX NJ, located at 153 S. New York Avenue, is the first recreational cannabis dispensary in the resort.
Bader Field Redevelopment Plan Takes First Steps
DEEM Enterprises, LLC, represented by local attorney Daniel J. Gallagher, plans to build a $3.3 billion project that includes a racetrack, residential housing along with retail and commercial development.
New Jersey Responding Well to New Immigration Crisis
With some 50,000 immigrants and asylum-seekers arriving to the New York and New Jersey areas, the NJ Office of New Americans helps people access services.
AC Mayor Celebrated by Statewide African-American Chamber of Commerce
The AACCNJ honors individuals throughout the state who have attained a high level of success in politics and other categories.
Atlantic City Focus Salutes: Phylicia Rashad
Best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the late 1980s sitcom, The Cosby Show, Rashad who is the Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, discussed the importance of believing in omnipresence, tapping into the love that resides in everyone and the importance of