Press of Atlantic City back issues from May 2006:
Surf beat Patriots in 15 innings
May 01, 2006 ... From Press staff and wire reports BRIDGEWATER - The Atlantic City Surf beat the Somerset Patriots 5-3 in a 15-inning game that lasted over four and a half hours and was decided by a Patriot miscue in the top of the 15th. Atlantic City's Joe Jiannetti reached on an error and ...
Hitchcock says second-period penalty doomed Flyers
May 01, 2006; ... BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres outplayed the Philadelphia Flyers in every aspect in Game 5, and miraculously the visitors were down only a goal as the final minutes of the second period counted down. Flyers forward Brian Savage charged toward the net after a shot by Petr Nedved went ...
Flyers snooze, loseThey face elimination after uninspired effort; fail to even take a shot for first 13 minutes
May 01, 2006; ... BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Philadelphia Flyers arrived in Buffalo and something strange happened. They became as serene as a country road, as mellow as a Barry Manilow concert, as soothing as herbal tea. They took the ice Sunday in Game 5 at HSBC Arena, the puck was dropped and they fell ...
Birds deal 2 veterans to make way for youth
May 01, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - Eagles coach Andy Reid proved Sunday that he favors potential over experience. Part of his plan to strengthen his offensive and defensive lines through the draft meant shipping out some veterans to make way for younger players. He created openings for newcomers Brodrick ...
Colorado, San Jose win first-round series
May 01, 2006 ... AVALANCHE 3, STARS 2, OT Andrew Brunette scooped a rebound shot over sprawling goaltender Marty Turco 13:55 into overtime to give Colorado a victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday, wrapping up the first-round series in five games for the seventh-seeded Avalanche. Joe Sakic ...
Vineland slaying suspect may arrive by week's end
May 02, 2006; ... VINELAND - The lead suspect in Friday's stabbing death of a Fortescue man could be back in the county by the end of the week, law-enforcement authorities said. Mays Landing Road resident Matthew Craddock, 20, was arrested in Pennsylvania's Pocono Township area Saturday after police said ...
Wildwood earns historic win over Wildwood Catholic
May 02, 2006 ... The Wildwood High School baseball team beat Wildwood Catholic 5-0 Monday in a nonleague game, the Warriors' first win over Wildwood Catholic in three years. John Richartz (2 for 3) hit a two-run double with two outs to give Wildwood a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Senior teammate ...
Millville girls beat Cherry Hill West
May 02, 2006 ... Millville High School's Julie Romanik scored three goals and Amanda Cubbage had two as the Thunderbolts girls lacrosse team beat visiting Cherry Hill West 8-4 on Monday. Cherry Hill West3 1 - 4 Millville4 4 - 8 Goals - Wilmer (3), Brammel CHW. Romanik (3), Cubbage ...
Vineland edges Lower Cape May
May 02, 2006 ... Vineland beat Lower Cape May 168-169 Monday at Cape May National in a Cape-Atlantic League American Conference match. Vineland's Scott Dargis shot a match-low 38 to lead the Fighting Clan. Mike Morey led the Caper Tigers with a 40. At Cape May National Golf Club (par ...
Cumberland defeats Mainland
May 02, 2006 ... Cumberland Regional's boys tennis team beat host Mainland Regional 3-2 Monday in a nonleague match. Cumberland Regional, No. 8 in The Press' Elite 11, used wins by Donnie Rogers and Robert Kobylinski at first and second singles as well as Hollis Irvine and Matt Rammell at second ...
Flyers can only get better after lackluster Game 6
May 02, 2006; ... VOORHEES - Ken Hitchcock said the Philadelphia Flyers will be better in Game 6 today at the Wachovia Center against the Buffalo Sabres than they were in Game 5.He not only said it, he promised it. Then again, that's not exactly the same thing as Joe Namath guaranteeing that ...
Faceoff failures: Flyers' trouble often starts when puck drops
May 02, 2006; ... Peter Forsberg skated into the faceoff circle in the Philadelphia Flyers' offensive end in the first period of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres. Then Chris Drury took his place opposite Forsberg at the start of a Flyers power play. The official dropped ...
Candidates say they are running for love of city
May 02, 2006; ... A total of 13 candidates are running for election to Bridgeton's five-member at-large City Council in the May 9 municipal elections. Tri-County Community Action President Al Kelly, elementary school teacher Celeste Riley, outgoing city Board of Education President R. Todd Edwards and ...
Herman remains Millville board president
May 02, 2006; ...MILLVILLE - William Herman will again lead the Board of Education as president after Monday night's reorganization meeting after being re-elected by a unanimous vote. This will be his fifth year as president. Herman said it his experience of having served 10 years on the board, not ...
Born to BMXEHT track packs them in for annual race weekend
May 02, 2006; ... EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Hundreds of riders, lined up one behind the other, load into a paddock on top of a cement hill and wait for their turn. An official gives the signal and as the gate drops riders pour down the hill, pedaling as fast as they can, jumping as far as they can and ...
Combat veterans take tough stance on immigrants
May 02, 2006; ... CAPE MAY POINT - Korean War veteran Patrick Sbarra says he didn't take hot shrapnel in his legs at the Battle of T-Bone Hill so America could become "a colony of Mexico." He wasn't fighting for bilingual education as an exploding phosphorous bomb burned his left arm. That day he fought ...
N.Y. H.S. pitcher loses bid for third straight perfect game
May 02, 2006 ... U.S. OVER 30 The Ventnor Dodgers beat the Lower Township Marlins 8-1 Sunday. Mark Remy had two doubles and four RBIs while Dennis Foreman ...
Absegami's Amber Beauchemin throws no-hitter against Oakcrest
May 02, 2006 ... Sophomore right hander Amber Beauchemin tossed her second no-hitter in less than a week to lead the Absegami High School softball team to a 3-0 victory over visiting Oakcrest 3-0 in a Cape-Atlantic League American Conference game on Monday. Beauchemin, who had a perfect game against ...
Vineland planners to review 200-lot development
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports VINELAND - The Planning Board will soon get to review the five phases of Menantico Estates, the 200-lot housing development whose plans have been tabled for months at various site plan meetings. Yet the developers will have to submit more thorough ...
While some businesses stay open, they still support immigrant rally while backing rally about support for rally
May 02, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Hong Kong natives Derik Yeoh and Carol Lin are both in favor of immigration reform. Anyone who wants to come here to work, they said, learn English and pay their taxes should be allowed to do so. But close their store on the Boardwalk, Carol's Sneakers and ...
Nia Ali leads Pleasantville with four victories
May 02, 2006 ... Pleasantville High School's Nia Ali won the 200 meters, the 100 hurdles, the high jump and long jump Monday as the Greyhounds girls track and field team beat host Middle Township 93-45.Teammate Cierra Farquharson added wins in the 800 and the 400 hurdles, and she anchored the winning ...
Eagles sign nine rookie free agents
May 02, 2006; ... Hours after the NFL draft ended Sunday, Eagles coach Andy Reid, general manager Tom Heckert and the rest of the scouts and coaches were still trying to land some top players. Don't be surprised if some of the nine rookie free agents signed by the Eagles on Monday beat out some of the ...
Mainland's Fitzgerald sets hits record for Mary Washington
May 02, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Eric Fitzgeraldface=-Bold; broke the University of Mary Washington's all-time hits record with a double in the fifth inning of a 9-1 win over Newport News Apprentice on Friday. The hit gave him 177 for his career and the junior isn't done. He's two doubles away from ...
Millville mayor gets close look at city's alternative school
May 02, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - The Millville Alternative School, otherwise known as night school, is where students go when regular day school does not work out for them.These are the teenagers who are either taking care of babies, answering to probation officers or cannot follow rules. The ...
Buena holds on to beat No. 11 St. Augustine
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Heading into Tuesday's game against Buena Regional, St. Augustine Prep's baseball team had just one loss this season. Now they have two, as Buena beat the Hermits for the second time this season 6-5 on Tuesday at St. Augustine.Buena jumped to ...
Missing son turns up in Arizona
May 03, 2006; ... BRIDGETON - A relieved city father is anxiously waiting for the return of his 11-year-old son, who was found in Arizona a little more than a week after he disappeared from school with his mother. Police confirmed Tuesday that authorities in Tucson, Ariz., located Rashod McCall and his ...
No. 6 Oakcrest girls boost record to 7-0
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports The Oakcrest High School girls track and field team swept a Cape-Atlantic League American Conference tri-meet beating Mainland Regional 86-54 and Millville 115-25 at Linwood on Tuesday.The Falcons, ranked No. 6 in The Press' Elite 11, improved to 7-0 ...
Mystery photo raises child-safety concerns in Vineland
May 03, 2006; ...VINELAND - Four residents on Cottonwood Drive in East Vineland received a disturbing delivery in their mailboxes early Monday morning. A grainy photograph of a shirtless young boy, who police said appears to be between the ages of 8 and 10, was found by one resident when he went to ...
4 arrested in robbery of woman on her porch
May 03, 2006; ... BRIDGETON - City police said they arrested four teenagers in connection with a Monday afternoon robbery that left a Pine Street resident shaken. Teresa Valdez told police through tears that a handful of youths surrounded her on her porch after demanding her cell phone after a work van ...
Panel says more study is needed on future of offshore wind farms
May 03, 2006; ... A special panel's 15-month investigation into the future of wind farms off the state's coastline ended Tuesday with no firm findings by the panel. Instead, the Blue Ribbon Panel on Development of Wind Turbines in Coastal Waters, also known as the wind panel, recommended the state ...
EHT's Keith Goldstein drops first set, but wins
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Egg Harbor Township High School's boys tennis team, No. 4 in The Press' Elite 11, defeated Absegami 5-0 in a Cape-Atlantic League American Conference match held at Egg Harbor Township on Tuesday. The Eagles' first singles player Keith Goldstein lost ...
Flyers surrender 3 goals in 8:10 in first period
May 03, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - The echoes of good-luck song "God Bless America'' had barely faded at Wachovia Center, and the night, the game and the season were over. The Buffalo Sabres scored three first-period goals in a span of eight minutes, 11 seconds, and cruised to a 7-1 victory over the ...
Mainland falls
May 03, 2006 ... BRICK TOWNSHIP 13, <HLN></HLN> MAINLAND REGIONAL 3 Dominick Phillips, Tim Flanigan and Chris Gallow each scored for the Mustangs. Mainland0 3 - 3Brick Township 3 10 - 13 Goals - Dominick ...
Traffic light coming to Route 55 ramp
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports VINELAND - A traffic light will be installed at the busy intersection of Route 55 and the ramp at South Main Road, according to the state Department of Transportation. State Sen. Nicholas Asselta, R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, asked the DOT to ...
O.C. stays calm, starts winning
May 03, 2006; ... The Ocean City High School baseball team committed a couple of errors and fell behind Vineland 2-0 in the top of the first inning last Friday. The Red Raiders, however, rebounded with three runs in the bottom of the first and five in the bottom of the second. They won 9-6. That ...
Report: Shell-planting program increasing oyster population
May 03, 2006; ... On the same day that samples showed no oil spill contamination of Delaware Bay oysters, a new report detailed how last year's shell-planting program doubled oyster recruitment in the bay.Rutgers University biologist Eric Powell's report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, released ...
Durand volunteers to reduce chemicals use and waste
May 03, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - Durand Glass Manufacturing Co. will be one of eight businesses that will voluntarily reduce chemicals as part of the National Partners for Environmental Priorities. The federal Environmental Protection Agency will hold a press conference today to welcome the eight new ...
Candidates detail their qualifications for Bridgeton City Council
May 03, 2006; ... Tri-County Community Action President Al Kelly, elementary school teacher Celeste Riley, outgoing Board of Education President R. Todd Edwards and businessmen Henry Walker and Wade Sjogren are running as part of a Democratic-backed slate headed by incumbent Mayor Michael Pirolli. They are ...
Bridgeton checkpoint results in 33 impounded vehicles
May 03, 2006; ... BRIDGETON - Police ordered more than 30 vehicles towed during a weekend checkpoint to search for unlicensed motorists and unregistered cars in response to rising public concern about hit-and-run accidents. Saturday's four-hour checkpoint was the first of what police hope to make a ...
Builder gives refund of $514 for cabinets
May 03, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; We bought our new house a year ago. As we closed on the purchase, we pointed out that the wall cabinets of the butler's pantry were smaller than what we ordered. We agreed to keep them if we got a refund of the difference in cost, ...
Absegami's Connie James to attend Long Island U. LIU
May 03, 2006 ... Absegami High School basketball standout Connie James recently signed a national letter of intent to play for Long Island University (N.Y.), an NCAA Division I team, in the fall. James, who aided the Braves (25-6) in their second consecutive state Group IV title in March, averaged 8.0 ...
From little commissioners come big ideas
May 03, 2006; ...MILLVILLE - It was a commission meeting like none other Tuesday night as small faces watched out over the audience, small hands hit the gavel and big ideas were spouted from the panel. The Youth Commission meeting, part of Youth Week, was held before the regularly scheduled meeting, ...
Southern's Kristin Durborow throws no-hitter
May 03, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Kristin Durborow pitched a complete game no-hitter in Southern Regional's 1-0 win over Toms River South in a Shore Conference game Tuesday afternoon. Durborow struck out eight over seven innings and allowed just one walk as she evened her record to 3-3 ...
Whole new ballgame for Surf: Get set for wacky promotions
May 03, 2006; ...When you walk into the Sandcastle for the Atlantic City Surf's home opener tonight, you may not recognize what's going on.It will be the same team in the same uniform, but your surroundings will be different: new contests, concessions and even a few of surprises."I'm a ...
Southern reminds CBA who's tops in Shore
May 03, 2006; ... STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - The Southern Regional High School volleyball team took offense last week when it was widely reported that its 35-game Shore Conference win streak was snapped in a tournament defeat to Christian Brothers Academy. They did in fact lose to CBA (8-5) at the East ...
St. Augustine breaks ground for new building today
May 04, 2006; ... BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - For St. Augustine Prep sophomore Kevin Crowe, senior year can't come fast enough. That's because the ice hockey player who has a fondness for science can't wait to start using the new 100,000-square-foot, $22 million facility that the school plans to break ground ...
Candidates offer views on downtown apartment rentals
May 04, 2006; ...Thirteen candidates are running for the five-member, at-large City Council in Tuesday's election. Tri-County Community Action President Al Kelly, elementary school teacher Celeste Riley, outgoing city Board of Education President R. Todd Edwards and businessmen Henry Walker and Wade ...
RiverWalk Senior Apartments formally opened
May 04, 2006 ... From Press staff reports BRIDGETON - Officials cut the ribbon on the recently completed RiverWalk Senior Apartments on Wednesday, marking the formal opening of the cornerstone of a major riverfront redevelopment. The 80-unit, age-restricted apartment facility occupies the ...
O.C. boys name boat after late teammate
May 04, 2006; ... For several months, the Ocean City High School boys crew team has had to cope with the death of senior team leader face=+Bold; Brian Fitzpatrickface=-Bold; in an auto accident last October. But now Fitzpatrick's inspiration will be with the Red Raiders in every race and practice, ...
Ocean City edges CAL rival Oakcrest by two strokes
May 04, 2006 ... face=+Bold; From Press staff reports<HLN></HLN>face=-Bold; Ocean City beat Oakcrest 152-154 Wednesday in a Cape-Atlantic League American Conference Division II match. Kevin McCarthy led the Red Raiders with a 1-under-par 35 in a match that will go a long way in confusing the conference ...
Correction/Clarification
May 04, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Region:face=-Bold; In 2003, Margate zoning officials approved expanding the gift shop at Lucy the Elephant and making the structure ...
High school players strive for well-rounded skill sets
May 04, 2006; ... Backhand? Forehand? It's the question tennis players must ask themselves before every shot from every angle on the court, and most of the time the answer is quite simply whatever feels right."They have to judge it on what's most comfortable for them," Pinelands coach ...
Ocean City's Nikki Patrizzi enjoying stellar senior year
May 04, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Nikki Patrizziface=-Bold; is making the most of the time she has left on the lacrosse field. The Ocean City High School senior leads the Red Raiders (6-5) with 48 goals. The left attack wing scored five goals but Camden Catholic beat the Red Raiders 14-10 ...
Millville's Julie Romanik scores 200th career goal
May 04, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Senior Julie Romanik netted her 200th career goal as Millville beat Cherry Hill East 15-14 in dramatic fashion Wednesday. The game was tied at 7-7 at the half. East came out strong in the second, scoring the first four goals of the half to take ...
Greyhounds still getting over dropped baton
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Trump tower gets first OK from city Planning Board
May 04, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The Planning Board granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a new 810-room hotel tower at Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. The 780,000-square-foot tower would stand 525 feet tall, counting signs and mechanical structures, or 485 feet to the top of the actual building. The ...
Cape man gets 3 years in hit-and-run death
May 04, 2006; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The courtroom fell silent as images of Ericka Mungen moved across a television screen. There she was as a baby, then smiling in her elementary school portraits and finally standing as a proud young woman in her Navy uniform. Her father's pain broke the ...
Even with PAAD, still pick a Part D
May 04, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; I am a widow living on $870 a month Social Security. I get my prescriptions through the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled program (PAAD) funded by the state.face=-Bold; face=+Bold; I got a notice saying I ...
V'land board unhappy about being labeled big spender
May 04, 2006; ...VINELAND - Members of the school board were unhappy that Vineland was lumped in with the Camden and Passaic school districts as big spenders during state Supreme Court hearings concerning Abbott, or special needs, funding. The hearings are contesting the flat aid from the state for ...
Millville development ruling appealed
May 04, 2006 ... From Press staff reports MILLVILLE - Conservation groups have filed an appeal over a ruling that allows developers to build 930 units of age-restricted housing and possibly a 100-acre golf course on 1,350 acres ...
Boat fire takes 9 hours to put out
May 04, 2006; ...MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP - A morning fire tore through a boat at Dorchester Boat Yard for nine hours Wednesday before firefighters finally extinguished it.Two workers on the John N were treated for smoke inhalation, while a Port Elizabeth firefighter suffered heat exhaustion, according ...
Choppy start for SurfSurf fail in home opener on the field and at gate
May 04, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - It was a cool Wednesday night and the skyline of Atlantic City illuminated the background at the Sandcastle. Hot dogs were grilling, popcorn was popping and the drinks were overflowing.It was the perfect opening night for the Atlantic City Surf except for two ...
Austin Beausang propels 'Gami past Hammonton
May 04, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Winning pitcher Austin Beausang singled in the winning run in the fifth inning as the Absegami High School baseball team edged visiting Hammonton 3-2 Wednesday. Consecutive singles by Absegami's Joe Perez, Mike Isgro and Beausang broke up a 2-2 tie ....
Nia Ali commits to Tenn.
May 04, 2006; ... From Pennsylvania, to New Jersey and now Tennessee. After transefering from West Catholic High School in Philadelphia to Pleasantville High School, track and field athlete Nia Ali will move to yet another state in the fall. She signed a letter of intent with the University of ...
Millville's Wood School inducts 4 alumni into its 'Hall of Fame'
May 04, 2006; ...MILLVILLE - Words were spoken, medals were given and applause shared as four alumni were entered into the R.D. Wood School "Hall of Fame" on Wednesday night. Zakiyyah Ja'Cole Ennals, Jeff Whiteway, Suzanne Kulkman Merighi and Dr. Richard Beck were inducted in the school's fifth annual ...