Press of Atlantic City back issues from December 2006:
Stow Creek wants to build its first municipal building
Dec 01, 2006; ... Stow Creek Township appears set to get its first dedicated municipal building.The Township Committee has advertised for proposals on a new building to potentially be built along Old Columbia Highway next to the township park, though that spot isn't necessarily finalized....
Air show must make money to keep flying
Dec 01, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - One rained-out day could have cost the Millville Army Air Field Museum the future of its air show, said Russell Davis, museum president and air show director. This year was the first time we had to actually close down the show for an entire day, Davis said. And in doing so, ...
Harcum wallops Atlantic Cape
Dec 01, 2006 ... From Press staff reports BRYN MAWR, Pa. - Harcum College raced out to a 24-point halftime lead and beat Atlantic Cape Community College 101-50 in men's basketball Thursday. Ed Bellacci from Cape May Tech High School led ACCC with 17 points, including two 3-point shots. Ricky ...
New faces in CALPress' Elite 11 champs both have new coaches
Dec 01, 2006; ... There's a flurry of new coaches this year in Press-area high school swimming, and nowhere is that more noticeable than at Vineland High School and St. Augustine Prep.John Malatesta is the new coach of the Vineland girls team, and Jon Stinson takes over as coach of the Prep boys. Both ...
Atlantic City police announce gun seizures
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The city's Vice Unit took five guns off the streets in less than 48 hours this week, police said. Lt. Michael Dunford credited community involvement with the seizures that included four arrests. Two teenagers were pulled over at Ohio and Morningside avenues at ...
Md. police suspend probe of teen's death
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAPE MAY -The investigation into the death of a Maryland teenager whose body was found floating in Cold Spring Inlet in June has been suspended, and investigators still have no final determination on what led to the death. The body of Nicholas Gochnour, 18, of Elkton, Md., was ...
Tattoo parlor collects toys, clothes for charities
Dec 01, 2006; ...UPPER TOWNSHIP - While living in Florida, Scott Lee lost his home and business during Hurricanes Fran and Gene in September 2004, so he moved back to his native Cape May County with his children.That first Christmas back, Lee couldn't afford to buy presents for his children, so ...
O.C.'s Krzyk to play field hockey at UConn
Dec 01, 2006; ... Ocean City High School field hockey star Kimmie Krzyk has committed to attend the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., and she'll play field hockey for the Division I Huskies. Krzyk, a three-year starter for O.C. at forward, led The Press area this year with 27 goals as the Red ...
A.C. police, fire retirements reduce ranks by 82 in a day
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - There will be plenty of job openings in public safety beginning Saturday. More than 50 police officers and 32 firefighters will end their service today. While their departments will be greatly understaffed, the police and fire chiefs say service will not be ...
'Hands off,' state workers say of plan to cut benefits
Dec 01, 2006; ... PLEASANTVILLE - The signs read, "Hands off our benefits!" as about 30 state workers marched in front of the One Stop career center Thursday afternoon to protest planned cuts in pensions and other benefits for government employees. Many passing motorists, including a police officer, ...
Pier store offers the best shaving money can buy
Dec 01, 2006 ... Years ago, a fellow journalist I was visiting saw me shaving with mug soap and a brush and said, "So, you're a purist!" I couldn't figure out what he was talking about. Was I strictly adhering to some covenants of orthodox shaving? I had decided to use a shaving brush the way I ...
A.C. councilman's lawyer calls sex tape blackmail
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City Councilman Gene Robinson's attorney says the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office is investigating Robinson's claim that political enemies attempted to blackmail him with a video recording of him receiving oral sex. Joe Levin said he was actively working ...
Officer shoots himself in knee
Dec 01, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - A police officer shot himself in the knee Thursday trying to fend off an attacking pit bull, authorities said. Officer Samuel Allen, 37, of the Millville Police Department, shot himself in the knee with his service weapon after shooting and killing a pit bull that police ...
Crime Stoppers can't stop clock as members age, numbers fall
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Cape May County's crime fighters met Thursday morning, and between them they couldn't finish a pot of coffee and a box of Entenmann's doughnuts. Bill Plenge, 79, and Mac McKenna, 72, sat at folding tables and behind big eyeglasses in a trailer at the Crest Haven ...
Police exhaust leads in case of Md. teen whose body washed up in Cape May
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAPE MAY -The investigation into the death of a Maryland teenager whose body was found floating in Cold Spring Inlet in June has been suspended, and investigators have no final determination on what led to the death. The body of Nicholas Gochnour, 18, of Elkton, Md., was discovered by a ...
Eagles struggling to find answers to defensive problems
Dec 01, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - They have practiced in pads, staged closed-door meetings, even called out teammates. Nothing has worked. The Eagles' defense enters Monday's key game against Carolina mired in an awful slump. "I don't know that there is one problem that is bigger than ...
In West A.C., a feeling of insecurity
Dec 01, 2006; ... EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Amid the talk of murder victims, prostitutes, drug addicts, Guardian Angels and estranged relatives, one particular party seems to have been overlooked in the story of the bodies found in West Atlantic City. The residents of West Atlantic City. One of ...
A.C. councilman claims blackmail motive of sex tape
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City Councilman Gene Robinson's attorney says the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office is investigating Robinson's claim that political enemies attempted to blackmail him with a video of him receiving oral sex. Joe Levin said he was actively working with the ...
Cumberland town wants to build its first municipal building
Dec 01, 2006; ... Stow Creek Township appears set to get its first dedicated municipal building.The Township Committee has advertised for proposals on a new building to potentially be built along Old Columbia Highway next to the township park, though that spot isn't necessarily finalized....
Hispanic business owners join forces in Bridgeton
Dec 01, 2006; ... BRIDGETON - Maria Garcia remembers vividly what this city's downtown looked like when she moved here from her native Mexico. "It was a ghost town," said Garcia, a local businesswoman who operates a roving Mexican food truck. "There were no businesses. Property values were low. You ...
Creative arts therapist helps patients integrate body, mind
Dec 01, 2006; ... BRIDGETON - Sandi Wheaton doesn't have to go to a museum to see beauty and creativity. All she has to do is walk into her tiny, crowded office at the South Jersey Healthcare Bridgeton Health Center - the former Bridgeton Hospital - and look at the works done by past and present ...
Atlantic County clerk's race breaks spending records
Dec 01, 2006; ... Spending in the race for Atlantic County Clerk broke the $100,000 mark, with Republicans and Democrats saying the contest was perhaps the most costly in history. The $101,062.59 spent by winning Democrat Ed McGettigan and Republican Sonya Harris was more than $13,000 more than what was ...
Crest quits code office, considers alternative
Dec 01, 2006; ... WILDWOOD CREST - Borough Commission voted Wednesday to withdraw from the Joint Construction Office of the Wildwoods, but talks to salvage some form of islandwide cooperation are ongoing. Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco called leaving the construction office and turning over the town's code ...
Robinson takes case to county prosecutor
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City Councilman Gene Robinson's attorney says the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office is investigating Robinson's claim that political enemies attempted to blackmail him with a video recording of him receiving oral sex. Joe Levin said he was actively working ...
Upper residents say affordable housing might prove too costly
Dec 01, 2006; ... UPPER TOWNSHIP - The township's latest zoning changes have some residents alarmed at the prospect of group homes, deflated property values and overcrowded schools. The Township Committee this week designated 13 publicly owned lots where this sprawling township will provide affordable ...
Chinese auction fans seeking treasures in Millville tonight
Dec 01, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - Chinese auctions are not child's play for those like Leon Williams who treat the charity-driven auctions more like a lost art than a fundraiser.Recently, Williams has been calling in advice to the R.D. Wood School regarding the Chinese auction being held tonight to raise ...
Pilots protest houses at airport
Dec 01, 2006; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - Pilots are complaining about a proposed housing development near the Cape May Airport because they say it will expose the new homeowners to danger and them to complaints. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, or AOPA, which claims to be the largest group of pilots ...
Man pleads not guilty in killings of Stafford Twp. brothers 14 and 17
Dec 01, 2006; ... TOMS RIVER - The man accused of using a claw hammer to bludgeon to death two brothers in their Stafford home in January pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Richard Toledo, 24, was a boarder at the boys' home in Ocean Acres when, authorities charge, he beat Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and Zabdiel, ...
Casino dealers again seeking to form union
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Harrah's Entertainment may be making record profits in Atlantic City, but several dealers at one property say they aren't getting a fair share. So some dealers are starting to use the U-word again - "union." John J. Cisternino, vice president and director of ...
Which decorations bright for the buck?
Dec 01, 2006 ... Technology has transformed holiday displays. It used to be that the choice was between C-7 bulbs or the bigger C-9 bulbs.Now there are net lights, icicle lights, inflatable figures and animated characters drawn with lights. Some large displays use a computer to coordinate ...
Police suspend probe in death of teen found off Cape
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAPE MAY -The investigation into the death of a Maryland teenager whose body was found floating in Cold Spring Inlet in June has been suspended, and investigators still have no final determination on what led to the death. The body of Nicholas Gochnour, 18, of Elkton, Md., was ...
Suspect charged in robbery
Dec 01, 2006 ... From Press staff reports A Wildwood man was arrested Wednesday after police linked him to a Nov. 26 robbery with the aid of surveillance photographs taken at an automated teller machine. According to police reports, Luis Rodriguez, 20, was riding a bicycle at about 3 a.m. at ...
Shooting an ace as easy as 1, 2, 3 for local golfer
Dec 01, 2006; ... Mike Quinn stepped onto the tee at the par-3 10th hole at Wildwood Golf and Country Club. He faced a chilly, stiff northwest wind that played with the flag 183 yards in the distance. His three playing partners had already taken their swings and missed the green. So all Quinn had to do ...
Millville man, 3 others arrested in slaying of Vineland man
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 26-year-old Millville man, who officials said is a member of the infamous "Bloods" gang, was one of four southern New Jersey men arrested earlier this month in the January slaying of a Vineland man. According to a press release from the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, county ...
Officer shoots self fighting off pit bull
Dec 01, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - A police officer shot himself in the knee Thursday trying to fend off an attacking pit bull, authorities said.The dog was killed in the incident. Officer Samuel Allen, along with other officers, responded to a call from a neighbor saying that a pit bull had ...
Margarito fighting for recognition
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Antonio Margarito is hoping to show what all the fuss is about Saturday night. The hard-punching 28-year-old is widely regarded as the best welterweight in the world not named Floyd Mayweather, Jr., but is relatively unknown to casual boxing fans. Although Margarito ...
Ring found in O.C. returned to teen
Dec 01, 2006; ... OCEAN CITY - When the silver class ring slipped from her finger into the murky green water off the 20th Street beach, Kerianne O'Brien thought she would never see it again. The Carmel High School senior from New York was vacationing in Ocean City with her family in July. She was ...
Cape train ride offers visit with Santa Claus
Dec 01, 2006 ... From Press staff reports UPPER TOWNSHIP - The Santa Express will be making runs between Richland and Tuckahoe every Saturday in December. Children can hand-deliver their letters to Santa on this train ride between Atlantic and Cape May counties with Cape May Seashore Lines. The ...
Shopping plaza planned for Carroll's site
Dec 01, 2006; ... STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Construction of a shopping plaza has begun at the site that was the home of Carroll's and the Cranberry Bog restaurants until 2004. The new development should be operational by July 1, 2007. It will house 11 small stores and a restaurant, according to Richard ...
New imaging technology reveals ancient device was calculator
Dec 01, 2006; ... San Francisco Chronicle For more than 100 years, researchers have been trying to unlock the secrets of a mysterious gadget discovered at the bottom of the sea near the Greek island of Antikythera. With the help of Hewlett-Packard scientists - and HP's vaunted imaging technology ...
Absegami's success not all in the stars
Dec 01, 2006; ... GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP -Matt Coulter talked Andrew Choi into playing football in the eighth grade. Until then, Choi was a soccer player. The two are best friends and live on the same block. Coulter had an easy selling point for football. "You get to hit people," he said ...
Body donation can lower funeral costs
Dec 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; In your column on Nov. 3, there was an inquiry regarding how to lower funeral and burial costs.face=-Bold; face=+Bold; I have a suggestion: Consider talking to family members about donating the deceased's body to a ...
Millville police arrest four in long-term drug probe
Dec 01, 2006; ... MILLVILLE - Four city residents were arrested in what police described as a long-term drug investigation. The department had been conducting the investigation, which led to the arrests, for more than a month, said police Capt. Thomas Riley. The arrests took place at 6:30 a.m ....
Police, fire retirements cut A.C. ranks by 82 in a day
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - There will be plenty of job openings in public safety beginning Saturday. More than 50 police officers and 32 firefighters will end their service today. While their departments will be greatly understaffed, the police and fire chiefs say service will not be ...
Man pleads not guilty to killing teen brothers
Dec 01, 2006; ... TOMS RIVER - The man accused of using a claw hammer to bludgeon to death two brothers in their Stafford Township home in January pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Richard Toledo, 24, was a boarder at the boys' home in Ocean Acres when, authorities charge, he beat Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and ...
State workers protest plan to cut benefits
Dec 01, 2006; ... PLEASANTVILLE - The signs read, "Hands off our benefits!" as about 30 state workers marched in front of the One Stop career center Thursday afternoon to protest planned cuts in pensions and other benefits for government employees. Many passing motorists, including a police officer, ...
St. Augustine's reopening, rededication today
Dec 01, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Three years ago, the future looked bleak for members of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church. Barely past mourning the untimely death of their beloved, recently retired rector, the congregation took another blow when fire destroyed their 103-year-old building two months ...
Development planned for Rose Hill in Barnegat
Dec 01, 2006; ... BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - The Walters Group is proposing to build a 258-unit housing development on Rose Hill Road that would include 52 apartments of affordable housing. The 85-acre space, dubbed Whispering Hills, would be home to 99 single-family houses, 107 townhouses and 52 ...
Clerk race may have set spending record
Dec 01, 2006; ... Spending in the race for Atlantic County Clerk broke the $100,000 mark, with Republicans and Democrats saying the contest was perhaps the most costly in history. The $101,062.59 spent by winning Democrat Ed McGettigan and Republican Sonya Harris was more than $13,000 more than what was ...
Use of chemical on Lower Cape May Meadows alarms some residents
Dec 01, 2006; ... CAPE MAY - About 30 people gathered at a home here this week to protest the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' use of glyphosate to kill the invasive phragmites reeds that have been taking over the Lower Cape May Meadows for decades. After previous opposition, the Corps has agreed not to ...
Raffo last seen with 3 men in van, friend says
Dec 01, 2006; ... It may have been her last night alive. Kim Raffo, one of four prostitutes found dead last week behind a string of motels in West Atlantic City, was welcomed by three men as she climbed into a large green van along with another woman named Pam. The group departed on a late-night trip to ...
Cape fisherman disputes rights with Coast Guard
Dec 02, 2006; ... WILDWOOD - Commercial fisherman Walt Chew says the government doesn't have a right to make sure he's safe at sea, and he's making a federal case of it. Chew, 59, of Middle Township, is basing much of that case on the U.S. Constitution as he takes on the U.S. Coast Guard over the issue ....
'It's time for us to get our swagger back'
Dec 02, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson is not easily embarrassed. Until Sunday's 45-21 loss at Indianapolis, he couldn't recall a game in his eight seasons with the Eagles where he was so disappointed in his players. Now there is one. Johnson was so angry and upset over ...
Del. horseshoe-crab ban
Dec 02, 2006 ... When two species as rare and wonderful as the horseshoe crab and the red knot are in danger, someone must step forward to save them. Last week, Delaware joined New Jersey in attempt to save both. Both states have now agreed to two-year moratoriums on ...
Middle's Edwards leads Rowan in DIII quarters
Dec 02, 2006; ... GLASSBORO - They're called superbacks.You'll have to pardon the moniker, for it's obvious that such a title carries with it implications of heroism and greatness and for what these guys do, maybe it's deserved. There are no ordinary running backs on the Rowan University ...
Reusing medical devices
Dec 02, 2006 ... A campaign has been underway in New Jersey trumpeting the dangers of reusing medical devices that were meant for one-time use. On its face, the situation sounds like a recipe for infections and instrument failures. But those fears are overblown. The Food and Drug Administration approves of ...
Man convicted in Dennis robbery to be resentenced under new rules
Dec 02, 2006; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - A Cape May County man should be re-sentenced for a 2002 robbery conviction, an appeals panel ruled Friday. Damien Warner, age and hometown unknown, was charged with first-degree armed robbery Oct. 23, 2001, after he and his co-defendant, Robert Simpkins, robbed a ...
Suspect in luring sought in Middle
Dec 02, 2006 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Township police are looking for an elderly man who approached and offered a ride to a 15-year-old girl while she was waiting for a school bus Friday morning. An approaching school bus picked up the girl at the intersection of Route 47 ...
Man convicted in Cape robbery to be resentenced under new rules
Dec 02, 2006 ... face=+Bold; From Press staff reportsface=-Bold; CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - A Cape May County man should be re-sentenced for a 2002 robbery conviction, an appeals panel ruled Friday. Damien Warner, age and hometown unknown, was charged with first-degree armed robbery Oct. 23, 2001, after he ...
Rutgers knows the routine: Today's game is everything
Dec 02, 2006; ... The Rutgers football team will play in its biggest game of the season - again.For the second time in four games, the Scarlet Knights are putting their season on the line. They played Louisville three weeks ago in the then-"biggest game in school history." This time Rutgers ...
Chrissy DiDonato leads Blue Devils to win in opener
Dec 02, 2006 ... From Press staff reports Hammonton swept all three games and total pins to take the win in its season opener 4-0 over Camden County Vocational. Chrissy DiDonato had the high series ...
Weak housing market raises reval questions
Dec 02, 2006; ... BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - The battle over home values has begun in Barnegat. Residents are concerned that a softening housing market will make the town's revaluation unfair. About 300 homeowners so far have scheduled hearings with the valuation company to contest their assessments. Real ...
Gang activity increasing in Cumberland
Dec 02, 2006; ... Construction and retail aren't the only businesses that are booming in Cumberland County. The arrests earlier this month of four alleged Bloods gang members in connection with the January murder of Vineland resident Leroy Lindsey has brought to light the extent of gang activities in the ...
Experts: Doctors need the arts to understand patients' pain
Dec 02, 2006; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Pain. It results in more than 50 million lost workdays and costs an estimated $100 billion annually in the United States. According to the American Pain Society, it's also the most common problem leading to medical care. An estimated 50 to 150 million Americans ...
A.C. sex tape
Dec 02, 2006 ... This is certainly a new low for Atlantic City politics. A secretly recorded sex tape. A blackmail attempt. And, at the heart of it, a Galloway Township radio talk-show host who was surreptiously slipped a copy of the tape - and who then offered to sell it to other ...