Press of Atlantic City back issues from January 2007:
Wildwood makes early lead hold up
Jan 01, 2007; ... WILDWOOD - The Wildwood Catholic High School girls basketball team controlled the tempo Sunday, but crosstown rival Wildwood, for the most part, controlled the game. The two teams met in the annual Andrew Alameno Girls Island Championship, one of the featured games of the six-day ...
New year leaves old homicides unsolved
Jan 01, 2007; ... Six weeks ago, investigators found four dead women in a ditch in Egg Harbor Township. This week, a flurry of shootings left three more Atlantic City residents dead. In some ways, 2006 ended just like it began. Four gun-related deaths marred the first month of 2006 in Atlantic ...
Wildwood Catholic rules city rivalry
Jan 01, 2007; ... WILDWOOD - Dave DeWeese has worried at times this season about his team becoming complacent. The Wildwood Catholic coach has seen his Crusaders, ranked seventh in The Press' Elite 11, come out strong, establish big leads in the first half of games, and struggle in the second half as ...
Sorelle cracks Women's Prize Board
Jan 01, 2007; ... Bowler Diana Sorelle of Bridgeton reached ninth place on The Press 200 Club's women's Prize Board top 10 with a 681 series in the Tuesday Mixed League at Pike Lanes in Upper Deerfield Township. Tony Anderson of Cedarville in Cumberland County totaled a career-high 779 in the Pappy ...
Bone discoveries not uncommon in region
Jan 01, 2007; ... When a human leg bone washed up in Atlantic City on Dec. 22, it wasn't the first human bone to wash up onto the region's beaches. It wasn't even the first one to wash up in 2006. Officials are still investigating whose skull, which is missing a chunk on its left side and a mandible, ...
Dallas' upset loss gives Birds division title; Philadelphia to host Giants in first round
Jan 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles started celebrating Sunday before the first quarter of their regular-season finale against Atlanta was barely five minutes old. At 4:25 p.m., just after David Akers booted a 41-yard field goal during Philadelphia's 24-17 victory over the Falcons, everyone at ...
Area organizations receive Horizon grants
Jan 01, 2007 ... HAMMONTON - Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers Inc. has received a $120,000 grant from New Jersey's largest health insurer to support services for the un- and under-insured. The organization was one of the first beneficiaries of a $5 million grant initiative designed to provide ...
Report criticizes N.J. health system for inefficient hospital practices
Jan 01, 2007; ...WASHINGTON, D.C. - New Jersey has too many specialists, too many hospitals, and too many costly hospital admissions, according to a new report co-sponsored by health care philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's largest health ...
A.C. police arrest four on drug charges
Jan 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Two drug dealers and two customers were arrested over two days, according to police. A six-week investigation ended at 7:15 a.m. Thursday with the arrest of Leon Fountain, 25, of the Shore Housing Project, at his home. Police recovered 27 Ecstasy pills - which ...
2007 off to great start for some readers
Jan 01, 2007 ... face=+Italic; Press readers share their views, via e-mail, about the Atlanta Falcons-Philadelphia Eagles game.face=-Italic;* * * Happy New Year! How 'bout them Cowboys? What a great finish to a great year.The Cowgirls lose to the awesome Lions, and Big ...
Vineland off-track betting parlor slow out of the gate
Jan 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Construction at the city's off-track betting site won't cross the finish line as early as expected.But for anyone hoping to eventually put some money down on their favorite horse without driving out to the racetrack, the north Delsea Drive location is still the safest bet ...
Ocean City girls win Delaware Bay title
Jan 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Ocean City High School went on a 16-5 run in the third quarter to defeat Central Bucks East in the final of the Delware Bay Girls Bracket championship Sunday in the Boardwalk Basketball Classic at Wildwood Convention Center. The Red Raiders, who scored ...
Strange temps, strange nature
Jan 01, 2007; ... Goodbye, Douglas fir and white spruce. Hello magnolia and stately southern oaks. Sixteen years ago, you wouldn't have expected to see the flora and fauna of northern Alabama, Mississippi or Georgia in New Jersey any more than you would have expected to see Arizona cypress or coastal ...
No arrests, suspects in A.C. slayings
Jan 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; From Press staff reports<HLN></HLN>face=-Bold; ATLANTIC CITY - Law-enforcement officials still do not have anyone in custody after this weekend's two separate slayings. On Saturday night, Bebe M. Temple, a North Connecticut Avenue resident, was shot to death after a bullet ...
Bourdain makes his return with 'No Reservations'
Jan 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - The new year begins with the return of one of my favorite cable series, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" (10 p.m., Travel). This season, the gourmet vagabond will take viewers on a gastronomic trip to exotic and unexpected locales, as well as some old favorites. Who knew Ireland ...
'If you think it's hotter out than ... a decade ago, you're right'
Jan 01, 2007; ... Is all the hype about global warming making you start to sweat? Maybe you should. While it's no hotter in Atlantic City than it has been in recent years, worldwide data show alarming trends that could affect New Jersey's climate. According to Accuweather.com, the ...
Trail growing cold for hunting in New Jersey
Jan 02, 2007; ... Nothing is more valued by a hunter than the moment he kills his first animal. But for 12-year-old Dylan Capaccio, that moment was soured.A day after he and his father were high-fiving at the sight of his first kill - a 113-pound deer - he arrived back from his second day of hunting, ...
For Northfield Rescue Squad chief, it's often a family affair
Jan 02, 2007; ... NORTHFIELD - As soon as she heard the street name, Lynn Perri, the chief of her hometown rescue squad, had a good idea where the call was coming from. And she was right. This time, it was her own father the dispatcher was sending her to help.Perri knew when she started at the ...
Boardwalk always in season for some Wildwood stores
Jan 02, 2007; ... WILDWOOD - The bikinis and bottles of suntan lotion have long been packed away, but there are still signs of life on the city's Boardwalk.Walkers enjoy the warmer-than-usual weather, and spread among the closed-up storefronts, a few local businesses manage to stretch their seasons ...
2007 promises bevy of wonders - including 2 eclipses
Jan 02, 2007; ... Welcome to 2007. Skywatchers are going to find this year to be an especially heavenly one. But some of us are still reflecting on the interesting astronomical sights of the past year.We will be like Janus, the ancient Roman god whose name was applied to one of Saturn's moons. Janus, ...
Galloway Township's Rolle quick study at Florida State
Jan 02, 2007; ... Myron Rolle is a name many sports fans have undoubtedly heard. He was only the biggest college football prospect last season.So many schools went after the strong, fast and smart defensive player, but it was Florida State that got him. With all the hype and a No. 1 rating from many ...
An eventful 9 months for New Year's Eve baby
Jan 02, 2007; ... STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Many first-time mothers might tell you their pregnancy was an emotional and physical roller coaster. For Barnegat resident Elsy Alhilly, however, hers was especially dynamic. The elation of expecting was interrupted by the falling bombs of war, culminating in a ...
A different viewSlots now, more than ever
Jan 02, 2007 ... The news from Pennsylvania isn't good for New Jersey's sagging horse racing industry. The action at the new slot machines at Philadelphia Park and at the Mohegan Sun operation at Pocono Downs has made them a roaring success.And two casinos, including Foxwoods of Connecticut, last week ...
Special crowningEagles savoring fifth NFC East title in six years
Jan 02, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have seen fireworks go off at Lincoln Financial Field before. They know what it is like to return to the locker room after winning a division title and find hats and T-shirts commemorating the accomplishment in their cubicles. But of the five NFC East crowns ...
Fire damages ShopRite in Somers Point
Jan 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports SOMERS POINT - A three-alarm fire on New Year's Eve caused smoke damage to the ShopRite store on Bethel Road, but no injuries were reported, the fire marshal said Monday. The accidental fire started in the deli area of the store at 9:13 p.m. Sunday, ...
Feeley adds to his Philadelphia story
Jan 02, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - There is something about putting on that green helmet with the silver wings that seems to bring out the best in quarterback face=+Bold; A.J. Feeleyface=-Bold; . Feeley struggled during his stints in Miami and San Diego but has always played well as an Eagle. He ...
Looks like another bad year for birders across region
Jan 02, 2007 ... Here's an unpleasant New Year's forecast for southern New Jersey, one of the birding capitals of America: I predict that bird watching will get a little more difficult in 2007. This is one of those easy predictions, as certain as that the state government will increase its spending or ...
Wildwood's Harshaw powering Hofstra's record start
Jan 02, 2007; ... Hofstra's face=+Bold; Lana Harshawface=-Bold; (Wildwood) had a career night with 26 points and 12 rebounds in a 70-54 win over Hartford. With the help of Harshaw, a senior, Hofstra (11-1) is off to its best start in school history. This win marked the Pride's eighth straight win in their ...
Computer content goes to TV and vice versa
Jan 02, 2007 ... Ever since their invention, the TV and the home computer have remained separate devices, often in separate rooms. But next year could be the year they come together - or at least become less distinguishable. New gizmos are coming (and many are already here) that enable you to send ...
Bridgeton man shot at New Year's party
Jan 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports VINELAND - A Bridgeton man was shot Monday in the hours after the start of the new year.Authorities said they are investigating the shooting of James Sharp Jr., 22, who took a bullet to his right thigh at 1:13 a.m.Sharp was at a party at ...
Long odds, high hopes for sports bets in A.C.
Jan 02, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The idea of allowing sports betting in Atlantic City has been tossed around for years. But with the recent announcement that casinos are slated to open in Philadelphia by 2008 - and with two slot parlors already up and running outside the city - some feel that in order for ...
Annual swim a bit more bearable this New Year's
Jan 02, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The rains cleared at just the right time Monday for the polar swimmers to take a dip in the ocean off Brighton Avenue.Yeah, it was cold, swimmers said, but not as bad as usual for the annual New Year's Day rite. Temperatures were in the 50s. The water may have been a ...
Kiddie Kollege opened to DEP
Jan 03, 2007; ... FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Five months after children and adults were kicked out of mercury-contaminated Kiddie Kollege, the state is now allowed in to investigate. The state Department of Environmental Protection reached a settlement with the Navillus Group and Jim Sullivan Inc. on Tuesday ...
Zoning change halts plan for O.C. bayfront hotel
Jan 03, 2007; ... OCEAN CITY - A developer who wants to build a bayfront hotel will not ask the Planning Board for variances tonight as scheduled. The board was slated to hear Scarborough Properties' request to build a 20-unit condominium hotel on the 200 block of Bay Avenue. But a recent zoning change ...
A.C. mayor back after 11-day medical leave
Jan 03, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Mayor Bob Levy was back at work Tuesday after an 11-day medical leave, aides and city hall employees said. City Councilman John Schultz said he understood that Levy had been given the wrong medication and he reacted badly to it. Levy did not return a message ...
Teen accused of abandoning baby charged with endangering child
Jan 03, 2007; ... MAYS LANDING - A teen accused of dumping a newborn boy in a garbage bin outside the Sandpiper Condominiums was arraigned Tuesday on charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Simone Walker remained calm in court as eight Sheriff's officers surrounded the petite woman who stood alone ...
O.C. boys hold off Vineland
Jan 03, 2007 ... Ocean City was able to stave off a late Vineland rally to win its Cape-Atlantic League American Conference boys basketball game 57-50 on its home floor Tuesday. Ocean City led 53-50 with less than a minute remaining the the game. The Red Raiders, who converted 23 of 25 foul shots in the ...
Man shot in Vineland hour into new year
Jan 03, 2007; ... VINELAND - A Bridgeton man was released from the hospital Tuesday after being shot in the right thigh one hour into the new year, according to officials. James Sharp Jr., 22, was at a birthday and New Year's Eve party at the Cedar Crest mobile home park on East Avenue in Vineland when ...
Buena Vista OKs temporary budget
Jan 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - The Township Committee approved a temporary budget Tuesday night and swore in two election winners. For the next three months, the township will operate with a $770,000 budget, about one-quarter of the municipality's normal ...
Buena seeks new development
Jan 03, 2007; ... BUENA BOROUGH - In Mayor Joseph Baruffi's Tuesday night State of the Borough address, development was a common theme among the successes of 2006 and the plans for 2007. Baruffi listed 11 major events in 2006 during his address at Borough Hall. Of those, eight had something to do with ...
Flags at half-staff for N.J. soldier
Jan 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports TRENTON - State and national flags will fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of U.S. Army Private First Class Eric R. Wilkus of Hamilton, Mercer County, who was died on Christmas while serving in Iraq, according to a press release from Gov. Jon S. Corzine's ...
Lower Republicans to switch attorneys
Jan 03, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - Tony Monzo's decade-long run as township attorney is coming to an end as the incoming council is planning to replace him with Paul Baldini. A change of professionals is routine when a different party takes office. It's unusual in this case because there is no change in ...
County expects 2007 budget to lower tax rate
Jan 03, 2007; ... Atlantic County officials said Tuesday they expect the county tax rate to decrease for the seventh consecutive year. Preliminary figures show that the tax rate of 29.4 cents per $100 of assessed value - already the lowest on record - will shrink by about 16 percent, according to ...
Eagles get hold of Detmer to help Akers in playoff run
Jan 03, 2007; ... Backup quarterback and holder extraordinaire Koy Detmer returned to the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday.Detmer, who signed a one-year contract, rejoined the team just in time to help place-kicker David Akers regain his form for the playoffs. He was Akers' primary holder from 2000-2005 ...
Body in bay ID'd as man missing from ferry
Jan 03, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - The body of an elderly North Cape May man who had been reported missing by his sister two days after Christmas has been recovered from the Delaware Bay, police said Tuesday. The Southern Regional Medical Examiner's Office used X-rays to determine the body recovered by ...
Millville men charged with assaulting dirt-bike rider
Jan 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MILLVILLE - Ryan Duski, 18, of Fairton Road, and Christopher Paul Viggiano, 20, of West Foundry Street, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault Saturday, police reported The two men assaulted the driver of a dirt bike on Fairton Road between ...
Buena focusing on development in new year
Jan 03, 2007; ... BUENA BOROUGH - In Mayor Joseph Baruffi's Tuesday night State of the Borough address, development was a common theme among the successes of 2006 and the plans for 2007. Baruffi listed 11 major events in 2006 during his address at Borough Hall. Of those, eight had something to do with ...
Washington Twp. planners compromise on increased lot size
Jan 03, 2007; ... WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Amid concerns from residents - and a verbal confrontation between a township committeeman and two of its members - the Planning Board approved a master plan Tuesday with a new residential lot size minimum that differed from the original plan proposed last month. By ...
Body found in bay identified as missing North Cape May man
Jan 03, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - The body of an elderly North Cape May man who had been reported missing by his sister two days after Christmas has been recovered from the Delaware Bay, police said Tuesday. The Southern Regional Medical Examiner's Office used X-rays to determine the body recovered by ...
New gypsy moth pesticide worries environmentalists
Jan 03, 2007; ... New Jersey government officials may start killing gypsy moths with a pesticide that has drawn environmentalists' criticism. The state Department of Agriculture has proposed using Dimilin, a synthetic pesticide, to kill off the invasive moth species that has ravaged oak trees around the ...
Slaying victim's friend holding stop-the-violence vigil
Jan 03, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - Sherwood Collins is looking to the community for help to make sure what happened to his friend does not happen to anyone else. A couple of years ago, Collins was befriended by Brian Pritchett when he moved into the Center City neighborhood.He remembers Pritchett ...
Upper Township man killed when boat falls off supports
Jan 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports UPPER TOWNSHIP - A 55-year-old local man was killed Tuesday when the boat he was working underneath shifted off its support blocks and fell on top of him, authorities said. Gregory B. Schuda was found in the driveway of his Seaville residence beneath ...
DEP to investigate mercury-tainted day-care center
Jan 03, 2007; ... FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Five months after children and adults were kicked out of mercury-contaminated Kiddie Kollege, the state is now allowed in to investigate. The state Department of Environmental Protection reached a settlement with the Navillus Group and Jim Sullivan Inc. on Tuesday ...
Truck overturns in Hamilton Township
Jan 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - A 36-year-old Minotola man was in fair condition Tuesday night at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center after his tractor-trailer rolled over, spilling its contents onto the roadway, authorities said. Police responded to the ...
Police seek arsonist in O.C. fires
Jan 03, 2007; ... OCEAN CITY - An arsonist has set 12 fires on the same downtown block in the past month, including one that destroyed a storage garage Friday. Nobody was injured in any of the fires, the first of which was reported Dec. 10 on the 1200 block of Asbury Avenue. Police used a ...
Zoning change halts plan for bayfront hotel in Ocean City
Jan 03, 2007; ... OCEAN CITY - A developer who wants to build a bayfront hotel will not ask the Planning Board for variances tonight as scheduled. The board was slated to hear Scarborough Properties' request to build a 20-unit condominium hotel on the 200 block of Bay Avenue. But a recent zoning change ...
Police seeking arsonist in Ocean City fires
Jan 03, 2007; ... OCEAN CITY - An arsonist has set 12 fires on the same downtown block in the past month, including one that destroyed a storage garage Friday, authorities say. Nobody was injured in any of the fires, the first of which was reported Dec. 10 in the 1200 block of Asbury Avenue. ...
Lower Cape rises after rough start in wrestling
Jan 03, 2007; ... For the Lower Cape May wrestling program sometimes it takes a bit of the worst to find the best. It's early in the wrestling season and already the Caper Tigers have felt what it's like to have their collective back on the mat as well as to have their arms raised in triumph. ...
County college moves forward with plans for learning center
Jan 03, 2007; ...VINELAND - A new multimillion-dollar center at Cumberland County College can now seek approval from the Planning Board, after a city committee approved its layout on Tuesday. The Brown University Center, named after $1 million donors Shirlee and Bernard Brown, will allow students to ...
The game of life
Jan 03, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - The Lower Cape May Regional High School football ended the season with seven wins and three losses, captured the Anchor Bowl against their arch rival, Middle Township High School, and for the first time since 1980, made it to the state playoffs.The coach behind the ...
Dennis Twp. appoints business administrator
Jan 03, 2007; ... DENNIS TOWNSHIP - Township Committee hired a full-time business administrator at its first meeting of the year, filling a position that was vacant for more than three years. Jody Alessandrine, an Ocean City councilman who made an unsuccessful run for Ocean City mayor in 2006, was ...
Middle Township murder suspect called flight risk; $850,000 bail set
Jan 03, 2007; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Superior Court Judge Carmen Alvarez on Tuesday set bail for Middle Township murder suspect Seth Gordon Cooper at $850,000. Although Cooper is a lifelong Cape May County resident, Alvarez said Cooper's recent fugitive status demonstrated that his ties to the area ...
Egg Harbor Twp. beats Mainland
Jan 03, 2007; ... EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The Egg Harbor Township High School cheerleaders repeated its "Be Aggressive" chant to the Eagles girls basketball team throughout its game against Mainland Regional Tuesday night.The cheer was especially loud in the fourth quarter, when the Cape-Atlantic League ...
Fairfield Twp. Committee elects newest member as mayor
Jan 03, 2007; ... FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP - The Township Committee unanimously voted Tuesday night to elect its freshman member, Planning Board Chairman Marion Kennedy Jr., as mayor of the rural Delaware Bayshore community. Kennedy, who was sworn into office by Freeholder Director Lou Magazzu, said in his ...
No match for MiddleMike Farrow scores 24 points to spark Panthers past Crusaders
Jan 03, 2007; ... NORTH WILDWOOD - Wildwood Catholic High School's gym is one the region's tiniest. It seemed to get smaller for the Middle Township boys basketball team in the fourth quarter Tuesday night. The home team pressured the Panthers all over the court in a desperate comeback ...