Press of Atlantic City back issues from July 2007:
Dale Jr. giving another Truex chance to race
Jul 01, 2007; ... Curtis Truex Jr. was in North Carolina, visiting his cousin and NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Martin Truex Jr. in March 2006, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. approached him. Earnhardt said he heard Curtis was a pretty good driver. He also said that he was looking for someone to drive a ...
Yankees sweep away hopes of title for 'Whiz Kids'
Jul 01, 2007; ... Barbara Lee has dealt with the Philadelphia Phillies' futility nearly her whole life. But it wasn't until she was 15 years old in 1950 that she realized just how bad being a Phillies fan would be.The "Whiz Kids," as the 1950 Phillies team was known, brought Philadelphia out of the ...
1964 Phillies blow big lead with 12 games left
Jul 01, 2007; ... Kayla Winchester almost turned her back on the Phillies after 1964.The Mays Landing resident rooted and yelled and hoped every night it would be the year for Philadelphia to win its first World Series. As the season wound down, she became more certain that the Phillies were destined ...
Joe Carter's HR makes 'Wild Thing' latest Phils' goat
Jul 01, 2007; ... Mitch Williams gave up a walk-off home run to Joe Carter in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. That is the memory emblazoned on every current Phillies fan's mind - Carter hitting a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays ....
Unforgettable and unfortunate: 10 dark chapters in Phillies history
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Philadelphia Phillies are approaching the 10,000th loss in their history, the most of any professional sports franchise. The Phillies have 9,994 losses entering today's game against the New York Mets. A look at 10 of the most infamous chapters along their way to the milestone ...
Phillies fall six games behind Mets
Jul 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Pat Gillick looked the way every Phillies fan felt this weekend. In the ninth inning of Saturday's game, he was slumped over a table, mouth slightly agape, holding his head up with his hand looking as though he wondered, "How did I get into this mess?" The New ...
Buffett gives resort crowd exactly what it came to see
Jul 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City's beach and Boardwalk were crowded Saturday night, but Jimmy Buffett took the party inside as he played to a sold-out crowd at Boardwalk Hall. The crowd of Buffett fans - whom he affectionally calls Parrotheads - sang along with the singer as he ran through ...
Real estate transactions 6/17/07
Jul 01, 2007 ... Atlantic County ABSECON face=+Bold; 933 Seaside Ave,face=-Bold; Mark Lavigna & Wendy Lavigna to Margaret K Yakita; 4/24/2007. $250,000 face=+Bold; 906 Navajo Ave,face=-Bold; Vaughn T Rex & Lisa M Rex & Michael R Rann to Natalie Bancheri & Joseph ...
A.C. condo auction may be success that shows market's weakness
Jul 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Joanne Graci and Robert Maggio were just two of hundreds of people who flocked to a Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino conference room Saturday to get a crack at steeply discounted condos. But unlike most of them, the couple walked out the door with a new waterfront home and ...
Noncasino jobs flourished from 2000 to 2005
Jul 01, 2007 ... Recently released U.S. Census figures for the first half of the decade show substantial growth in the number of employees in Atlantic County and the payroll they draw. But if you're looking for that increase in Atlantic City's casino industry, better look again.Big ...
Munitions turn Surf City off to fireworks
Jul 01, 2007; ... SURF CITY - Don't even say "fireworks" around here. After beaches were closed for months while a town held its breath, praying that nothing would blow up in the sand, nobody wants to hear anything about explosions on the beach - even if the Fourth of July is at hand.In March, ...
Readers take their $25,000 to Disneyland
Jul 01, 2007 ... I hope everyone understood that it was a hypothetical question. There are so many touching ideas for using a $25,000 windfall; 25 Words or Less wishes it could fund them all ... or any, for that matter. So many people in need, so many deserving help. Jo Tussey nearly ...
Buffett fans find that it's 5 o'clock all day in resort
Jul 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Dina Couture sipped a margarita, sat back in her tropical sundress and flower lei and listened as Jimmy Buffett music played over the sound system at Bally's Bikini Beach Bar as the sun shined bright.A perfect summer day. But Couture's day was just beginning ....
Boardwalk Hall hosting Taylor fight in Sept.
Jul 01, 2007; ... One of the year's most anticipated fights is coming to Atlantic City this fall. The New Jersey Athletic Control Board announced late Friday that WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermaine Taylor will put his belts on the line against hard-hitting Kelly Pavlik at Boardwalk Hall on Sept ....
Barons come back to earn 3-3 tie with Richmond
Jul 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The Ocean City Barons men's soccer team tied the host Richmond (Va.) Kickers Future 3-3 Saturday in a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League game at the University of Richmond. Barons forward Jeremy Ortiz scored the tying goal on a penalty kick in the ...
DNA fast track still a slow train
Jul 01, 2007; ... DNA samples from four prostitutes found dead in a ditch last November were put on a "fast track" at the State Police lab, investigators say. Terry Oleson, who was staying at the Egg Harbor Township motel near where the bodies were found, offered to give DNA samples to clear his name in ...
Surf defeat Tornadoes
Jul 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WORCESTER. Mass. - The Atlantic City Surf used a solid outing from starter Monte Mansfield as well as a 10-hit night from their offense to beat the Worcester Tornadoes 3-1 Saturday night at Hanover Insurance Park. Mansfield (3-4) pitched seven innings ...
Wildwood house fire displaces about 50
Jul 01, 2007; ... WILDWOOD - Fifty people were left temporarily homeless late Friday after a fire erupted in their three-story rooming house. The fire was reported at about 10:28 p.m. Friday at 228 E. Garfield Ave. near Pacific Avenue. Gabriela Sanchez was in the kitchen of her apartment when ...
Iaconelli steps down after 18 years as coach of St. Augustine Prep
Jul 01, 2007; ... After 18 years and a 285-112 record, Tony Iaconelli has stepped down as baseball coach at St. Augustine Prep. Iaconelli, 46, will remain as the Buena Vista Township school's athletic director, the school announced in a statement Saturday. Michael Bylone, a former Hermits player, has ...
Unforgettable and unfortunate: 10 dark chapters in Phillies history
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Philadelphia Phillies are approaching the 10,000th loss in their history, the most of any professional sports franchise. The Phillies have 9,994 losses entering today's game against the New York Mets. A look at 10 of the most infamous chapters along their way to the milestone ...
Dale Jr. giving another Truex chance to race
Jul 01, 2007; ... Curtis Truex Jr. was in North Carolina, visiting his cousin and NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Martin Truex Jr. in March 2006, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. approached him. Earnhardt said he heard Curtis was a pretty good driver. He also said that he was looking for someone to drive a ...
District 16 LL: Stafford National beats LCM American
Jul 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The Stafford National 11-12-year-olds baseball team got an RBI single from Brandon Rice in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Lower Cape May American 5-4 Saturday in a District 16 Little League game.Rice singled into the gap in right field with ...
Motorcyclist killed in parkway crash
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports UPPER TOWNSHIP - A man died Saturday evening when the front wheel of his motorcycle struck the rear corner of the car ahead of him, causing him to be thrown from his vehicle, New Jersey State Police said. Edison Lopez, 23, of Lindenwold, was traveling ...
Still BlossomingGim Blossoms hit the road for summer
Jul 02, 2007; ... The Gin Blossoms were a radio staple in the early 1990s that seemed to disappear. But like many before them, the group is enjoying a second act. The Tempe, Ariz., band released its first album in a decade last year, and has spent part of the year on the road since 2002. "This is what I ...
Volleyball tourney nets positive returns for Riding Center
Jul 02, 2007 ... The 20th annual Ventnor Pier Beach Volleyball Tournament was held at the Cambridge Avenue beach in Ventnor on Saturday and Sunday. The annual event ...
Community: Cumberland County briefs
Jul 02, 2007 ... Art as poetryreturns to Millville "Sightlines 2007: Art as Poetry, Poetry as Art," is a collaboration of New Jersey visual artists and poets who interpret each other's works. It will be featured from Friday, July 20, through Friday, Aug. 10, at the Riverfront Renaissance ...
State Monitor takes over Pleasantville School District
Jul 02, 2007; ... PLEASANTVILLE - Today, a state-appointed Monitor begins working with the Pleasantville School District after years of controversy, scandal, personnel shuffles and legal wrangling. As an Abbott District, the 3,600-student Pleasantville system is funded mostly by state dollars. Of this ...
Boat racers fly through air briefly before crashing on skiff course
Jul 02, 2007; ... BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - Sunday's speed garvey and skiff races at the Barnegat featured lots of excitement - and an unexpected crash. No one was injured. At about 1:15 p.m., a skiff was racing along when it caught the wake of another boat, causing it to rise up in the air, said Pat Lauer, a ...
In your town: cape may county
Jul 02, 2007 ... Cape May Point Church celebrates125th Year Beadle Memorial Presbyter-ian Church, 506 Cave Ave., Cape May Point, is celebrating 125 years of summer ministry as a summer congregation with year-round residents and visitors, worship services and a Sunday School for ages ...
Area educator makes learning fun at Summer Academy for Kids
Jul 02, 2007; ...VINELAND - A woman who likes to put humor into her classroom, Lea Shapiro has tried to make education fun for children and adults in her long, varied career in education. This is the second of nine weeks of the Summer Academy for Kids at Cumberland County College, and it is the first ...
Rowand surprised to be joining Hamels, Utley on All-Star team
Jul 02, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Aaron Rowand had simple plans for the All-Star break. The Phillies' center fielder was going to be in Las Vegas watching the Home Run Derby from the Red Rock Casino. But those plans were scrapped Sunday afternoon when Rowand found out he was named to the All-Star game for ...
Sport Card, Comic Book, Toy Expo draws crowd to Wildwood Convention Center
Jul 02, 2007 ... The Sport Card, Comic Book and Toy Expo was held Saturday at the Wildwoods Convention Center. The event featured more than 100 tables of collectibles, sports cards, old and new toys, comic books, McFarlane toys collectibles, non-sports ...
5 Questions with Mary Wilson
Jul 02, 2007; ... For singer Mary Wilson, the '60s girl group still rings Supreme. The original member of the iconic Motown girl group is headlining the first of what she hopes will become a series of "Girl Power" concerts at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Wildwood Convention Center. Joining her for the ...
Little League Roundup: Greater Wildwood wins
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Greater Wildwood'sface=+Bold; face=-Bold; Edward McWade worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning to hang on for a 5-3 win over Stafford in a District 16 11-12-year-old Little League baseball game Sunday. Center fielder Austin Neri ...
Barons come back to tie Legacy
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Ocean City High School graduate Adam Sternberger scored the only goal of the second half as the Ocean City Barons came back to tie the host ...
Community: Cape May County briefs
Jul 02, 2007 ... Registration to end The last day to register in person for Atlantic Cape Community College's third summer session is Thursday. Online, mail and fax registrations will be accepted through 4 p.m. Sunday. The six-week session runs Monday, July 9 to Thursday, Aug.16. Regular ...
No injuries in Woodbine car fire
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WOODBINE - State Police responded to a car fire early Saturday that produced such an inferno they could not get near it until firefighters doused it. When troopers finally approached the gutted car, nobody was inside. State Police in the ...
Seaport Fourth celebration includes new seafood market
Jul 02, 2007 ... The Tuckerton Seaport held an Independence Day celebration Saturday. The event included the ...
Three injured in Galloway crash
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Several people were injured in a Saturday morning car accident. Police said a car with three people was heading north on Sixth Avenue at about 11:10 a.m. when it left the road in the 600 block. For some reason, the car ...
Surf Report
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Meet J.C. Huguet<HLN></HLN>face=-Bold;Starting pitcher J.C. Huguet, who also serves as the Atlantic City Surf's pitching coach, doesn't like to call himself superstitious. But he's changed his entrance music to "Flower" by Moby after starting the season winless at home ....
My blue(berry) heaven - Hammonton
Jul 02, 2007; ... HAMMONTON - All things blueberry was the theme at the 21st annual Red, White and Blueberry Festival on Sunday. Thousands of people from all over the region came to the grounds of Hammonton Middle School for the event to celebrate the fruit. Available for purchase was blueberry pie, ...
Diablos fall to powerful, DiCicco-led SoccerPlus
Jul 02, 2007; ... BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - SoccerPlus Connecticut's Tiffany Weimer seems as though she's playing a different game than everybody else on the field. Weimer showed why she's a member of the U.S. women's national-team pool with all three goals in a 3-1 win over the Atlantic City Diablos on ...
Community: Happenings
Jul 02, 2007 ... For fun face=+Bold; FABULOUS FAMILY NIGHTS AT WETLANDS INSTITUTE: face=-Bold; --Born in the USA, Thursday. --Wings of Wonder, Wednesday, July 11. --Snakes and more, Wednesday, July 18.Adult members $8 and nonmembers $9, children members $6, nonmembers ...
Dancing StarsReality TV comes to Boardwalk Hall
Jul 02, 2007; ... Ex-teen idol Joey McIntyre doesn't really have anything to prove career wise with his appearance on the "Dancing with the Stars - The Tour." Since the mid-'90s break up of New Kids on the Block, McIntyre has demonstrated his theatrical chops with stints on Broadway ("Wicked") and off ...
Surf beat Tornadoes in 13
Jul 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WORCESTER. Mass. - A double steal in the 13th inning led to two runs and the Atlantic City Surf beat the Worcester Tornadoes 3-2 in front of 1,959 fans Sunday at Hanover Insurance Park. It was the Surf's first extra-inning game of the season. ...
Jon Lovitz brings new comedic style to AC
Jul 02, 2007; ... You may know Jon Lovitz as one of many characters: Tommy Flanagan, Hanukkah Harry or maybe even Jay Sherman, but Lovitz has decided that in his new routine, he'd rather "be himself." Lovitz recently signed his life away to Los Angeles' Laugh Factory for every Wednesday night for the ...
Fitness classes give seniors chance to exercise, socialize
Jul 02, 2007 ... OCEAN TOWNSHIP -Thumping disco beats provided the backdrop to Friday's Forever Fit Mature Adult Fitness class, held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Waretown. Instructor Eileen Gallucci, a retired physical education teacher, keeps things lively and lighthearted. Instead of barking ...
Former Millville school official promoted in Cape
Jul 03, 2007; ... MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - The township's Board of Education will look for a new high school principal this summer after former Principal David Salvo took another job with the district. Superintendent Michael Kopakowski said the district will advertise and interview for the position, which he ...
Northfield erupts early, wins 17-7
Jul 03, 2007 ... Northfield scored nine runs in the first inning and went on to defeat host Margate 17-7 in a District 16 Little League softball game Monday night. Zoe Magee was the winning pitcher and Shelby Scheffler sparked the offense, going 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored....
Rearranging the furniture stores
Jul 03, 2007; ... NORTHFIELD - The change could hardly be easier for consumers driving along Tilton Road. Where a 94-year-old, family-run furniture store was an icon until last September, opening today will be an 80-year-old, family-run store, Oskar Huber Furniture & Design. The upscale ...
New Jersey prevents A.C. from getting even
Jul 03, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - For a team trying to get to .500, it's been a frustrating couple of weeks. On Monday night, that frustration continued for the Atlantic City Surf with a 10-7 loss to the New Jersey Jackals. It was the fourth time in little more than two weeks that the Surf ...
Man killed in Woodland crash
Jul 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WOODLAND TOWNSHIP - A two-motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a Toms River man has left a Lacey Township teenager in critical condition. At about 2:38 p.m. Sunday, a motorcycle driven by Travis Cheney, 19, of Lanoka Harbor, struck the rear of a ...
ACBL roundup: Highbee leads Absecon to 2-1 win
Jul 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Absecon defeated host Mays Landing 2-1 in the Atlantic County Baseball League on Monday night.Absecon won behind the bat and arm of Tom Highbee, who threw a complete game, striking out five and not walking anybody. Absecon went ahead 1-0 in ...
New Sea Isle Council takes oath of office
Jul 03, 2007; ... SEA ISLE CITY - A new City Council took the reins Sunday, when the city officially changed its form of government following a November referendum. Five new City Council members and the mayor were sworn in during a ceremony on the Promenade. During its first meeting, the council ...
Bill for job applicant's drug test should go to employer
Jul 03, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; I am being billed by a hospital for a pre-employment drug screening arranged by a potential employer and that was supposed to be paid for by that employer.face=-Bold; face=+Bold; I applied for the job and took the drug ...
Teen arrested in aunt's drive-by slaying
Jul 03, 2007; ... BRIDGETON- A city teenager was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting last month that inadvertently claimed the life of his aunt, South Avenue resident Elizabeth "Marie" Taylor, police announced Monday. Obadiah Taylor, 19, was being held Monday night at the ...
A.C. eager for removal of burnt buildings
Jul 03, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - As investigators work to determine the cause of a suspicious fire that destroyed five Boardwalk businesses June 24, the city is just hoping to get the debris down as quickly as possible. The building's owner has decided to hire his own demolition crew, rather than have ...
Man dies after being pulled from water in Ship Bottom
Jul 03, 2007; ... SHIP BOTTOM - A 63-year-old man in distress in the waters off the Seventh Street beach died while en route to Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin on Saturday, officials said Monday. Several beachgoers who witnessed the man's rescue are questioning the methods and response time ...
Man killed, Lacey Township teen injured in crash
Jul 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports WOODLAND TOWNSHIP - A two-motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a Toms River man has left a Lacey Township teenager in critical condition. At about 2:38 p.m. Sunday a motorcycle driven by Travis Cheney, 19, of Lanoka Harbor, struck the rear of a ...
Residents gather to get answers to increasing violence in Bridgeton
Jul 03, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - Angered by the slaying of a city woman a little more than a week ago, residents gathered at City Hall on Monday night to tell local and state officials that their neighborhoods are being inundated by an increasing tide of gang violence. More than 50 people packed into City ...
Sea Isle City gazebo not a federal case, court says
Jul 03, 2007; ... SEA ISLE CITY - A federal court dismissed a local woman's complaint that the city Zoning Board denied her constitutional right to due process in denying a height variance for her oversized gazebo. But the decision may not put an end to what has become a four-year-old case involving ...
Galloway police seek man in Commerce Bank robbery
Jul 03, 2007; ... GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Police were still looking for a suspect Monday who allegedly robbed the Commerce Bank at the corner of Jimmie Leeds and Pitney roads Sunday morning. Police responded to the bank at 11:02 a.m. after a man entered shortly after it had opened, authorities said. The man ...
July 4th events
Jul 03, 2007 ... face=+Bold; The following events will be held in celebration of Independence Day, July 4. All events are open to the public.<HLN></HLN>face=-Bold;Ocean County face=+Bold; WEDNESDAY, JULY 4thface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Barnegat Townshipface=-Bold; - Apocket Bleu, a local ...
LBT fire destroys apartment, damages store
Jul 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - A fire destroyed part of a building Monday evening in the North Beach Haven section of the township. A fire in the second floor apartment of the Just Bead It store on Long Beach Boulevard and 13th Street destroyed the second floor, ...
Oskar Huber takes over Kensington Furniture space
Jul 03, 2007; ... NORTHFIELD - The change could hardly be easier for consumers driving along Tilton Road. Where a 94-year-old, family-run furniture store was an icon until last September, opening today will be an 80-year-old, family-run store, Oskar Huber Furniture & Design. The upscale ...