Press of Atlantic City back issues from August 2007:
Cape May Point ordered to begin property reval
Aug 01, 2007; ... CAPE MAY POINT - Houses here don't look any different than they did a few years ago, but the experts say there has been a huge change. They call it market value. It's been rising. When that market value rises, it can only mean one thing: It's time to do a new property revaluation or a ...
Police, fir and courts
Aug 01, 2007 ... MAYS LANDING Two teenagers indicted on felony murder charges Two teenagers were indicted Tuesday in connection with a Jan. 29 robbery that left an Atlantic City man dead, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said. Jeffrey Brown-Pointer, 18, of Sicklerville ...
Moving time for new Assumption school
Aug 01, 2007; ... GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - The new Assumption Regional Catholic School moved one step closer to relocating on Tuesday as movers hauled in new furniture, hoping to dispel rumors that the school won't be ready for its projected Sept. 5 opening. The new school building, which will be accompanied ...
Gruesome testimony in Daniels murder trial
Aug 01, 2007; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Dr. Chase Blanchard told jurors Tuesday that the large, gaping wound in Wallace Savitz's neck immediately drew her attention as she began conducting an autopsy on the 81-year-old man's bloodied body. Blanchard said the wound was between 11/2 inches to 2 inches ...
A.C., 3 other cities get N.J. needle-exchange go-ahead
Aug 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Local health officials expect to be ready in September to start giving clean needles to intravenous drug abusers under an experimental program approved Tuesday by the state to try to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS. The city will join Camden, Newark and Paterson in the ...
In Ocean County
Aug 01, 2007 ... SOCH physician editor of cancer handbook When the publishers of the medical journal, Oncology, decided to distribute a medical handbook featuring the latest advances in cancer treatment, they tapped the expertise of four of the nation's most renowned cancer specialists to serve as ...
Pastor offered forgiveness, parishioners called cops in theft
Aug 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - On the same day a woman was charged with taking $20,000 from the fundraising coffers of a local Catholic school and two parishes, the local pastor who chose not to report the theft to police strongly defended his decision Tuesday. The Rev. Patsy C. Amabile says that he knew a ...
Police, fire and courts
Aug 01, 2007 ... ABSECON Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to federal charge Absecon's former postmaster pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden on Tuesday to making false reports to deceive the U.S. Postal Service out of more than $30,000, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said. Charles ...
Stafford slaying suspect seeks to avoid death penalty
Aug 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Attorneys for the accused killer of two Stafford boys have filed motions seeking to protect their client from the death penalty. Richard Toledo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is accused of bludgeoning Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and his brother Zabdiel, 7, to death with a claw ...
St. Barnabas Art Group Show set for next two weekends
Aug 01, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - For more than 24 years, Fury Feraco's beautiful gardens and lanes at 2723 Bay Drive in Lower Township have been the site of the St. Barnabas Art Group Show, held the first two weekends in August.This year's shows will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4-5 and Aug ....
Boat runs aground, spills fuel in Little Egg Inlet
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - A boat ran aground in the Little Egg Inlet off of the township's Holgate section Tuesday, authorities said.The boat was a 59-foot wooden vessel and operated by one man who was not injured, police said.A trooper ...
Ocean County Happenings
Aug 01, 2007 ... Arts & music face=+Bold; AMERICAface=-Bold; , the band, presented by Surflight Theatre 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Stafford Township Arts Center OceanFirst Theater, 1000 McKinley Ave., face=+Bold; Manahawkinface=-Bold; . Tickets $68. Call 492-9477. See face=+Bold; ...
Surf rally in ninth to beat Jackals
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports LITTLE FALLS TOWNSHIP - Wil Quintana singled with two outs in a tie game in the ninth Tuesday night to score Anthony Granato to help push Atlantic City to a 4-2 win over New Jersey. Joe Burke followed Quintana's hit with another RBI single. ...
Riley leads Sea Isle City at Tri-Resort
Aug 01, 2007; ... UPPER TOWNSHIP - All three teams were competitive Tuesday at the Tri-Resort Lifeguard Championshps, but defending champion Sea Isle City won three of the first four races and held on to win again. Sea Isle, which got singles and doubles row wins from Sean Riley, totaled 26 points to win ...
Name game settled; recall petition advances
Aug 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - A drive to recall the resort's mayor moved forward Tuesday, after attorneys for the city and the recall group agreed that the recall petition could target both Bob and Robert W. Levy Sr.After the hearing, the petition group signed and filed paperwork at the Atlantic ...
Jackson's Goodale takes Rutgers' wrestling reins
Aug 01, 2007; ... Rutgers University turned to one of New Jersey's own for a new wrestling coach Tuesday afternoon. Scott Goodale, who turned Jackson Memorial into a state high school power, is the new coach. He was 155-16 in seven seasons at Jackson. Goodale, 35, replaces, John Sacchi, who retired in ...
Woman groped on street in Beach Haven
Aug 01, 2007; ... BEACH HAVEN - A 35-year-old woman was attacked and groped Sunday after leaving a bar in the early morning hours, police said. This is not the first incident of its kind to occur in the borough, according to police Director Lou Taranto. In June another woman was attacked after leaving ...
Millville First says city isn't properly collecting fees from developers
Aug 01, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - In a press conference Tuesday morning, community watchdog group Millville First alleged dereliction by the city government in the administration of its own review and inspection fees levied against developers of local projects. The group cited two prominent Millville ...
Pollution, algae choking Barnegat Bay, NOAA report says
Aug 01, 2007; ... Excess nutrients, including nitrogen from nonpoint source pollution, are choking the Barnegat Bay, according to a report issued Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report examines the health of estuaries around the nation and has listed Barnegat Bay as ...
Body found off Sea Girt identified as New York artist Blake
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports TOMS RIVER - The body of a man that was discovered by a fisherman approximately 41/2 miles off the cost of Sea Girt on July 22 has been finally been identified, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford. On Tuesday, Dr. Haskell Askin, a ...
Ship Bottom cites 17 for underage alcohol possession after d
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports SHIP BOTTOM - Seventeen people were cited for underage possession of alcohol following Friday's deck collapse, according to a statement released by Ship Bottom police. On the morning of July 24, police went to a deck collapse on East Bay Terrace. Seven ...
Teen struck by train had stopped to help friend
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Hammonton teen killed Monday in a train collision had stopped to help a friend before she was struck, according to information provided by both her father and NJ Transit. Gabrielle Campione, 15, was with eight other teens when the accident occurred at about 2:45 p.m., NJ Transit ...
Potential contribution, potential problems
Aug 01, 2007; ... PLEASANTVILLE - A Board of Education member could lose his post and the board's choice of a health insurance broker for the school district could be a violation of state law if a campaign contribution document proves to be valid. According to a political contribution disclosure form ...
Oyster Creek N-plant still hopes to operate at 100 percent soon
Aug 01, 2007; ... The Oyster Creek nuclear generating station is still operating at 70 percent of power, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. But AmerGen hopes to be back at 100 percent in order to maximize profits in the developing heat wave, when consumers crank up the air conditioning. The nuclear ...
Woman listed in critical condition after being rescued off O.C. beach
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports OCEAN CITY - A 21-year-old woman is in critical condition after she nearly drowned in the water off the Eighth Street beach, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, is from Russia and was swimming with a friend. She was pulled from ...
Body found off Sea Girt ID'd as that of New York artist
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports TOMS RIVER - The body of a man that was discovered by a fisherman approximately 41/2 miles off the cost of Sea Girt on July 22 has been finally been identified, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford. On Tuesday, Dr. Haskell Askin, a ...
Deadline passes to place casino shutdown safeguard on Novemb
Aug 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - A state lawmaker's proposal for a constitutional amendment to protect the casinos from another government shutdown like the one that halted gambling last year will die today. Sen. James "Sonny" McCullough, R-Atlantic, conceded defeat after his plan stalled in the Senate ...
Body found off Sea Girt ID'd as New York artist
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports TOMS RIVER - The body of a man that was discovered by a fisherman approximately 41/2 miles off the cost of Sea Girt on July 22 has finally been identified, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford. On Tuesday, Dr. Haskell Askin, a ...
Woman attacked, groped on Beach Haven street
Aug 01, 2007; ... BEACH HAVEN - A 35-year-old woman was attacked and groped Sunday after leaving a bar in the early morning hours, police said. This is not the first incident of its kind to occur in the borough, according to police Director Lou Taranto. In June, another woman was attacked after leaving ...
Judge urges murder suspect to take deal if he's guilty
Aug 01, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - Speaking through a sign language interpreter Tuesday, a judge urged a deaf Millville man to reconsider - if he is guilty of the murder with which he is charged - taking a plea deal offered earlier last month by prosecutors. Dontay Milbourne, 27, of Millville, appeared before ...
Slaying suspect seeks to avoid death
Aug 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Attorneys for the accused killer of two Stafford boys have filed motions seeking to protect their client from the death penalty. Richard Toledo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is accused of bludgeoning Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and his brother Zabdiel, 7, to death with a claw ...
Suspect sought in Lower Twp. beating
Aug 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports LOWER TOWNSHIP - Police are looking for a man who beat another man outside the Velvet Lounge at the Pier 6600 Motor Inn in the Diamond Beach section early Saturday morning. Police responded to the motel at about 2 a.m. and searched the area for the ...
Atlantic City trauma center to bear Harrah's name
Aug 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The city's trauma center got a special gift and a new name Tuesday. Harrah's Foundation became the first corporate donor to AtlantiCare's Special Gifts Campaign, pledging a total of <HLN></HLN> $1 million over the next five years. "Through this generous ...
Correction/ clarification
Aug 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Region:face=-Bold; A workers compensation claim filed by Joyce Houser, a school nurse married to Barnegat Board of Education member Robert Houser, was withdrawn with prejudice and cannot be refiled, according to Education Commissioner Lucille Davy when she overruled a judge's ...
Pollution, algae choking bay, report says
Aug 01, 2007; ... Excess nutrients, including nitrogen from nonpoint source pollution, are choking the Barnegat Bay, according to a report issued Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report examines the health of estuaries around the nation and has listed Barnegat Bay as ...
Stafford murder suspect seeks to avoid death penalty
Aug 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Attorneys for the accused killer of two Stafford boys have filed motions seeking to protect their client from the death penalty. Richard Toledo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is accused of bludgeoning Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and his brother Zabdiel, 7, to death with a claw ...
Stafford slaying suspect seeks to avoid death penalty
Aug 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Attorneys for the accused killer of two Stafford Township boys have filed motions seeking to protect their client from the death penalty. Richard Toledo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is accused of bludgeoning Karlo Gonzalez, 14, and his brother Zabdiel, 7, to death ...
Cape May Point ordered to begin property reval
Aug 01, 2007; ... CAPE MAY POINT - Houses here don't look any different than they did a few years ago, but the experts say there has been a huge change. They call it market value. It's been rising. When that market value rises, it can only mean one thing: It's time to do a new property revaluation or a ...
Police review of surveillance recordings missed Daniels, defense attorney shows
Aug 02, 2007; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Images of Wallace Savitz's lifeless body were set aside Wednesday, replaced with video of Savitz casually walking through the entrance to Sandman Towers in Wildwood with the aid of his cane. The time was 5:37 p.m. June 12, 2004; less than 48 hours later, Savitz, ...
Juvenile sentencings
Aug 02, 2007 ... The Press of Atlantic City covers high-profile juvenile cases, including murders, but also reports sentencing for other crimes, such as assaults, rapes, sexual assaults, armed robberies, arson and weapons offenses. The following cases were recently handled in Family Court by Judge James L ....
Atlantic Shore Devils start regions tonight
Aug 02, 2007; ... The Atlantic Shore Devils 14-year-old baseball all-stars head west to Lindenwold in Camden County tonight to start play in the Babe Ruth Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament. The tournament is hosted by the Gibbsboro Voorhees Athletic Association and will be using fields in Voorhees and Lindenwold ...
Two-Mile Landing restaurants will not try to reopen this year
Aug 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; From Press staff reportsface=-Bold; LOWER TOWNSHIP - Two popular seafood restaurants at Two-Mile Landing will not reopen this year as the owners explore how to make them structurally safe. Jim Salasin, one of the owners of the Crab House Restaurant and Two-Mile Landing ...
The Buzz in Ocean County
Aug 02, 2007 ... face=+Italic; A look at the lighter, quirky and colorful side of the news.<HLN></HLN><HLN></HLN>face=-Italic; Crime's no kick.The Stafford Township Police Department will be window shopping this week. Literally.On July 28 at a little past 1 a.m., police picked up Ryan L ....
Garden State Parkway expansion to include critter-crossing t
Aug 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports How will the snakes, frogs and salamanders cross the Garden State Parkway? Through tunnels. If they can find them. As part of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's $135 million plan to widen the highway from two lanes to three between Toms River ...
Ex-Cape corrections officer faces misconduct charges
Aug 02, 2007; ... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - A former Cape May County corrections officer was indicted this week on two counts of official misconduct after he allegedly had sexual contact with two inmates at the county jail in summer 2005. According to a Cape May County grand jury, Thomas Koochembere, 41, of ...
County to open park in Barnegat this fall
Aug 02, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - After several years in the making, Barnegat is set to get its very own county park this fall.At Wednesday's meeting of the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Freeholder John C. Bartlett described the plans for turning the site of a historic cranberry bog into a ...
Profits fall at Borgata in second quarter
Aug 02, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - An aggressive marketing war among Atlantic City casinos and stiffer competition from slot parlors in Pennsylvania eroded second-quarter earnings at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, parent company Boyd Gaming Corp. reported Wednesday. Borgata's net income slumped 17 ...
Terry Dolan
Aug 02, 2007 ... ABSECON - A new active-adult community going up on the site of a former elementary school could strongly benefit the city's taxpayers. The Pinnacle Club at Absecon, a 55-and-older community, is under construction. The development will house 84 condominium units in three buildings, city ...
Responding to recall bid, Levy says he won't quit
Aug 02, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The mayor isn't resigning. "Not at all," Mayor Bob Levy said Wednesday from home, where he is recuperating from complications from June back surgery that removed a disc. "I plan on continuing. The No. 1 priority is our taxes and to stabilize and get the budget under ...
food_wine bank, Realtor launch LBI food drive
Aug 02, 2007; ... BEACH HAVEN - The FoodBank of Ocean and Monmouth Counties is hoping vacationers at the shore might be generous this summer. During the summer, donations of nonperishable food items slow down significantly compared to the number of contributions that are made during the Thanksgiving and ...
County's school administrator of year calls classroom foundation of learning
Aug 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Keith C. Figgs, 55, assistant superintendent for administration, has filled his duties as teacher, principal and district administrator with distinction. Much as he appreciates the promotions and awards, hearing what a former student like Billy tells him is what he says ...
Chicken Bone Beach Foundation marks 10th anniversary
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; ATLANTIC CITYface=-Bold; - Henrietta Shelton, president of the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc., is on a mission to share Atlantic City's black history with local residents and visitors alike, as the foundation's 10th anniversary, kicked off with a July-August jazz ...
LBI Foundation cell tower proposal draws opposition
Aug 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - An easy way for a local nonprofit organization to generate revenue may not come to fruition. Negotiations for Verizon Wireless to construct a cellular-antenna tower on the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences' site have come to a halt. Verizon ...
Little Egg Harbor library holds 'Fear Factor' event
Aug 01, 2007; ... LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Libraries are not just about books and reading. They can also be fun in other ways. That was apparent Friday at the Little Egg Harbor Township branch of the Ocean County Library, when 40 people showed up to watch 20 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16 ...
Porreca sues Millville over way it attracts developers, new businesses
Aug 02, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - The way he sees it, it's all a matter of the Constitution. Paul Porreca, a former superior court judge and prominent local resident, said the lawsuit he has filed against the city is the byproduct of the frustration he has felt over Millville's failure to police itself and ...
Eagles camp '07
Aug 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; KEEPING UP WITH McNABBface=-Bold;Wednesday marked the first time quarterback Donovan McNabb donned shoulder pads since Nov. 19, when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee vs. Tennessee. He looked surprisingly sharp during the full-speed ...
Jurors want to hear it again in Bianchi trial
Aug 02, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Even on the slow days, the child molestation trial of North Wildwood motel owner Anthony "Mark" Bianchi has taken its strange turns.Jurors began deliberating Wednesday to reach a verdict for Bianchi, who stands accused of molesting and sexually abusing teenage boys ...
Woodbine school board cleared by ethics panel in superintendent's hire
Aug 02, 2007; ... WOODBINE - The Board of Education did not exhibit nepotism by hiring its boss's sister, the state School Ethics Commission found. Woodine parent James Thomas filed a complaint alleging it was improper for the board to hire Lynda Anderson-Towns as its superintendent last year, since ...
Two runners-up challenging Local 54 vote
Aug 02, 2007; ... Elections at the region's predominant casino union rarely want for controversy. In keeping with Local 54 of UNITE-HERE's history of challenged elections, two of its members who lost for president in a recent six-way race have filed separate letters of protest with the union. They are ...
State approves Buena Regional solution to close its budget gap
Aug 02, 2007; ... The hole in the Buena Regional school budget that was discovered in May was finally closed today, but not without the school board president giving a reminder that celebrations were hardly warranted. The state Department of Education notified the school district in writing that the ...
State approves Buena Regional school budget fix
Aug 02, 2007; ... The hole in the Buena Regional school budget that was discovered in May was finally closed Wednesday, but not without the school board president giving a reminder that celebrations were hardly warranted. The state Department of Education notified the school district in writing that the ...
Bird watching
Aug 02, 2007 ... face=+Italic; Staff Writer David Weinberg looks at individual players and their roles for the upcoming season. face=-Italic; face=+Bold; NAMEface=-Bold; : Brodrick Bunkley face=+Bold; AGEface=-Bold; : 23 face=+Bold; POSITIONface=-Bold; : Defensive ...
Anti-poverty conference set for today and Friday
Aug 02, 2007; ... Poverty is the agenda today for a two-day conference in New Jersey's poorest county.The conference at Cumberland County College in Vineland begins this morning with several speakers taking the floor, including the former New Jersey secretary of state and an anti-poverty activist who ...
Boat breaking up, leaking fuel on Little Egg Inlet sandbar
Aug 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - A boat that went aground Tuesday evening was still not removed Wednesday from a sandbar south of Long Beach Island in Little Egg Inlet, officials said Wednesday evening. "It's pretty much in the center of Little Egg Inlet, south of LBI and north of Little Beach," ...
The Buzz
Aug 02, 2007 ... face=+Italic; A look at the lighter, quirky and colorful side of the news.face=-Italic;Beware of the god WMGM-TV 40 did a story last weekend about dogs getting into fights as their owners walked them on a local beach. But when they transcribed the report to their Web site, ...