Press of Atlantic City back issues from September 2007:
Stockton women's tennis starts season with shutout
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The Richard Stockton College women's tennis team opened the season with a 9-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham on Friday in Galloway Township. Stockton's Kelli Williams did not lose a single game as she won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 and ...
Surf lose to Grays after making playoffs
Sep 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The Surf found out Thursday that they had already clinched a spot in the playoffs despite losing the game. They popped the corks off a few bottles of champagne and cracked a few beers. Through four innings Friday against the Grays, it looked as though Atlantic ...
New-look Rutgers offense makes impressive debut vs. Buffalo
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Rutgers football team doesn't play the way it used to. Considering that the Scarlet Knights were the punch lines of bad jokes for years, this is probably a good thing.However, the two places where Rutgers has recently had consistent playmakers weren't even looked at in Thursday's ...
New shellfish-harvest restrictions imposed in bay
Sep 01, 2007; ... New shellfish harvesting restrictions have been imposed on 334 acres in the Delaware Bay because of degraded water quality that the state Department of Environmental Protection is blaming on stormwater runoff. The DEP announced the restrictions Friday for sections of the bay off ...
Autism grant lets Millville school open second class
Sep 01, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - Rick Shain never doubted its necessity. The growing need to accommodate the district's autistic students has always been a priority, the director of Special Services said, but past state funding issues made it difficult to gain any significant advancement in the ...
LEHT business owners claim MVC, town forcing them out of business
Sep 01, 2007; ... LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The owners of a local used-car dealership are complaining that they are being "railroaded" out of business by the state's Motor Vehicle Commission and the township's Zoning Board. Tony and Debbie Randazzo have owned and operated a used car dealership on ...
Public tells panel about the ills of health care in New Jersey
Sep 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - A measly $16. That's how much the Rev. Giselle Coutinho, a minister at a Camden church, had to pay for medical treatment after suffering a severe allergic reaction on a recent trip to her native Portugal. At a public hearing Tuesday night at Cumberland County College ...
Two injured in LBT motorcycle accident
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - Two people were injured Friday in a motorcycle accident after a piece of clothing on one of the riders was caught in a wheel, police said. The couple, whose names were withheld, were near Pershing Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in ...
Vineland festival to celebrate food, culture
Sep 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Once a month, on a Friday night, Samuel Murray pushes the wooden chairs back against the buttery yellow walls of his Jamaican cafe, Taste of the Islands.He makes room for a small crowd of fellow immigrants from the Caribbean island, who talk, cheer and jeer over their ...
Guarded beaches
Sep 01, 2007 ... GUARDED BEACHES Following is a list of beaches that will be guarded during and after Labor Day weekend 2007. Beach goers are reminded to swim only at beaches staffed with lifeguards. face=+Bold; ATLANTIC COUNTY face=-Bold; --face=+Bold; Atlantic City:face=-Bold; All ...
Man assaulted, robbed in Wildwood
Sep 01, 2007; ... WILDWOOD - A local man was hit on the head and robbed of cash and his car early Friday morning, and police arrested one man in connection with the robbery. Wildwood police said three men approached the victim, who was struck on the head with a weapon in the area of Poplar and New Jersey ...
Feeley has surgery; Eagles won't say if he or Kolb is No. 2
Sep 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles rarely make it through a season without some sort of quarterback controversy. The latest version began to take hold Thursday night, as soon as it was announced that backup A.J. Feeley had suffered a broken left hand during a 13-11 loss to the New York Jets at ...
Army Corps can't pay for more munitions cleanup on LBI
Sep 01, 2007; ... SURF CITY - With the end of summer here, it was unclear Friday whether funding will be available this fall to continue the cleanup of World War I-era military munitions pumped ashore during a beach replenishment project last winter, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said late ...
Thieves steal 180 cell phones from A.C. store
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports ATLANTIC CITY - Thieves stole about 180 cell phones plus equipment together worth between $70,000 and $80,000 when they broke into the T-Mobile store in The Walk, police Sgt. Lee Hendricks said in a release Friday. Thieves first broke into an adjacent ...
$15,000 grant to go for study on merging towns' courts
Sep 01, 2007; ... WEST CAPE MAY - The borough and two neighboring towns have received a $15,000 state grant to study the feasibility of merging municipal court systems, Mayor Pam Kaithern announced Friday. The borough already shares a municipal court with Cape May Point but the study would look into ...
Hopewell Twp. log cabin stands the test of time
Sep 01, 2007; ... HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - As she stood next to one of the oldest houses still standing in Cumberland County, Shirley Baitinger marveled Friday at the dizzying heights to which an ancient wisteria vine had climbed. With branches almost 6 inches in diameter, the plant twists and crawls upward ...
You may already be a winner - of a sales pitch
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; Does anyone ever win money from the NME Prize Disbursement company in Clearwater, Fla.? The company sends out lots of direct mail about a $2.1 million sweepstakes, but I never see information on anyone winning. The sweepstakes it ...
80 surfers, from Ocean City to Hawaii, compete in tournament
Sep 01, 2007; ... SEA ISLE CITY - The forecast for the opening day of the Oakley Pro Junior surfing tournament looked bleak. Early morning revealed small swell, but as the tide came in, the waves improved considerably.Round one opened with 80 surfers, mostly from Hawaii and Florida. This is an ...
Shep On Fishing: Flounder season is a good thing ending too
Sep 01, 2007 ... Flounder season ends in little more than a week. The hard part about this is not only that it is a season shortened by seven weeks, but flounder fishing is going strong and likely will be on Sept. 10, the last day of the season. A quick survey of back-bay partyboats and marinas ...
Avalon asks for approval for 2 dredging projects
Sep 01, 2007; ... AVALON - The borough is waiting for state and federal approvals to dredge two of its back waterways, a project that will fill its existing dredge disposal island to capacity. The dredging, which will affect the Long Reach and Whale Harbor waterways, could start this fall. Larry ...
Man sought who burglarized 3 Galloway stores
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Police are searching for a man who was caught on video burglarizing three businesses early Wednesday morning. Police responded to multiple burglar alarms at 12:59 a.m. Wednesday from a shopping center across from AtlantiCare Regional ...
Patients still hospitalized in crash
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A husband and wife seriously injured in a two-car collision on Monday morning remained in critical condition on Friday at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City. The hospital had no information Friday evening on another ...
Brigantine police shoot at attacking dog
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports BRIGANTINE - Police were forced to shoot a dog that attacked two officers Friday, officials said. An unidentified woman reported to police that she was chased and attacked in her home by a neighbor's dog Friday afternoon, police said. The dog, a German ...
Vineland man gets five years in slaying
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports BRIDGETON - A Vineland man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for his role in a 2005 shooting that prosecutors described as a feud-related scare tactic that turned deadly. William Rosado, 29, must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence, ...
A.C. resident waits for next time she'll be robbed
Sep 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Lucy McGlynn has lived in the Cove for nine years. She says she's been robbed 10 times, the latest on Aug. 22.She came home from the grocery store at about 9 p.m. She had her adult son Jason take her pocketbook upstairs while she closed the garage door and brought in ...
Clarification
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Region:face=-Bold; A press release Thursday from the Atlantic City Police Department about resort police hiring stated that "despite steep budget cuts imposed by City Council when they adopted ...
Galloway Township boxer Shamone Alvarez stays perfect in Atl
Sep 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Shamone Alvarez wasn't thrilled. The Galloway Township welterweight remained undefeated Friday night with a 12-round unanimous decision over Germaine Sanders at Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom. But he thought he should have done better. "I'm ...
West Cape hikes mercantile fees
Sep 01, 2007; ... WEST CAPE MAY - The borough is increasing mercantile license fees for the first time in eight years but is also putting in a reward system for those who pay on time. The new system, which will go into effect later this month, offers a discounted rate if the license is purchased before ...
Police shoot dog in Brigantine
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports BRIGANTINE - Police were forced to shoot a dog that attacked two officers Friday, police said. An unidentified woman reported to police that she was chased and attacked in her home by a neighbor's dog Friday afternoon, police said. The dog, a German ...
Son of slain corrections officer joins State Police
Sep 02, 2007; ... PORT NORRIS - Jason Baker is apparently not easily dissuaded.He was just 14 when his father was stabbed to death at Bayside State Prison on July 30, 1997. That day, the teenager told The Press of Atlantic City that his father's murder would not change the boy's aspirations to become a ...
Eagles cut Bloom, Johnson
Sep 02, 2007; ... Sav Rocca is still a Philadelphia Eagle. The former Australian Rules football player officially won his duel with incumbent Dirk Johnson to become the team's punter this season on Saturday. Johnson was among 22 players released by coach Andy Reid and general manager Tom ...
Locals Harris, Hunter released by NFL teams
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The number of area players in the NFL is now down from three to zero. The Green Bay Packers released tight end Clark Harris, while the Seattle Seahawks let go cornerback Pete Hunter on Saturday as both teams had to pare their rosters down to 53 players ...
With A.C. abortion clinic shut, Cherry Hill sees spike
Sep 02, 2007; ... When the area's only abortion clinic, Alternatives in Atlantic City, was shut down for health violations in June, local women in need of its services were left with no nearby options. Since then, many have been making the trip to the Cherry Hill Women's Center to get an abortion at the ...
Stockton sports roundup: Duarte brothers combine for 3 goals
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Richard Stockton College freshman Rafael Duarte (Ocean City HS) scored his first two career goals and Eric Lewis dished three assists to lead the Ospreys to a season-opening 4-0 men's soccer victory over Centenary at the Drew University Fall Festival in Madison ...
Elite junior surfers get comfy in Sea Isle City
Sep 02, 2007; ... SEA ISLE CITY - The Oakley Pro Junior brought surfers from Brazil, California, Florida, and Hawaii here this weekend. Many of these under-21 surfers are among the world's elite juniors and spend the year traveling the world. Oakley rented a three-story duplex on 39th Street to house its ...
Ian Keyser, Kori Kraus win 78th Atlantic City Pageant Ocean
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports ATLANTIC CITY - Ian Keyser, a 16-year-old Avalon Beach Patrol rookie, won the 78th annual Atlantic City Pageant Ocean Swim on Saturday morning.Keyser, a St. Augustine Prep swimmer and a resident of the Petersburg section of Upper Township, finished ...
Stedman Graham visits hometown of Whitesboro
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Stedman Graham, a Whitesboro native and best-selling author of 10 books, was in town Saturday to host a leadership development program for boys and men. Graham, who besides writing several New York Times bestsellers is a motivational ...
Guarded beaches
Sep 02, 2007 ... GUARDED BEACHES Following is a list of beaches that will be guarded during and after Labor Day weekend 2007. Beach goers are reminded to swim only at beaches staffed with lifeguards. face=+Bold; ATLANTIC COUNTY face=-Bold; --face=+Bold; Atlantic City:face=-Bold; All ...
Woman dies in accident; driver faces drug charge
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports A woman was killed Saturday night in a two-car collision on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, police said, and the driver of the car that struck her was charged with marijuana possession. The accident took place shortly after 8 p.m., ...
Real estate transactions for Aug. 19
Sep 02, 2007 ... Atlantic County ABSECON face=+Bold; 26H Oyster Bay Road,face=-Bold; Oyster Bay Inc. to Mayoli A. Parra; 6/25/2007. $184,900 face=+Bold; 16 E. Woodland Ave.,face=-Bold; John L. Davis to Rozelia L. Triggs; 6/27/2007. $175,000 face=+Bold; 40 E. Woodland ...
Somers Point to honor Richard Somers
Sep 02, 2007 ... From Press staff reports SOMERS POINT - A local citizens group will hold an unofficial tribute to Richard Somers on Tuesday in the city that bears his name. The group, Liberty and Prosperity, will gather at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the steps of Somers Mansion to pay tribute to Somers, ...
Surf slip past Brockton
Sep 03, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The next big game is Wednesday. With that in mind, Surf manager Chris Carminucci rested his starters Sunday as Atlantic City beat the Brockton Rox 3-2. The Surf clinched a spot in the playoffs last week, and with Nashua losing Sunday afternoon, they knew they ...
The Surf Report
Sep 03, 2007 ... face=+Italic; Editor's note: This is the final Surf Report of the season.face=-Italic; face=+Bold; <HLN></HLN>face=-Bold; Meet Clyde Williams Williams doesn't mind traveling. Atlantic City is the fourth team Williams, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound designated hitter from Orlando, Fla., ...
High school boys soccer 2007 season preview
Sep 03, 2007 ... A look at the high school boys soccer season (last season's record in parentheses) A few of the favorites face=+Bold; Ocean Cityface=-Bold; (19-2): Opponents, beware. Last season the Red Raiders won a fourth straight Cape-Atlantic League American Conference title and finished ...
Sacred Heart boys soccer team loaded with talent, experience
Sep 03, 2007; ... Sacred Heart High School's boys soccer team wasn't on too many people's radar when the 2006 season started. Nobody outside the small Vineland school's campus was talking about conference titles and state tournaments. But after coming seemingly out of nowhere to go 15-2-1 and ...
Eagles bring J.R. Reed back to return kickoffs
Sep 03, 2007; ... J.R. Reed did not hear his cell phone ring right away, so it took a while for Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid to reach him Sunday afternoon. "I had it on silent," Reed said with a laugh during a conference call. "I was playing 'Tetris' on my phone and then I was watching the movie ...
Coast Guard rescues boaters off coast of A.C.
Sep 03, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a boat that was taking on water Sunday morning about 14 miles southeast of Altantic City. The Coast Guard received a distress call from the operator of the 26-foot Surfbroad, which reported having more ...
Got milk money?
Sep 03, 2007; ... The high price of feed, fertilizer and fuel across the country, along with international events, is forcing New Jersey consumers to pay more for milk."Basically, it's supply and demand," said Daniel Wunderlich, coordinator of dairy programs for the state Department of Agriculture ....
Political courtesy often has its limits
Sep 03, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - In the often-ruthless world of local politics, a rare professional courtesy exists between outgoing politicians and their newly elected successors. Most former mayors, commissioners and council members lay low for about a year before resuming their roles in the public arena ....
Vacationing New Yorkers invade Long Beach Island
Sep 03, 2007; ... Sue and Tom Farrell, of Goshen, New York, trudged back from the beach late Friday afternoon to their rented Cape Cod home in Long Beach Township. It was their last day on Long Beach Island before returning home Saturday. The Farrells said they discovered Long Beach Island for the first ...
Stockton women's tennis starts season with shutout
Sep 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports The Richard Stockton College women's tennis team opened the season with a 9-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham on Friday in Galloway Township. Stockton's Kelli Williams did not lose a single game as she won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 and ...
Surf lose to Grays after making playoffs
Sep 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - The Surf found out Thursday that they had already clinched a spot in the playoffs despite losing the game. They popped the corks off a few bottles of champagne and cracked a few beers. Through four innings Friday against the Grays, it looked as though Atlantic ...
Public tells panel about the ills of health care in N.J.
Sep 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - A measly $16. That's how much the Rev. Giselle Coutinho, a minister at a Camden church, had to pay for medical treatment after suffering a severe allergic reaction on a recent trip to her native Portugal. At a public hearing this week at Cumberland County College on ...
Linwood florist thrives; his brother folds
Sep 02, 2007 ... Another piece of Atlantic City's prior golden age is disappearing these days as excavators demolish the former Brighton Florist Shop and greenhouses on Shore Road in Linwood. Beyond the history of the shop - the first on the Mainland, established in 1925 to provide flowers to the city's ...
Cape still guessing who won the lottery
Sep 03, 2007; ... LOWER TOWNSHIP - The deli refers to itself as a Hole-In-The-Wall, an unpretentious name in an unpretentious area of the township's Villas section. On Sunday, things looked the same outside Blitz's Hole-In-The-Wall as they had days before: Milk crates stacked outside next to an ice box, ...
Public works crews clean up after beachgoers all go home
Sep 03, 2007; ... Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, is also the unofficial end of beach garbage. Broken and abandoned beach chairs. Used boogie boards. Small plastic shovels that have built their last sandcastle. "We probably pick up 200 beach chairs a week," said Harry deButts, Avalon's ...
Eagles bring J.R. Reed back to return kickoffs
Sep 03, 2007; ... J.R. Reed did not hear his cell phone ring right away, so it took a while for Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid to reach him Sunday afternoon. "I had it on silent," Reed said with a laugh during a conference call. "I was playing 'Tetris' on my phone and then I was watching the movie ...
Sacred Heart boys soccer team loaded with talent, experience
Sep 03, 2007; ... Sacred Heart High School's boys soccer team wasn't on too many people's radar when the 2006 season started. Nobody outside the small Vineland school's campus was talking about conference titles and state tournaments. But after coming seemingly out of nowhere to go 15-2-1 and ...
High school girls soccer preview
Sep 04, 2007 ... face=+Italic; A look at the high school girls soccer season (last season's record in parentheses)<HLN></HLN>face=-Italic; A few of the favorites face=+Bold; Holy Spiritface=-Bold; (14-4): It's one thing to say you're coaching the deepest team you've had in your six-year tenure as ...
Surf lose regular season finale
Sep 04, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - It was an uneventful regular season finale for the Atlantic City Surf Monday. Brockton scored early and often and went on to beat the Surf 10-0 at Bernie Robbins Stadium. Rox outfielder Jerod Edmondson came into the game with 195 at-bats this season between his ...
Weekly update on NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. from Stafford Township, N.J.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Martin Truex Jr., a native of Stafford Township, N.J., is in his second full season as a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. face=+Bold; LAST RACEface=-Bold; : Started eighth and finished sixth Sunday night at the Sharp Aquos 400 at California Speedway in Fontana. face=+Bold; NEXT ...
Rutgers' Brown set to cast aside injury to hand
Sep 04, 2007; ... PISCATAWAY - Tim Brown stood impatiently on the sideline last Thursday. The sophomore had been waiting for the season opener since the final second of last year's Texas Bowl.The Rutgers wide receiver was anxious to get on the field, but he couldn't. It wasn't for the lack of want or ...
Stockton's Rafael Duarte honored
Sep 04, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Richard Stockton College freshman Rafael Duarte earned the first New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week selection after scoring three goals and six points in his first week of collegiate play. In the first match of his college career, the ...
Local college notebook: Villanova's Loyden earns 40th win
Sep 04, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Jillian Loyden face=-Bold; (Vineland) broke Villanova's win record when she recorded her 40th victory and 27th career shutout in a 3-0 win in women's soccer over Virginia Commonwealth University on Sunday.The senior has dominated in goal throughout her career and is now ...
Three-sport star Erinn Wescoat give Absegami versatility on field
Sep 04, 2007; ... If you can excel in dirt, water, the classroom and on grass, you're more than a hybrid talent. You become instead an all-terrain, do-it-all student athlete on the level of Absegami High School's Erinn Wescoat. Specializing in three sports - soccer, diving and softball - the only splash ...