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Bally’s Atlantic City Celebrates Its Renovations On Memorial Day Weekend
May 4, 2022 - Bally’s Atlantic City, under new ownership, will debut its property-wide renovations including the all-new Bally’s Tower featuring 750 newly renovated rooms, a new...
NJEDA has provided nearly $5.5M in grants to over 230 small businesses through main street recovery program since October
In celebration of National Small Business Week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced plans to open applications for its Micro Business Loan next...
Rethinking NJ bail reform to keep suspects charged with gun crimes off streets
In what would be the first changes to the state’s criminal reform law, key New Jersey lawmakers have reached agreement on amendments that would scale back efforts by some urban...
Atlantic City Electric Continues Efforts to Help Customers and Communities Power Through: Contributing, Time, Money and More to Make A Difference
Atlantic City Electric is wrapping up a series of events as part of the company’s celebration of National Volunteer Month, where hundreds of employees are participating in nearly...
Annual food bank event returns, raises $100,000
After going two years without hosting its annual Night of 300,000 Meals, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey returned the fundraiser to its township location Thursday. Local...
NJ sports betting remains national model
When New York launched mobile betting back in January, a lot of analysts and experts expected New Jersey to see a pretty significant decline. But the evidence suggests that New...
ReNew Jersey summit tackled its economy
The 2022 New Jersey Chamber of Commerce ReNew Jersey Business Summit & Expo held April 13-14 in Atlantic City provided an excellent forum to learn about the state’s economy,...
Judge rules in county’s favor in request for PILOT law reconsideration
A Superior Court judge on Monday upheld a previous judge’s ruling that changes to a payments-in-lieu-of-taxes law for Atlantic City’s casinos violated a 2018 court settlement...
Spirit still prefers bid from Frontier Airlines over JetBlue
Spirit Airlines said Monday it still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it was more likely to win regulatory approval than JetBlue’s...
Federal Affordable Connectivity Program could help you
The Federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a benefit that provides eligible low-income households up to $30/month off the cost of Internet and/or mobile service that...
NAACP Announces its 113th National Convention
Today, the NAACP, the nation’s preeminent civil rights organization, hosted a press conference introducing its 113th National Convention alongside leaders in New Jersey including...
New Jersey’s Ocean Wind project takes next step: LOI signed with Ørsted
Just days after the first three major construction award contracts were announced for the 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind 1 offshore project, Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday said the New...
NJ: 1st day sales adult-use marijuana totaled $1.9M at 12 sites
The dispensaries that were up and running for the first day of adult-use marijuana sales saw a lot of green — as total gross sale topped nearly $1.9 million, according to the New...
Small businesses work for a piece of giant offshore wind pie
Almost 200 small New Jersey businesses came to the Atlantic City Convention Center this week in the hope of landing lucrative contracts with the rapidly growing offshore wind...
To get more offshore wind power, US identifies possible new lease areas
The federal government is speeding up its process of identifying and leasing ocean areas for generating offshore wind power because the industry is showing strong demand, and...
Construction underway for Atlantic Cape Community College’s new Innovation Center
Construction is underway on the new Innovation Center at Atlantic Cape Community College, a $5.3 million facility for esports and cybersecurity programs at the Mays Landing...
National NAACP to outline plans for July convention in Atlantic City
Leaders of the national NAACP civil rights organization will provide a glimpse of the group's 113th national convention, to be held here this summer, during a news conference at...
DC Fast Charger Community Solicitation
NJDEP is seeking applicants for its latest round of grant funding for public fast charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The $4 million competitive solicitation will...
Atlantic City anticipates big spring and summer
As the weather warms up and COVID worries ease, Atlantic City officials and casino owners are getting ready for what they hope and anticipate will be a big spring and summer. The...
The Greater Atlantic City Chamber Opposition to S854
The Greater Atlantic City Chamber would like to voice our opposition to bill S854, sponsored by state Senator Troy Singleton, which would divert 1.25% tax on sports betting that...
Why Americans Are Leaving Downtowns in Droves
The rise of remote work has snipped the tether between home and office, allowing many white-collar workers to move out of high-cost cities. The great metro shrinkage is part of a...
Stockton hosts Atlantic City Community Cleanup Day
Hundreds of volunteers were in O’Donnell Park Saturday morning with trash bags and grapplers ready to pick up litter for the city’s first Community Cleanup Day. The event, hosted...
ACUA Earth Day Festival returns after pandemic pause
The Atlantic County Utilities Authority hosted its 30th annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday. An estimated 8,000 people gathered at the ACUA Environmental Park off Delilah Road to...
Atlantic City tour showcases LGBTQ communities, opportunities
The Chelsea Economic Development Corp.’s first “LGBTQ Pride in Homeownership Tour — Come Out and Sea” Friday explored the city’s LGBTQ community, while showcasing real estate and...
