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The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is working around the clock to repair a leaking sewage main on the west side of Bader Field. As a precaution, shellfish harvesting in the waterways of Risley Channel, Dock Thorofare, Whirlpool Channel, Shelter Island Bay and Lakes Bay North of the Margate Bridge should be suspended. So far, water samples tested for elevated bacteria levels have come back within a normal range.
Two pharmaceutical reps from Marlton and Moorestown pled guilty yesterday as part of an ongoing investigation into healthcare fraud in South Jersey, reports Lynda Cohen for BreakingAC. This time the Attorney General’s office did not release the plea agreements, but it did release the ‘informations’ for each plea.
Atlantic City’s Surf Stadium was filled last night with guests for a pop-up fundraiser for the city’s Boys & Girls Club, organized by a collection of South Jersey wunderkinder that formed a non-profit called 4AC x AC earlier this year.
Spending on the battle for a senate seat in LD-3 is ramping up between incumbent Steve Sweeney (Democrat) and challenger Fred Grenier (a Republican with the surprise backing of the New Jersey Education Association). The NJEA threw its weight behind Grenier after falling out with Sweeney over several recent issues, NJSpotlight explains.
Rowan College at Burlington County has launched an internal investigation after a discrimination complaint was filed against its president Paul Drayton, who was placed on paid administrative leave last month. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Rowan’s trustees have hired an Ocean County-based criminal defense attorney to conduct an investigation into the complaint, which was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Local residents from Burlington and Ocean Counties visited Rep. Tom MacArthur’s office in Marlton yesterday to deliver a letter. MacArthur, whose amendment to repeal the Affordable Care Act almost passed earlier this year, has yet to come out in favor of or against the latest Republican effort to repeal the legislation known as Obamacare but residents in his district are taking no chances, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
The Garden State Country Music & Food Truck Festival has been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances” announced the organizers Jersey Boyz Productions on their Facebook page yesterday. The organizers (who also run PierAC on Atlantic City’s former Garden Pier) will offer refunds to ticket holders, the announcement said.
Have Atlantic County property prices bottomed? The answer is yes, according to house price data company Zillow, which is forecasting average home values in Atlantic County will rise 1.3 percent through July 2018.
A New York-based investment firm said it increased its offer for the former Revel casino to $225 million (from $220 million), Nicholas Huba reported for The Press of Atlantic City on Friday. Property owner Glenn Straub said he hadn’t heard of the offer and it’s costing him $1 million a month to run the (closed) casino.
Atlantic City’s casinos reported slightly lower (-0.4 pct) gaming revenue of $244.8 million in August. The numbers are a bit rosier when they do not include revenue from the Taj Mahal (still – just about – open in August last year).