Halloween Recap, Debate Night, Etc. – Thursday’s Roundup!
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Third-grade teachers at Slaybaugh School in EHT dressed as a roller-coaster for Halloween and it was amazing.
Though maybe not as amazing as this one.
Spook-tacular Halloween Roundup!
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Happy Halloween Route 40 Roundup-ers! Hope you’re as excited about this holiday as we are, which is to say very. On this date in history in 2008, Bruce Springsteen released a song about the Jersey Devil. In realer news:
$2.13 per hour
There’s a push to raise base pay for New Jersey workers who work for tips and “generally make a baseline of as little as $2.13 per hour.” A new bill would raise that to $8.60.
Bonfires, Mail-in Ballots, Conspiracies – Tuesday’s Roundup
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Chris Franklin at NJ.com has a story on a plan to allow bonfires on the Atlantic City beaches, which for the record sounds awesome to me.
Atlantic County Receives Record Mail-In Ballot Requests
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The Atlantic County Clerk’s Office has received over 15,000 mail-in ballot requests for the 2018 General Election and the record number is putting pressure on the clerk’s office to confirm signatures on the ballots.
Several voters told Route 40 their signature was rejected from a mail-in absentee ballot or an in-person mail-in ballot. There have been more rejections than usual because the number of mail-in ballots is so high, said Mike Sommers, deputy county clerk.
Floods, Attacks, Microbreweries and More – Monday’s Roundup
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The flooding over the weekend was the worst “since Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Jonas,” Ventnor Emergency Management Coordinator Donna Peterson told Nanette LoBiondo.
Flooding
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Saturday saw some of the worst flooding in the Atlantic City area since Superstorm Sandy. We compiled some social media posts that reflected the extent of the flooding, and residents’ humor in dealing with it.
AC Needle Exchange Seeks To Delay Move To Mobile Unit
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Atlantic City Council should delay moving the state’s biggest needle exchange to a mobile unit because the move would limit access, a spokeswoman for the program said on Friday.
Floods, How to Take the Bus to New York and More – Friday’s Roundup
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Ok so the nor’easter is coming. We hate to pile on with these stories, but you should probs be prepared for flooding, not that that’s an unusual occurrence down here.
The Atlantic City To New York Bus Hack
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Anyone who lives in or around Atlantic City knows that public transit to New York is biased toward casino travelers traveling in the other direction. Greyhound charges more for a round-trip ticket starting from Atlantic City than for that same ticket starting from New York. New Jersey Transit is cheaper but only runs 12 schedules a day at not-so-convenient times.
Rooming Houses, Needle Exchanges and More – Thursday’s Roundup
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After a lot of public comment, council voted unanimously in favor of the needle exchange becoming mobile-only, with restrictions on where and how frequently it can operate. The ordinance has not become law yet, and CRDA will be part of the implementation effort of the mobile unit, Councilman Jesse Kurtz (who presented the ordinance) said.
1401 Memorial, Other Rooming Houses in the Crosshairs
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The City of Atlantic City is looking to shut down 1401 Memorial, a rooming house between Tennessee and New York Avenues, just around the corner from the Oasis needle exchange.
CRDA, CRDA, CRDA – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Charlie Birnbaum, the world’s most famous piano tuner, whose house in the Inlet CRDA wants to tear down, is back in the news as arguments are set to be made in front of appellate judges in Jersey City, per this story in NJ.com.
How Did Atlantic City’s Needle Exchange Open In A Business District?
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Atlantic City’s syringe exchange program has operated for more than a decade from a downtown office building just a few blocks from the city’s casinos. Back when the South Jersey Aids Alliance started offering clean needles from the Oasis Drop-in Center in 2007, the site was in the Central Business District. We requested property records from the city and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, which oversees planning in the district. The city’s most recent document for the property (posted below) shows it as having the present use “office building”. Neither CRDA or the city had any certificate of land use compliance on file for the property, at 32 S Tennessee Ave.
Atlantic City Council To Reconsider Syringe Access Program
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The City of Atlantic City Council on Wednesday will again discuss doing away with ordinances that allow New Jersey’s largest needle exchange to operate.
The Oasis Drop-In Center on Tennessee Avenue, operated by the South Jersey Aids Alliance, has existed for years in an office building on a site that was, until recently, like many others in the city’s Tourism District.
Donuts! Coffins! Rent Burdens! – Tuesday’s Roundup
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Time to Eat the Donuts
What the what? The Ventnor Dunkin’ Donuts is open. Scratch that. I’m being told it’s not a Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s a “new generation” space “known simply as Dunkin’.” Free wi-fi.