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Atlantic City beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer
There is a little too much Atlantic in Atlantic City this year as the crucial summer season approaches. Weeks of winter storms have badly eroded beaches in the northern section of town, leaving little if any sand on which to play during all but the lowest tides.
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Summer is still months away, but Jersey Shore businesses are already getting ready
Winter is still coming to a close, but down at the Jersey Shore, people are already thinking about summer, with businesses racing to get ready for their busiest season of the year. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.
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Locally owned marijuana dispensary opens in Atlantic City
In New Jersey, they are cashing in on cannabis. Atlantic City is embracing the marijuana business as another dispensary opens its doors–the third in an area that’s visited by tens of millions every year. There’s a number of other dispensaries on the horizon now. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.
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Mohegan tribe to end management of Atlantic City's Resorts casino at year's end
The Mohegan tribe will end its management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at the end of this year, both parties said Monday. The move will conclude an agreement the tribe’s gambling arm, Mohegan Gaming Advisors, made with Resorts in 2012 six months after the casino’s co-owner, veteran gambling executive Dennis Gomes, died. Gomes’ death left Resorts without crucial experience...
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Atlantic City casino smoking ban bill takes step forward on 4th try in NJ Legislature
A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos has moved forward after three years of going nowhere.
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Judge green lights narrowing of main A.C. road despite opposition from casinos
Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehicles.
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With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, state and hospitals create mobile groceries
In this seaside resort, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets done each year, there still is not a supermarket. People who live in Atlantic City must either drive off the island to a mainland store, take public transportation — whose cost eats away at the amount left for food — or shop in pricey, poorly stocked…
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Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in NJ Legislature
A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos continues to go nowhere. The measure had been planned for a preliminary vote Thursday in a state Senate committee. But the head of that committee, Sen. Joseph Vitale, says it lacked enough votes to move forward. Some Atlantic City casino workers have been pushing for nearly three years for a...
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New Jersey casinos, track forfeit $77K in money won by prohibited gamblers, many of them underage
Five Atlantic City casinos and a horse racing track are forfeiting over $77,000 worth of money won by underage gamblers or those who had placed themselves on a list to be excluded from gambling activities. New Jersey gambling regulators also fined DraftKings, the online sportsbook and casino platform, $7,500 for similar violations, and online gambling company Rush Street Interactive $2,000…
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Sports, internet bets near-record levels in NJ, but 5 of 9 AC casinos trail pre-pandemic levels
Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID19 pandemic. But the amount of money won from people on the casino floor is still not back to pre-pandemic levels at five of the nine casinos....
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Atlantic City Airshow took to the skies in 2023: See videos of performances
Eyes on the skies folks — the Jersey Shore’s 2023 Atlantic City Airshow roared over the Atlantic Ocean, beach and boardwalk. Check out some videos of the planes flying high.
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The 2023 Atlantic City Airshow is ready to soar. Here's your guide
‘A Salute to Those Who Serve’ takes over the skies over Atlantic City and surrounding Jersey Shore towns on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. We are getting you ready for the big show.
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Gilgo Beach and Atlantic City sex worker killings are unrelated, officials say
A New Jersey prosecutor says the murders of several sex workers on Long Island do not appear to be related to the unsolved killings of four sex workers near Atlantic City in 2006.
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Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer appears in court
Rex Heuermann is charged with killing three sex workers and is the prime suspect in the killing of a fourth. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports.
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Atlantic City's main casino union, where most workers are women, is finally led by one
The main casino workers union in Atlantic City is being led by a woman for the first time in its 107-year history. Donna DeCaprio is president of Local 54 of Unite Here.
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Is the water safe to swim in? NJ beaches no longer under fecal bacteria advisories
People looking to cool off on a hot summer day at the Jersey Shore can swim worry free after being made aware of high levels of fecal matter in the water.
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Island Waterpark officially opens in Atlantic City
The world’s largest indoor beachfront waterpark is now open for business in Atlantic City. Ted Greenberg reports.
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Offshore wind foes in New Jersey gathering force legally and politically
Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the nascent industry. Within the last week, three residents groups sued New Jersey over a key approval of its first planned wind farm; the research arm of Congress agreed to investigate the impact of offshore wind on the environment…
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Gambling giant MGM says it did not prey on NYC man's addiction amid lawsuit
Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling. In court papers, MGM says Sam Antar, a twice-jailed “fraudster” who repeatedly victimized friends, relatives and strangers, is engaging in “his latest scheme”…
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Casino Bets Big on Its Jersey Shore Beach Rebuild
An Atlantic City casino is putting down big bucks to make sure there are spots to sit after being faced with the possibility of a “non-existent” beach this summer. Ted Greenberg reports.