Atlantic County

Fodor’s Travel recently released a list with the top boardwalks in the country and, they say, the number one spot goes to Atlantic City, N.J.

Atlantic City community members gathered on Wednesday night for a cookout that re-established healthy relationships between community members and police officers.

Authorities say a man pleaded guilty to a 3rd degree animal cruelty charge for an incident that left one puppy dead in 2020.

Vice President Kamala Harris urged thousands attending the NAACP convention in Atlantic City to vote in November as she attacked what she called “extremist leaders” for punishing women for practicing healthcare.

Some 8,000 people are expected to attend the week-long NAACP gathering in the Convention Center, where workers were stuffing booklets and rolling out carpeting.

Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries or exhibitions to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall.

Atlantic City's oldest pizza joint is offering cash and free pizza and drinks every week for life for anyone who can solve the case of stolen patio furniture from their shop.

While four out of the five major casinos in Atlantic City have come to tentative agreements with their labor unions, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino remains the last player at the table.

The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with four casinos on Thursday, providing for what one worker called "big raises" and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend, one of the casinos’ busiest of the year.

Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino marked its fourth anniversary on Tuesday by making donations to four local charities, putting the casino’s total charitable donations past the $1 million mark.

Atlantic City casino workers prepared for the possibility those talks would fail and the union would go out on strike Friday morning.

A week before it could walk out on strike against numerous Atlantic City casinos, the resort’s main casino workers union is warning that a strike could cost four casinos a total of $2.6 million a day in losses.

According to authorities, after seeing video surveillance, Whitted was inside an Absecon store on New Road, May 24, about 9:30 in the morning, with a gun.

An Atlantic County man was fatally injured and at least 12 people were sent to hospitals after an accident involving a NJ Transit bus and a car.