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Sea Isle City was the place to be Wednesday at the Jersey Shore. That’s because Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce went behind the bar at Ocean Drive for his second annual celebrity bartending event. BUY EAGLES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER. Kelce was joined by his brother, Kansas...

Union negotiators and casino management tried Thursday to reach new contracts that would avoid a costly and disruptive strike during one of Atlantic City's busiest weekends.Local 54 of the Unite Here union has set a 12:01 a.m. Friday deadline to reach a new agreement with the Borgata, Caesars, Harrah's and Tropicana. If not, it has authorized a strike against those properties.And a fifth casino, the Hard Rock, faces a similar deadline early Sunday.Even if the union does go on strike, the casinos and their hotels will remain open for business; staffing levels and the quality of service could vary...

The search for love, food, or something else has brought some bears out of the woods in South Jersey. It's not known if these bears are "local bears" that live nearby, or are "other bears" that have descended on South Jersey from outlying areas. Tuesday, Monroe Township (Gloucester County) Police...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS) — About 6,000 workers at four Atlantic City casinos are preparing to go on strike Friday morning, ahead of a historically busy Fourth of July weekend. The workers, who are members of UNITE HERE Local 54, include housekeepers, bartenders, catering staff and cooks at The Borgata, Caesar’s, Harrah’s and Tropicana. The union is demanding higher wages, claiming current salaries are lower compared to salaries at similar jobs in the market. Union representatives believe higher wages could attract more workers, which would alleviate an ongoing casino labor shortage. Gloria Rosario, a chef at The Borgata, said all week customers at...

Fantastic rides. Fabulous food. Family fun. That’s the easiest way to describe the “Nights of Summer” Carnival at St. Mary’s Parish Center, which covers six glorious evenings every July. This year’s festivities are scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, through Sunday, July 24, from 6 to 10 p.m. each night.

For Steve Palmer, owner of Jingles Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven, nothing beats the excitement of finding tuna-rich waters off the New Jersey coast. A former Coast Guard captain, he set off in last June’s inaugural Beach Haven Tuna Open Tournament with high expectations until wind, water and weather suddenly turned against him at the Lindenkohl Canyon some 35 miles from Long Beach Island shores.

The union has set a deadline of 12:01 a.m. Friday to reach a new labor agreement with Caesars Entertainment and with the Borgata, which is owned by MGM Resorts International.

A very sad and completely unnecessary chapter involving the Absecon City Council and a 40-plus year veteran of the Absecon Volunteer Fire Department has come to a close. We have learned that following a four hour hearing today, Dale Conover has resigned as Deputy Chief. effective immediately. We have also...

New research from Rutgers University shows Mid-Atlantic surfclam fisheries could see revenue losses from planned offshore wind farms, at least in the short- to medium-term after the development takes place. The data is sure to fuel opposition from the fishing industry to the Biden administration’s rapid offshore wind development along...

Jason Kelce faced an adoring crowd every bit as tenacious as the defensive linemen the Eagles All-Pro and Pro-Bowl center encounters in the trenches during his NFL games. Hundreds of admirers swarmed him for autographs, selfies and a few precious words of conversation during his celebrity bartending appearance Wednesday in Sea Isle City to raise money for the Eagles Autism Foundation.

Cops in Atlantic City say two more people have been arrested on a street in the city that is no stranger to crime. The Atlantic City Police Department says their detectives were conducting a surveillance operation in the first block of South Florida Avenue last Wednesday, June 22nd. During this...

The U.S. has reported more than 85.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of June 28. There have been more than 1,005,000 reported deaths from COVID-19-related causes — the highest death toll of any country. The extent of the spread of the novel coronavirus continues to vary considerably from state to state, and from city to […]

A wanted fugitive was arrested with the help of SWAT and the Bonb Squad after barricading himself inside a residence, authorities said. At approximately 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, detectives Darrin Lorady and Eric Evans of the Special Investigations Section were conducting an investigation at a residence in the 300 block of north Tennessee Avenue.

The 44 years of Atlantic City’s legal-casino era has provided visitors with a plethora of excellent restaurants covering a wide variety of culinary outlets from steak houses and Asian outlets to burger joints, seafood vendors, Mexican and Italian rooms…you get the idea. But for reasons unknown, barbecue has never been much of a part of the gustatory conversation in AyCee’s gambling dens.