The Soar & Shore Airshow will take to the skies over Atlantic City this weekend, with visitors expected to crowd the beach and Boardwalk for a view. According to BreakingAC.com, the three-day event presented by Visit Atlantic City begins with practice Friday, followed by a chance meet the pilots and performers at an exclusive meet-and-greet at the Atlantic City International Airport. Full shows will run from about noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with Atlantic City police warning of heavy traffic into and out of the city at the start and end times.

The Township Committee has approved a $29.8 million general fund budget for 2026, which includes a 2.3-cent increase in the municipal tax rate-a 3.7% increase over the previous year. A home with an assessed value of $300,000 will pay an extra $69 annually for municipal services under the proposal. Strong cost pressures on the township, such as skyrocketing employee health insurance premiums, rising electric utility rates, contracted salary and wage increases, an increase in debt service expenses, and an annual increase in the trash pickup and recycling contract, led to the tax rate increase.

The Cape May county’s Public Works Department will have a new director starting June 1.County Administrator Kevin Lare said new director Breton Palmer most recently worked for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.At the Tuesday, May 26, meeting of the county commissioners, the board approved an amendment to the salary ordinance that set pay for the department head for Public Works at $115,000.

On Wednesday, Denzel Garrison, 33, of Atlantic City and Laquine Demby, 35, of Pleasantville were sentenced for the 2021 murder of 28-year-old Jahmil Greenidge. The court sentenced Garrison to 58 years in New Jersey State Prison. Demby was sentenced to 42 years. In March of this year both men were found guilty by an Atlantic County jury following a two-weeklong trial. The evidence presented at trial showed that Garrison was involved in a minor car accident with Greenidge two months prior to the murder. A dispute over who would pay for the vehicle insurance deductibles led to a feud between the two men. Garrison enlisted the help of his friend Demby to commit the murder.

Atlantic County got some monetary help to keep things clean. BreakingAC.com reports the state’s Department of Environmental Protection and Clean Communities Council awarded the county $153,815 to keep local roadways, parks, schools, and other public spaces free of litter.The funding supports initiatives like Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s Adopt-a-Road program and Fall Litter Challenge.

41 year old Calvin Gunn of Atlantic City was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison, for third-degree aggravated assault. On September 5, 2025, officers from Atlantic City Police Department responded to a residence in Atlantic City for a report of a woman being assaulted. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim, who reported that her boyfriend, Calvin Gunn, had entered her home while she was sleeping and attacked her, striking her multiple times in the head and face area. Gunn fled the scene prior to police arrival, but officers were able to locate and apprehend him later that same day.

Following a house fire on North Third Street early on Tuesday morning, one individual was admitted to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, according to the Pleasantville Fire Department. The Fire Department said in a news release on Wednesday that when firefighters arrived at the 100 block of North Third at 7:08 a.m. in response to a reported structure fire, they discovered a smoldering fire inside a single-story house.

A complaint has been filed by neighbors against the proprietors of a 2.6 million-square-foot AI data center located at Lincoln and Sheridan avenues because they claim the facility consistently produces disruptive noise that affects the neighborhood. The lawsuit was made public the day before Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled new regulations pertaining to energy use, transparency, community benefit, and employment development for data center construction in the state. About 1,000 residential units owned and run by DataOne USA LLC within a mile of the data center are allegedly equally affected by noise from the facility, according to a complaint filed in federal court by two Vineland homeowners.

Due to the possibility of state budget cuts, a South Jersey organization that is well-known throughout the world for its work with traumatized, abused, and neglected children and their families is now closing one of two locations and cutting staff by about one-third. The termination of their state support, totaling $1.85 million, in Gov. Mikie Sherrill's proposed budget is the main reason why employees and labor leaders are raising the alarm about cutbacks at Rowan University's Cares Institute.

The Humane Society of Atlantic County is trying to find out who left a dog tied up for hours outside the Atlantic City location. According to BreakingAC.com, cameras show the person park down the street from the gas station next door on Absecon Boulevard at 10:16 p.m. Tuesday, then walk back with the dog on a leash, and leave the dog tied up. The dog was out in the weather more than nine hours, until staff arrived at 7:30 a.m. They released a photo of the car, and said the information from their plate-reader cameras was sent to Atlantic City police.

The great white sharks keep coming up the coast to swim off the Jersey Shore.The latest shark to "ping" off the New Jersey coast is Cross, who's just a juvenile male great white shark that weighs around 400 pounds, give or take, and is nearly 10 feet long. Cross's last location was east of Atlantic City, where satellite picked up the signal from the SPOT tag on his dorsal fin Monday evening around sunset. The great whites are on their spring migration from wintering grounds off the southeastern coastal states to the rocky shorelines of New England and Canada where they'll fatten up on seals all summer.

A Honduran national arrested with pounds of drugs in Atlantic City has been sentenced to more than 14½ years in federal prison. BreakingAC.com reports Diogenes Galvez, now 21, already was serving a prison sentence on six counts of drug charges when he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was scheduled to max out on those sentences July 3, 2027, but now is in the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, where he was sentenced to 175 months.

Officials announced on Tuesday that Atlantic County has received approximately $154,000 in state money for litter prevention and cleanup initiatives. The monies are provided by the New Jersey Clean Communities Council and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which support programs meant to maintain parks, highways, schools, and other public areas litter-free. According to county authorities, the money will assist litter-prevention education, yearly cleanup projects, the Atlantic County Utilities Authority's Adopt-a-Road program, and other environmental activities.

President Joe Bertolino has announced that Stockton University is receiving about half a million dollars to host teams for the FIFA Club World Cup and the World Cup. The most well-known football team in Brazil, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, was hosted by the school during the Club World Cup last year. Stockton will host Haiti during the World Cup this summer. According to Bertolino, the institution will get between $400,000 and $500,000 to host the teams.

The recommendations of a subcommittee tasked with looking at zoning the length of the boardwalk commercial zone in Ocean City should be ready for a public presentation in early June, City Council member Dave Winslow said on Thursday, May 21.“We’re finalizing the report now,” Winslow said. “We’re close.”Winslow leads the subcommittee, which includes two other members of the council, Jody Levchuk and Sean Barnes, who was recently reelected.Residents had asked about the progress of the subcommittee’s work at the council meeting that evening. There was no public answer.

Update on a story we told you about earlier. An Atlantic City casino has suspended several members of security while investigating allegations a Philadelphia woman made that they “brutally attacked” her mother. BreakingAC.com reports Samirah Mungin said her mother was hospitalized and unable to walk after the incident at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Thursday.Mungin posted video of the incident, along with three parts of her giving an explanation of the events leading up to the incident.

27 year old Alex Crawford from Hammonton was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. On October 14, 2022, Crawford deposited a check using his own account for an amount of $5,950.00. The check was initially made out to American Express, but white-out was used on the check and it was forged to be made out to Alex Crawford. On April 23, 2024, officers of the Brigantine Police Department initiated a motor vehicle stop on Crawford’s vehicle. During the stop, it was discovered Crawford had an active warrant for his arrest. Police were also able to observe drug paraphernalia in plain view inside the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a loaded Ruger handgun, with one round of ammunition in the chamber, inside of an open backpack in the backseat of the vehicle. A loaded magazine, along with loose ammunition and cocaine were also found inside the vehicle.

Because state officials have not yet finished the necessary examination of the proposed municipal budget, Ocean City City Council postponed a vote on it on Thursday night. The $118 million budget, which was presented in March and would have increased the municipal-purpose tax rate by 1.38 cents per $100 of assessed property value, was ready for council approval.

In 2026, children from Atlantic City, Camden, Freehold, and Trenton will come together for something that reaches far beyond soccer. During the New Jersey Youth Mini World Cup 2026 - Trenton Host City Activation, youth teams representing countries participating in the upcoming FIFA World Cup will step onto the field carrying flags, cultures, and dreams that reflect the diversity of our hemisphere. More details will be available in about a week.

The Roth family is making sure their parents’ story will not be forgotten.Sam and Elizabeth Roth’s story is one of World War II, deportation, concentration camps and death marches, but also of liberation, love and resilience, leading to a journey to America, the start of a family and the building of a highly successful business in southern New Jersey. Fideri News Network reports n ow, their sons have established the Sam and Elizabeth Roth Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Holocaust Studies at Stockton University to keep that story alive.