Press of Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY - City officials will consider today whether to increase contracts with outside law firms by more than $300,000. The firm that would get the largest share of that money has donated thousands of dollars to campaigns or related political action committees of sitting City Council members. Full Story »

A man was killed by a train Monday afternoon while walking on the track just east of the Lindenwold station, shutting down NJ Transit's Atlantic City Rail Line for nearly three hours, a company spokeswoman said. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - Work continued Monday at the Inlet Towers apartments in an effort to get more tenants back to their homes. Full Story »

NJ Transit temporarily stopped the Atlantic City Rail Line Monday afternoon after a person was killed on the tracks just east of the Lindenwold station, a company spokesman said. Full Story »

When you rank Atlantic County's public events, there's the Atlantic City Airshow, and then there's everything else. That's how Brian Barry sees it. Full Story »

Gamblers play blackjack at Harrah’s Atlantic City, which is focusing on nongaming amenities ‘now more than ever’ as Pennsylvania and Delaware casinos prepare to add table games, Harrah’s Entertainment’s Eastern Division president says. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - Police are searching for Antwan Dixon, also known as Anthony Dixon, in connection with a Nov. 1 robbery. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - To government wonks, Atlantic City is governed under a "strong-mayor" form of government. Mayor Lorenzo Langford may have challenged that label during his first term in office. Full Story »

Revel is suggesting improvements not only to the Inlet, but to surrounding infrastructure. Full Story »

Dunes on the beach at Seaview Avenue in Ocean City are among many that have been built along the southern New Jersey shore. Full Story »

Guests wait to check in Saturday in the lobby at Atlantic City's upscale Chelsea Hotel, which after planning to sell off-season rooms for $99 to $275, sent out e-mails this week offering a one-day sale on rooms as cheap as $39 this winter. Full Story »

Juan Robles, left, talks about his new home on North Virginia Avenue with Otero Jones, president of the Dekbon Community Development Organization, and Kim White, executive director for Dekbon. Full Story »

Atlantic City Firefighter Jeff Bird hands a shirt to Adalid Barahona, 8, left, as brother Edwin Barahona 9, and mother Mayra Sepulveda look on Friday the Travelodge in West Atlantic City. The family has been staying at the Travelodge ever since the boys were released from the hospital following the Oct. 24 fire. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - An ongoing dispute over loud music left one man in the hospital with stab wounds to the face Friday night and another man in jail, police said. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., currently in a bankruptcy fight for new ownership, posted a $15.1 million loss in the third quarter from the operation of its three Atlantic City casinos. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - A woman was seriously hurt Thursday night when she tried to cross Albany Avenue in the middle of the street and against the traffic light and was hit by a car, police said. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - A cold drizzle fell Thursday evening as about 50 people lit candles in the courtyard of Covenant House and took time to remember youth who are still on the streets. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - They're waiting. Residents of Inlet Towers have questions - unanswered questions - about how a fire started that drove all 164 of them from their apartments on Wednesday. The questions resonate loudest for the 43 tenants expected to remain displaced through this morning. Full Story »

As offshore wind farms move closer to reality along New Jersey's coast, biologists from all over the world are trying to come up with ways to ensure that birds flying near these turbines are kept safe. Full Story »

Rescue personnel evacuate a resident Wednesday from the Inlet Towers on New Hampshire Avenue in Atlantic City during a fire. Full Story »

MAYS LANDING - Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and a dozen others involved in his failed Atlantic City mayoral campaign pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they disenfranchised voters using messenger ballots. Full Story »

Atlantic City Republican mayoral candidate Jesse Kurtz stops by the Atlantic City High School Boathouse during voting Tuesday in the resort. Full Story »

MAYS LANDING -- A man convicted of aggravated manslaughter was sentenced to 30 years in prison today. Full Story »

MAYS LANDING -- Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and a dozen people who worked on his failed mayoral campaign are being arraigned today on voter-fraud charges. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY - Fire fighters are at Inlet Towers, a high-rise at 220 N. New Hampshire Avenue run by citys' housing authority, fighting a smoky fire between the 6th and 9th floors. Full Story »