Atlantic City has been selected for a $30,000 program that will bring national experts into the city as officials look for stronger ways to address vacant, abandoned and deteriorating properties. SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com reports the city announced Tuesday that it is one of only two New Jersey municipalities selected to receive an Abandoned Property Rehabilitation Act Scholarship from the Center for Community Progress. The scholarship will provide Atlantic City with up to 125 hours of technical assistance as the city works to identify problem properties and determine how to get them rehabilitated and returned to productive use.
EHT Man Pleads Guilty In Drug, Weapons Case
An Egg Harbor Township man is facing a decade behind bars following a joint narcotics and weapons investigation.42 year old Kirk Eason pleaded guilty before Judge Donna Taylor to multiple charges, including intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, as well as weapons offences.The guilty plea stems from a January 2025 raid where law enforcement seized illegal drugs, firearms, hollow-point ammunition, and over $1,700 in cash from his residence.He remains held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility until his official sentencing on October 13, 2026, where he is expected to receive a 10-year prison sentence with five years of parole ineligibility.
AC Supermarket Prepping For Makeover
Atlantic City's only traditional supermarket is preparing for a significant expansion as renovations continue at Renaissance Plaza, according to City Councilman Kaleem Shabazz.Shabazz said during an appearance on Off The Press with Scott Cronick on WOND that work is already underway at the Atlantic Avenue shopping center and that the supermarket is preparing to expand into an adjacent storefront. Shabazz said the expanded store is expected to add services that residents have long sought.
70 Year Sentence Upheld In Slaying Of 10 Year Old At Football Game
A New Jersey appeals court has upheld the conviction and 70-year prison sentence of an Atlantic City man who opened fire at a crowded Pleasantville High School football game in 2019, killing a 10-year-old boy and wounding two other people. SouthJerseyNewsBeat.com reports a three-judge Superior Court Appellate Division panel rejected Alvin J. Wyatt's arguments that he was denied a fair trial and that his 70-year sentence was excessive. Wyatt was convicted in 2023 of murder, two counts of attempted murder and weapons offenses stemming from the Nov. 15, 2019 shooting during a Pleasantville-Camden high school football playoff game.Ten-year-old Micah Tennant, who was attending the game with his mother and sister, was struck in the neck. He died five days later.
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