This was supposed to be an off year for municipal elections in Atlantic City. But the resignation of a mayor in late 2019 started a chain of events that resulted in two positions being up for grabs in 2020.
MAYS LANDING — Paul E. Galletta, the co-owner of the Atlantic Blueberry Co. farm here, knows he has been fortunate so far as he manages a harvesting season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ATLANTIC CITY — Casino Control Commission Vice Chair Sharon Anne Harrington officially retired Wednesday, leaving a vacancy on the three-member board as a multibillion-dollar gaming merger looms and the industry prepares to rebound from a nearly four-month closing due to COVID-19.
In a normal campaign, a sitting governor with record-high approval ratings endorsing an incumbent mayor would almost guarantee a primary victory for the recipient.
HAMMONTON — On Thursday inside Tales of the Olive, one of the many specialty stores that line the downtown drag of Bellevue Avenue, manager Kelbi Brown said she just learned about an increase in COVID-19 cases in town while talking with family.
ATLANTIC CITY — The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, will be taken down from its location on Arctic Avenue at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway.