Atlantic City schools’ new leader made history Tuesday night.Dr. La’Quetta Small became the first black woman to become the city’s superintendent.She will start her new job Jan. 1, at a salary of $210,000 for four years.The special Board of Education meeting was the first in-person only meeting in more than a year.The meeting room was … Read more
A Vineland man is wanted in a deadly Millville shooting.Brandon Dennis, 29, is charged with several crimes including murder and aggravated assault, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said Tuesday.He is wanted in the killing of Patrick Trotter, 32, of Penns Grove.Trotter was shot Saturday in the 500 block of West Main Street, Webb-McRae said.Anyone with … Read more
A Galloway Township man is in jail after he allegedly brandished a gun outside an Absecon bar last week.Michael C. Ciarla, 28, approached the victim in the parking lot of the Hi-Point Pub just before 5 a.m. last Wednesday, police said Monday. He then brandished a handgun and pointed it at the victim, unprovoked, according … Read more
Atlantic City police are investigating the shooting of a woman after midnight Monday.Officers were called to the 400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for the report of a woman shot at 12:32 a.m., Lt. Kevin Fair said.They found the 26-year-old Atlantic City woman. She was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City … Read more
A Galloway Township man was arrested in Atlantic City with a stolen handgun in his pocket, police said.Officers were called to the first block of South Florida Avenue just after 7 a.m. Sunday for the report of a man with a gun, Lt. Kevin Fair said.Personnel in the city’s Surveillance Center were able to direct … Read more