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Oops! Atlantic City Housing Authority sends 60 bogus eviction notices

By MICHAEL CLARK, Staff Writer, 609-272-7204

Published: Jan 05, 2009

3:21 p.m. Update - ATLANTIC CITY - A group of residents from the Stanley Holmes Village housing project packed into a cramped management office to get answers Monday after eviction notices went out to dozens who had already paid their rent.

Officials with the Atlantic City Housing Authority confirmed Monday that about 60 residents of the complex in the city's Westside section were given eviction notices Saturday, when only nine were behind on their monthly payments.

The mix-up prompted many residents to pounce on management officials at their office at the corner of Kentucky and Adriatic avenues when it opened at 9 a.m. today.

"I thought April Fools Day came in April," one resident said as she entered the office. "They must be playing a joke on us." More

Jan 05, 2009

• Eagles use big plays to beat Vikings 26-14; will play at N.Y. Giants next Sunday

With interactive polls and video highlights -
Read David Weinberg's Eagles blog for more on Sunday's game
MINNEAPOLIS - The Philadelphia Eagles' fans were finally heard in the Metrodome in the final minutes of Sunday's wild-card round playoff game.

Jan 04, 2009

• Surgery will give Millville woman a hand

MILLVILLE - Jessica Arrigo was playing a game of pool with her father.

Jan 03, 2009

• Corzine thinks state pay freeze may cure NJ revenue ills

TRENTON - Gov. Jon S. Corzine said the state is examining the possibility of salary freezes and budget cuts while shifting other funds to cover for what is now a projected
$2.1 billion gap between what the state is going to spend and what it will collect this fiscal year.

Jan 02, 2009

• Barnegat Lighthouse beams again

BARNEGAT LIGHT - It was barely 25 degrees on the northern tip of Long Beach Island as the sun set New Year's Day, but from the hundreds of people in the expectant, bundled-up crowd, it might as well have been Labor Day.

Dec 31, 2008

• Rough times can't suppress spirit of optimism as New Year arrives

When the Old Years - the elderly men of countless Jan. 1 cartoons - gather to shoot the breeze on some cosmic sun porch, pity those who agree to listen to 2008 unravel his tale of woe. It's a doozy.

Dec 31, 2008

• Shortages may force Wildwood to use tropical hardwood for Boardwalk rebuild

3:12 p.m. Update - WILDWOOD - Construction crews coped with cold, blustery conditions as they worked on the Boardwalk Tuesday, but inside City Hall the discussion was heated as officials and environmentalists debated what material to use to reconstruct the popular walkway.

Dec 31, 2008

• Southern N.J. Cuban Americans, 50 years after revolution, say U.S. policy ineffective

With 35-photo gallery / With the new year of 1959 only hours away, the staffs of the world-famous hotels and casinos of Havana, Cuba, prepared for the yearly swarms of holiday revelers, many of whom had made the quick flight from Miami as they had done so many times before.

Dec 30, 2008

• Who needs GPS? Barnegat Lighthouse to shine again after 82 years

4:55 p.m. Update - At 5 p.m. on New Year's Day the Barnegat Lighthouse will shine again for the first time in 82 years on the 150th anniversary of its construction.

Dec 30, 2008

• A not-so-happy New Year at the casinos

ATLANTIC CITY - New Year's Eve is to the casinos what the Super Bowl is to the NFL and the Academy Awards are to the motion picture industry.

Dec 29, 2008

• Eagles crush Dallas 44-6; will play at Minnesota in playoffs next Sunday

With 2 polls & audio slideshow (from an Eagles fan perspective)PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles won't be cleaning out their lockers or making offseason plans for at least another week.

Dec 29, 2008

• Eagles get help, rout Cowboys to ensure wild-card position

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles' season isn't over yet.

Dec 29, 2008

• Eagles crush Dallas 44-6; will play at Minnesota in playoffs next Sunday

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles won't be cleaning out their lockers or making offseason plans for at least another week.

Dec 28, 2008

• Economy stifles Egg Harbor City's makeover plans

The battered national economy seems to infiltrate every corner of the news: Thousands of people losing their jobs. The government attaching gigantic companies to life support.

Dec 27, 2008

• Post-holiday sales fail to generate many happy returns by southern New Jersey shoppers

After suffering a dismal holiday shopping season, many merchants saw their post-holiday business get off to a slow start Friday as well.

Dec 26, 2008

• Margate Bridge hikes tolls to $1.50 for a one-way trip

5:32 p.m. Update - Effective Monday, Jan. 5, the cost of a one-way trip on the privately-owned Margate Bridge and Causeway will rise to $1.50 from the current cost of $1, according to the Margate Bridge Company.

Dec 26, 2008

• New Jersey residents reluctant to buy domestic autos

With an issue poll / For the U.S. auto industry, the question is not only whether automakers can stay solvent, since the Bush administration last week agreed to loan as much as
$17.4 billion to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler - a move meant to prevent imminent bankruptcy.

Dec 25, 2008

• Small person, big gift

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - "I'm happy for the kids who are getting presents."

Dec 24, 2008

• Holidays no help for area jobless rate

County-level unemployment rates in this region spiked by half a percentage point last month, even as retailers began hiring for the holiday shopping season. Experts say major layoffs in the casino industry have overshadowed temporary hiring in retail stores.

Dec 23, 2008

• Sales slump stays on other side of tracks

View Danny Drake's photo gallery

The residential real estate market may be dead in the water, but sales of million-dollar homes on the water are holding up quite well.

Dec 22, 2008

• Social workers strain to help while economy thwarts them

Candi Collins couldn't take it any more. Day after day, the 43-year-old confronts unemployment, the threat of homelessness and illness. The challenges consume her as she tries to sleep at night.

Dec 21, 2008

• After midnight, insomniacs head to Hamilton Mall

Macy's shoppers will be riding the caffeine roller coaster through Christmas Eve.

Dec 20, 2008

• No. 2 Atlantic City as good as advertised in opener

View Ben Fogletto's photo gallery

With video highlights - LINWOOD - Umar Shannon looked anxious last season.

Dec 19, 2008

• Atlantic City police seek suspect in attempt to shoot police officer

4:49 p.m. Update - ATLANTIC CITY — A city man is being sought for attempted murder after he opened fire on a police officer early Friday morning.

Dec 19, 2008

• Vineland man, 44, heads for Iraq after battle to join Army

VINELAND - When she talks about her son and what he's about to do, Pearl Giordano talks about how he's grown from a young man into a real man.

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