Vincent Jackson

Atlantic City

Staff Writer at The Press of Atlantic City

Vincent Jackson works at the Press of Atlantic City, specializing in entertainment. His favorite types of music and movies? The good kind.

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Egg Harbor Township passes municipal budget with 1-cent tax rate increase

5 days ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee on Wednesday adopted its budget for the year, which calls for a one-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate. Last year's budget was $50.2 million. This year's budget is $52.8 million. The budget last year rose by $1.4 million. The increase for this year's budget is $2.6 million. The committee agreed to spend $838,294 for farmland, open space, recreation and the historic preservation trust fund levy.
More than 100-year-old human bones found on three South Jersey beaches identified

6 days ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

In March 1999, Paulette Fox walked the Margate beaches with her two boys, her husband and her Labrador Retriever, Katy. Katy found a femur bone on the beach. “It looked human,” said Fox, who added she took the bone to the Margate police department. “It was a complete femur bone. It was too large to be anything else.”A skull washed ashore in 1995 in Longport, and more bones than just the femur were found in 1999 in Margate. Additional remains were found in 2013 in Ocean City.
Galloway Township front lawn parking complaints headed to Planning Board

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Township Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the township planner and the Planning Board to reexamine the master plan and development regulations. However, Mayor Anthony Coppola Jr. said online discussions have led to misconceptions about what the council is trying to do in having the master plan evaluated, particularly when it comes to the storage of large personal items on homeowners' property.
Culture war hits Galloway as Proud Boys, protesters, politics collide

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The leader of a local chapter of a progressive group has asked the Republican-controlled Township Council to denounce a far-right organization following an incident at a protest earlier this month. During Tuesday's council meeting, Kim Grieser said protests outside the municipal building on Jimmie Leeds Road have been attracting members of the Proud Boys, an ultra-nationalist American organization founded in 2016, most notably associated with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Nancy Wilson says come see Heart live in Atlantic City if you want to hear real rock 'n' roll

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

The music of Heart still shows its relevance 52 years after the hard-rock band formed and 12 years after the induction of the group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The creators of the Peacock series "Poker Face," starring Natasha Lyonne, selected the immediately identifiable 1977 Heart song "Barracuda," with Ann Wilson's powerhouse vocals and its galloping rhythms, to use in its season 2 trailer for the comedy-drama series, which debuted May 8. "I loved it.
Lynyrd Skynyrd live in Atlantic City, and 4 more things to do this weekend

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

Need something to do this weekend in South Jersey? We’ve got you covered. Lynyrd Skynyrd in Atlantic CityMore than 50 years after the release of the band's debut album, "{Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)," Lynyrd Skynyrd still resonates as deeply with its multigenerational fanbase as it did when it first emerged in 1973 out of Jacksonville, Florida. Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at 9 p.m. Friday in Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort. Tickets are $77.60 to $221.10 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
How you can see the Beach Boys and more of your favorite artists in Ocean City and Cape May this summer

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

The summer concerts presented at Cape May Convention Hall and the Ocean City Music Pier can provide an ideal end-of-the-day event to the earlier hours spent in the sunshine, on the beach and in the ocean. This vacation season, events scheduled for Convention Hall range from the 1950s vocal group the Drifters to the 1970s Southern rock group the Marshall Tucker Band.
Should Galloway residents have the right to park boats and other large objects on their lawns?

1 week ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The issue of whether homeowners should be able to park large pieces of personal property — such as cars, boats, campers and trailers — on their front lawns has divided township residents. After receiving a number of complaints, officials have decided to try to address the issue by reexamining the township master plan. A resolution to that end will be on the agenda for Tuesday's Township Council meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the municipal government building at 300 E. Jimmie Leeds Road.
Cape May theater starts new chapter with new executive director, home

2 weeks ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

CAPE MAY — The East Lynne Theater Company has hired its first executive director and is launching into a new era with an expanded mission and a new theater for its 45th season. After having a founder, a producing artistic director and an artistic director previously, the theater company’s Board of Trustees decided to hire co-President Mark David Boberick as its first executive director because they wanted its new leader to be in charge of both the artistic and business operations.
Alice Cooper live in Atlantic City, and 4 more things to do this weekend

2 weeks ago | pressofatlanticcity.com | Vincent Jackson

Need something to do this weekend in South Jersey? We’ve got you covered. Alice Cooper live in Atlantic CityCooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing from garage rock, horror movies and vaudeville, the original group created a stage show that featured boa constrictors, electric chairs, fake blood and guillotines. Cooper is on his 2025 Too Close for Comfort Tour with the dark, horror-themed theatrics for which he is known.