Atlantic City passes budget, and 9 other South Jersey stories you may have missed

ATLANTIC CITY — Three “no” votes on the 2023 city budget turned into “yes” votes in a special meeting Thursday, as City Council reacted to a state ultimatum to pass the budget by Friday or lose the city’s planned property tax cut.

“I want to thank City Council from the bottom of my heart on behalf of taxpayers … as collectively we produced a tax decrease for the fourth year in a row,” Mayor Marty Small Sr. said after the…