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Shiloh man's attempted murder conviction overturned

Published: 11/18/09

A state appeals court Wednesday overturned the 2005 conviction of a Shiloh man sentenced to 17 years for the attempted …

Millville woman, 19, crashes SUV, snaps utility pole on Sharp Street

Published: 11/18/09

MILLVILLE - A local dog probably did not get any treats Tuesday night after it jumped into the front seat of the sport …

Millville OKs rezoning portion of Wawa Tract

Published: 11/17/09

MILLVILLE - City Commission approved the rezoning of 86 acres of land in the Wawa Tract for commercial…

Bridgeton student sues school district for forbidding her to take part in abortion protest

Published: 11/17/09

A Bridgeton High School student's family has sued the school district for forbidding the girl from wearing an arm band …

Mistake earns lottery player $100,000 at Bridgeton deli

Published: 11/17/09

BRIDGETON - This is one wrong order the customer's not likely to complain about.

Get a taste of history, oysters off these plates: Millville's Clay College display highlights once-major industry

Published: 11/17/09

MILLVILLE - The oyster plates on display at the Clay College on High Street are, in fact, a history le…

Community Health Care to provide H1N1 vaccines to patients in Bridgeton

Published: 11/17/09

BRIDGETON — Community Health Care Inc. is offering free H1N1 vaccines to patients at its Bridgeton H…

Democrats attack LoBiondo for health care vote

Published: 11/16/09

The Democratic National Committee plans to target radio ads against U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo and other House Republican…

Toms River firm secures leases to raise windmills in Cumberland County

Published: 11/16/09

DOWNE TOWNSHIP — An Ocean County firm that hopes to develop a major wind power park in the Delaware Bay also has secu…

Bridgeton man pleads guilty to producing false documents

Published: 11/16/09

CAMDEN - A Bridgeton man pleaded guilty Monday to producing false Social Security and U.S. Alien Regis…

Intersection improvements at Routes 49/55 begin Wednesday

Published: 11/16/09

MILLVILLE-- Work will start Wednesday on intersection improvements for Routes 49 and 55 as well as the intersection of …

Go-karts: Not just another Boardwalk attraction

Published: 11/16/09

MILLVILLE - Go-kart racing is serious business.

Four injured in Maurice River Township crash

Published: 11/15/09

MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP - Four people were taken to area hospitals after the car they were traveling in…

Search for new Cumberland County College president trimmed to three candidates

Published: 11/13/09

VINELAND - The search for Cumberland County College's new president has been wittled down to three can…

Southern State corrections officer gets five years for supplying drugs to inmate

Published: 11/13/09

A state corrections officer from Lower Township will spend as long as five years in prison for smuggling narcotics into…

Kavanagh selected as Cumberland solicitor

Published: 11/13/09

BRIDGETON - Cumberland County freeholders voted late Thursday to appoint Brendan Kavanagh as the new c…

Bridgeton man, 27, gets two life sentences in murders of sisters

Published: 11/13/09

BRIDGETON — On a board next to the prosecutor's desk, four pictures faced the judge.

Happenings

Published: 11/13/09

Southern

Millville arts district having a good year

Published: 11/13/09

MILLVILLE - Positive momentum can be hard to come by.

Correction for Nov. 13, 2009

Published: 11/13/09

Matt Jordan is the president of the United Veterans Council for Vineland. He was incorrectly identified in a caption in…

Millville teacher of year charged with endangering welfare of a child

Published: 11/11/09

MILLVILLE — A high school teacher of the year was arrested for allegedly engaging in inappropriate c…

Not all veterans’ scars visible, crowd in Vineland reminded

Published: 11/11/09

VINELAND - Like his father, Tony, Joe Isabella served in the U.S. military.

Vineland to hire firm to check for groundwater contamination near former landfill

Published: 11/11/09

VINELAND - A Camden County engineering firm will investigate potential groundwater contamination near the city's former…

Acme cashiers, clerks in six counties prepared to strike

Published: 11/11/09

Cashiers and clerks employed at more than two dozen Acme supermarkets in southern New Jersey, including Cumberland Coun…

Millville High teacher endangerment charges may involve student

Published: 11/11/09

MILLVILLE--A former Millville teacher of the year was arrested Tuesday on a charge of child endangerment.

Millville woman learns $405 lesson that loan ad is foreign scam

Published: 11/11/09

MILLVILLE - An advertisement for a loan she saw came with a catch: pay us first.

Egg Harbor Township man killed in Gloucester County crash

Published: 11/11/09

Bridgeton fire destroys former mill

Published: 11/11/09

BRIDGETON - A former mill on Beebe Run Road was gutted by a large fire, but there were no injuries, a fire official sai…

Woodbine campground residents suing landlord, borough to live year-round

Published: 11/10/09

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - South Jersey Legal services has filed a lawsuit on behalf of tenants at the Carol Lynn Resorts i…

New Jersey joins Delaware in opposing deepening of Delaware River

Published: 11/10/09

New Jersey has formally filed its support for Delaware's lawsuit seeking to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from deepe…

Vineland to mark Veterans' Day tomorrow

Published: 11/10/09

VINELAND - A Veterans Day ceremony will be held Wednesday in the Landis Veterans Circle at the Landis Park.

'It's a summer day for us,' locals say ... in November

Published: 11/10/09
With a gallery of people out and about in the warm weather.

We didn't see any high-temperature records Monday, but all that sun and warmth did stir up thoughts of summer for some …

In Your Town

Published: 11/10/09

Millville

Millville gets three-step plan for rezoning land near Union Lake

Published: 11/09/09

MILLVILLE - Piece by piece, the future of nearly 400 acres of land next to Union Lake is being accounted for by the city.

Oystermen on Great Bay get week for harvesting

Published: 11/09/09
With photos from Monday morning's harvest.

Jared O'Neal dropped a pair of hand tongs into Great Bay early Monday morning, clamped down and pulled up dozens of oys…

Vineland’s Shoppes by Walmart finds funding

Published: 11/09/09

VINELAND - Financing has been secured to tear down and replace a vacant shopping center on North Delse…

Plenty of land on open-space fund wish list

Published: 11/09/09

VINELAND - Another $400 million in the bank for the state's Green Acres program means open space preservation is still …

Happenings

Published: 11/09/09

Southern Ocean County

H1N1 clinics set for Cumberland, Cape May counties next week

Published: 11/06/09

Two more swine-flu vaccination clinics have been scheduled next week for southern New Jersey.

LoBiondo says he will vote against proposed health care reform bill

Published: 11/05/09

Susan Lord says it was bad enough when the failing economy forced her out of her commercial real estate job.

Upscale shopping center in the works for Vineland

Published: 11/04/09

VINELAND - A New York-based real estate investment firm said it has completed an agreement for the con…

Bridgeton Holiday House Tour set for Dec. 5

Published: 11/04/09

Bridgeton's Holiday House Tour is scheduled to be held Saturday, Dec. 5. With more than 20 sites wreathed together in a…

Fire in Vineland home displaces two residents

Published: 11/04/09

VINELAND - Two people were displaced Tuesday night when a fire broke out in their home on North Third Street, a fire of…

Fire in Vineland home displaces two residents

Published: 11/04/09

VINELAND - Two people were displaced Tuesday night when a fire broke out in their home on North Third …

Magazzu wins re-election in crowded Cumberland County freeholder battle

Published: 11/04/09

Freeholder Director and county Democratic Chairman Lou Magazzu was the top vote-getter in the freeholder race as he sec…

Gubernatorial campaigns are over, now it's up to the voters

Published: 11/03/09

TRENTON - After all the rallies, signs, speeches and position papers, the time has come.

Timing of N.J. teachers convention a boon for baseball fans

Published: 11/03/09

As a Phillies fan, Kenneth Ye has had a hard time going to sleep for the past week before his team's World Series games…

More area hospitals limit visits to slow spread of flu

Published: 11/03/09

It's not a quarantine, but visitors to some local hospitals are being turned away in order to slow down the spread of t…

Millville Commission votes to increase residential water, sewer fees

Published: 11/03/09

MILLVILLE - City Commission on Monday unanimously approved a resolution increasing water and sewer fees.

Gloucester City woman injured in Vineland car crash

Published: 11/03/09

VINELAND - A Gloucester City woman was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when her car ran off Route …