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BRIDGETON- Cumberland County freeholders refused Thursday night to support Cumberland County Prosecutor Ron Casella's demotion of the woman who has lined up to take his job. More
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By JULIET FLETCHER
Staff Writer, 856-237-9020
Published: May 09, 2008
VINELAND - After four years of class-action legal battles in utmost secrecy, the city has learned it will receive more than $10 million in settlement damages from oil companies accused of polluting local water sources, a city lawyer said Thursday.In 2004, Vineland joined a class-action lawsuit against companies who used the additive MTBE to oxygenate fuel.In cases across the country, the additive, which federal regulators have said is a possible carcinogen at high doses, has shown up in groundwater.City Solicitor Rick Tonetta revealed at Thursday's City Council work session that a number of the companies named as defendants in the suit had agreed to settle.
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May 09, 2008
VINELAND - A father and daughter pleaded guilty Thursday to keeping dogs and other pets in a house covered with feces. More
May 09, 2008
BRIDGETON - Police here are continuing to investigate the Sunday death of an 8-month-old baby who was found unresponsive at the home of a teenage baby sitter. More
May 09, 2008
BRIDGETON - The 14-year-old girl charged with the murder of her newborn boy also had a baby when she was in seventh grade, according to her Bridgeton High School classmates Thursday. More
May 08, 2008
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Fires broke out throughout southern New Jersey forests Wednesday as spring fire season neared a peak in the dry weather. More
May 08, 2008
MILLVILLE - At the crossroads of an elementary school education and high fashion is environmental consciousness. More
May 08, 2008
MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP - A municipal court judge here dismissed a disorderly persons complaint Tuesday night against Bridgeton's police union president, who was charged in December with hinting on an Internet site that a retired city lieutenant is gay. More
May 08, 2008
VINELAND - A 14-year-old girl told police that a man tried to lure her into a car Wednesday morning as she walked to a school bus stop. More
May 07, 2008
VINELAND - In her fight for equal rights for gay and lesbian couples, Wanda Sutton found she needed a clear cell-phone signal. More
May 07, 2008
MILLVILLE - A 3rd Ward apartment complex came one step closer Tuesday night to becoming nothing more than a pile of rubble and a relief to the neighborhood. More
May 07, 2008
BRIDGETON - The scarcity of water in this city has apparently prompted officials to stop allowing new water hookups. More
May 07, 2008
BUENA BOROUGH - Construction of a long-awaited new middle school for the Buena Regional district will begin in June, now that a $17.9 million contract for has been awarded, a school district official said Tuesday. More
May 07, 2008
BRIDGETON - No official action has yet been taken on the three municipal court employees who were suspended in March, and officials here said they are still awaiting the results of an investigation into the city's court system. More
May 07, 2008
BRIDGETON - No arrests have been made in the April 7 stabbing of an off-duty Bridgeton police sergeant, and State Police said Tuesday that detectives were continuing their investigation into the incident. More
May 07, 2008
Wal-Mart has dropped plans to build a 280,000-square-foot store within the congressionally approved acquisition boundaries of the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Salem County, according to opponents of the plan. More
May 07, 2008
Cumberland County has agreed to settle a lawsuit that prompted its clerk to lower the costs of copies of government documents. More
May 07, 2008
VINELAND - Grace Loyle, 81, may not be on the AARP magazine cover for Older Americans Month, but she could fit the criteria for a senior citizen who doesn't let her chronological age slow her down. More
May 06, 2008
MILLVILLE - On Sunday, the Cumberland County Fairgrounds was the site of a celebration. More
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