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More towns making adjustments in how they run municipal courts to help balance finances
Monday, August 27, 2012 12:00 am
Some local town officials are rethinking how they run their municipal courts for financial reasons.
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Mays Landing man injured in daytime shooting in Pleasantville
Friday, August 24, 2012 6:15 pm
PLEASANTVILLE — Police tape and gun shell casings littered West Adams Avenue on Friday afternoon, as police investigated a shooting that hospitalized at least one man.
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St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School to start year with new gym, new labs and new programs
Friday, August 24, 2012 5:11 pm
SOMERS POINT — When St. Joseph Regional Catholic School students return to school in September, they will see a new computer lab, a new gym floor and a newly paved parking lot.
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Parents who lose children to tragedy cope by advocating for a better world
Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:00 am
Within hours of 15-year-old Nioami Lazicki-Gaston being struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver on a Middle Township roadway, parents Christina and Bill Gaston had decided to begin a campaign to make the road safer.
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Pleasantville hopes to start $150 million redevelopment in spring 2013
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:15 am
PLEASANTVILLE — City officials say construction on the first phase of an $150 million City Center redevelopment project is expected to start in spring — a year and a half behind schedule.
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Women's Expo in Atlantic City includes Zumba classes, country music auditions, clowns and information
Sunday, August 19, 2012 1:45 am
More than 35 vendors — each targeting issues specific to women — lined the storefronts of Tanger Outlets, The Walk, on Saturday during the 10th annual Women’s Expo.
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Charity breakfast among fundraisers benefitting programs for wounded service members
Saturday, August 18, 2012 7:51 pm
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Leyla Lorick went to work on a plate full of pancakes and eggs Saturday morning at Applebee’s in Mays Landing.
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Avalon group trying to revive sport of clamshell tossing
Sunday, August 12, 2012 2:00 am
AVALON — Allan Mackey learned to love three things from his father: music, the Philadelphia Phillies and the beach.
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Shore Medical Center to provide Linwood's emergency medical services; Northfield to vote on contract Monday
Saturday, August 11, 2012 3:12 pm
Linwood has decided who its next emergency medical services provider will be.
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Hamilton Township man, 92, receives Congressional Gold Medal for World War II service
Friday, August 10, 2012 3:23 pm
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Rain fell on Bill French’s parade Friday, but the 92-year-old township resident didn’t care.
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Newest Linwood councilman takes oath
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 9:14 pm
LINWOOD – The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to appoint Darren Matik to the council seat vacated last month by former Councilman Matthew Levinson.
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Communities, law enforcement come together during National Night Out events
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 2:45 am
Somers Point resident Sarah Schaffer sat in a dunk tank Tuesday in Tony Canale Park in Egg Harbor Township waiting for pint-sized hurlers to dunk her, which happened even after the tosses missed their intended target.
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Technology firms often don't consider recent grads when they have openings
Monday, August 6, 2012 12:15 am
Ben Brotsker was already in the job market when he decided to go back to school for a degree in computer science and information systems.
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Demonstrators link hands in Corsons Inlet, Cape May Point in protest against offshore drilling
Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:45 am
With the ocean crashing at their feet and a bongo thumping in their ears, about 30 people joined hands Saturday at Corsons Inlet State Park to unite against offshore drilling.
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Somers Point woman - child of Hiroshima survivors - to tell parents' story during antinuclear event Sunday
Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:30 am
SOMERS POINT — Shiho Burke’s family was ravaged when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
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Wawa plans new store with gas pumps for Black Horse Pike and Fire Road in Egg Harbor Township
Saturday, August 4, 2012 5:58 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — A long-vacant property on the Black Horse Pike could soon be the home of a Wawa.
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Northfield sets vote on controversial zoning changes for Aug. 28
Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:18 pm
NORTHFIELD — After years of planning and months of debate, City Council is finally scheduled to vote Aug. 28 on controversial revisions to the city’s land-use ordinance.
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Officials still working on shared emergency agreement among Linwood, Northfield, EHT
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:52 pm
Officials are still trying to iron out the wrinkles of the two-month-old shared emergency dispatching agreement among Linwood, Northfield and Egg Harbor Township.
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New development a welcome sight on Route 52 corridor in Somers Point
Monday, July 30, 2012 12:15 am
SOMERS POINT – An empty dirt lot has replaced two vacant chain restaurants on MacArthur Boulevard.
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Buddy Valastro, the 'Cake Boss,' wows crowd in Atlantic City
Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:30 pm
Sometimes, meeting celebrities in person can be a disappointment. Not all of them are friendly, and most are not actually the person they portray on screen.
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Northfield library seeking construction bids on expansion project
Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:24 pm
After almost a decade of planning, construction on an expansion of the Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield is almost set to begin, pending the hiring of a builder.
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In Somers Point, 76-year-old deaf woman, alone in dark amid power outage, needed help. A local cab driver was there for her
Friday, July 27, 2012 1:00 am
SOMERS POINT — Dora Israel lives in silence.
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Linwood police arrest man after finding marijuana-growing operation
Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:13 am
LINWOOD – An anonymous tip has led to the discovery of a marijuana-growing operation in a Patcong Avenue home.
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Pleasantville's next police chief a first for Latino community
Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:15 am
PLEASANTVILLE — When Jose Ruiz Sr.’s family relocated to Pleasantville from the Bronx during the early 1970s, they were one of the few Latino families in the city.
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Pleasantville police say town is safer with surveillance cameras
Sunday, July 22, 2012 1:15 am
PLEASANTVILLE — Police will have a closer eye on activities in the city’s downtown thanks to a handful of newly installed surveillance cameras.
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Runyan holds foreclosure expo in Ocean County
Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:30 pm
TOMS RIVER — Many markets have struggled since the housing bubble burst about 2006. But Ocean County has consistently ranked near the top in the state in foreclosures over the past few years.
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Your weather forecast: Hot, hotter and hottest
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:45 pm
Yesterday was hot. It is still hot today and it will be hot again tomorrow.
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Another scorcher in South Jersey has utility asking customers to conserve electricity
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:16 pm
With temperatures expected to reach the high 90s in South Jersey today, Atlantic Electric is asking its customers to conserve energy.
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Barbecue, blues a tasty time in North Wildwood
Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:45 am
NORTH WILDWOOD — About 14 years ago a group of firemen were sitting around discussing ways to raise money to support the Anglesea Volunteer Fire Company, when one of them — a barbecue enthusiast — suggested a barbecue festival.
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Northfield's Birch Grove Park reopens
Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:00 am
NORTHFIELD — Yellow-caution tape still hung from several posts in Birch Grove Park on Saturday.
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Ocean City man charged with Somers Point gas station robbery
Friday, July 13, 2012 8:00 pm
A 20-year-old Ocean City man has been charged with the armed robbery of a Somers Point gas station, more than seven months after his blood was found at the scene of the crime.
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Egg Harbor City man charged in 2010 Galloway Township homicide
Friday, July 13, 2012 4:28 pm
An Egg Harbor City man already in federal custody on murder charges has been charged with a fatal 2010 shooting in Galloway Township.
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Prosecutors charge Pleasantville man in Christmas Eve slaying of Somers Point resident
Friday, July 13, 2012 3:48 pm
A Pleasantville man has been charged with a fatal Christmas Eve shooting at the Marina Del Ray Apartments.
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Egg Harbor Township mother and two children injured in Ocean Heights Avenue accident
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:11 pm
An Egg Harbor Township mother and her two children were hospitalized Friday after their car struck a tree head-on.
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Accident in Absecon sees two people hospitalized
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:02 pm
ABSECON – Two people were hospitalized in a two-car accident that closed portions of two city roadways Wednesday morning.
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Northfield/Linwood accept EMS bids — neither AtlantiCare nor Northfield Rescue Squad apply
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:40 pm
Six months after admitting it repeatedly falsified response times in its reports to Northfield, AtlantiCare announced Tuesday that it will not bid on a new shared Emergency Medical Services contract for Linwood and Northfield.
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South Jersey towns operate municipal docks to offer water access, not necessarily to make a profit
Sunday, July 8, 2012 6:21 pm
Many South Jersey towns that own and operate municipal docks and boat ramps continue to invest taxpayer dollars to maintain them, even though the docks are often not profitable.
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Harvey Cedars Craft Day called success though cut short by heat
Saturday, July 7, 2012 5:12 pm
HARVEY CEDARS — Hundreds of people went out in record heat Saturday for a chance to buy homemade crafts such as small airplanes made out of beer cans.
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Northfield holds July 4 parade while still recovering from storm
Saturday, July 7, 2012 2:07 pm
NORTHFIELD — The route for the city’s annual Fourth of July parade is usually lined with crowds of cheering people on both sides of the street.
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Northfield to celebrate postponed July 4 parade Saturday
Friday, July 6, 2012 6:31 pm
NORTHFIELD — For nearly four decades — dating to the nation’s bicentennial — the city’s Fourth of July celebration and parade has been an annual tradition.
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New Jersey beach-replenishment projects now taking surfers’ concerns into consideration
Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:55 pm
State and federal agencies responsible for replenishing beaches have recently agreed to alter some New Jersey projects — and change the shape of the state’s coastline — at the behest of one group: surfers.
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Fans of various types of music enjoy in harmony Atlantic City's Orion Music + More Festival, headlined by Metallica
Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:46 pm
Instead of catering to one genre of music to accompany headliner Metallica, this weekend’s Orion Music + More Festival at Bader Field embraced the diversity of its lineup.
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From tribute to flash mob, Mainland celebrates graduation with a twist
Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:45 pm
LINWOOD — Every year, a high school valedictorian, salutatorian or class president stands in front of their peers at graduation and says that the life lessons learned in high school will prepare their graduating class for adulthood.
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A blend of freedom, capitalism, democracy and hope permeate Phish's second-day crowd
Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:43 pm
Amid a sea of smoke and open alcohol containers, tangible expressions of freedom, democracy, capitalism and hope served as a refreshing opening act for the jam band Phish on Saturday — the second of the band’s three-day stop at Bader Field.
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Pleasantville High School speakers urge classmates to "reach for the stars"
Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:10 pm
PLEASANTVILLE — Nearly 200 teenagers walked across the Pleasantville High School football field for the final time as high school students Thursday evening.
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Two Somers Point men charged with vandalizing, theft
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:18 pm
SOMERS POINT – Two city residents have been charged with multiple counts of criminal mischief and theft after they allegedly vandalized several properties, including a church.
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New Atlantic City High School video warns of drug mix
Monday, June 11, 2012 10:52 am
ATLANTIC CITY — Hoping to piggyback off the success of the “Stop the Silence” videos, a new video was filmed at Atlantic City High School on Thursday to target a new problem: wet.
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NAACP in Atlantic City honors four for their community work
Saturday, June 9, 2012 11:45 pm
ATLANTIC CITY — For more than a half-century, the Atlantic City’s NAACP Freedom Fund Awards have acknowledged members of the community who go out of their way to give back to the community.
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Route 52 causeway, three weeks after 4-lane opening, satisfies all
Saturday, June 9, 2012 10:30 pm
SOMERS POINT — The Route 52 causeway project loomed over the MacArthur Boulevard corridor for more than a decade.
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Father, son given Father Thom Schiavo Brotherhood Award for contributions to community
Saturday, June 9, 2012 12:00 am
MARGATE — Leo Schoffer credits his father, Sam, a holocaust survivor, for a lot of his own accomplishments.
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