Agency picks PATCO route    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Courier Post Online
After years of public debate about the best way to expand the PATCO Hi-Speedline deeper into South Jersey, the state Office of Smart Growth has chosen the route between Gloucester City and Glassboro because it would ease highway...... Full story...

President-elect inspires Haddonfield class    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Courier Post Online
HADDONFIELD — Fifth-graders at J. Fithian Tatem Elementary School are hoping that good things will happen during the Barack Obama administration. They are mailing advice to the president-elect -- and shared their ideas...... Full story...

Errant message foils effort to cheer troops    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Courier Post Online
GIBBSBORO — Steve Chambers thought he had a brilliant idea to mail Christmas cards to injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., when he received a forwarded e-mail message. He had no idea...... Full story...

East Camden man is victim in city's first '09 slaying    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Courier Post Online
CAMDEN — A 29-year-old man became the city's first homicide victim of the year after he was gunned down on the front steps of his East Camden home, officials said Wednesday. Felix Rodriguez was shot multiple times...... Full story...

Allies begin drumbeat for Christie as governor    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Courier Post Online
TRENTON — Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie and his Republican friends are dropping hints that Christie is ready to jump in the New Jersey governor's race. Though he's publicly flirted with the idea for months...... Full story...

Cities' firefighters reorganize    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: The Daily Journal
The Vineland and Mill- ville fire departments both recently started new procedures designed to speed response times to emergencies and make better use of volunteer services. In Vineland, the fire department established a plan...... Full story...

New Rite Aid is 'bigger, brighter    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- A new and larger Rite Aid at Lincoln and Dante avenues is almost ready for customers. The southeast corner retailer and pharmacy is scheduled to open next Thursday, Rite Aid spokesman Eric Harkreader said Wednesday...... Full story...

Neighbors    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: The Daily Journal
More Neighbors on B4,B6 Alzheimer's group meets at 7 tonightThe Alzheimer's Support Group of Cumberland County will meet at 7 p.m. today at Genesis Eldercare, 54 Sharp St., Millville. Cho Win, South Jersey regional...... Full story...

Morristown eyes incentive to buy homes in town    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
MORRISTOWN -- People shopping around for a house who happen to work in town might be eligible for a down payment they don't have to pay back, if they'll consider calling Morristown home. Representatives from the state...... Full story...

Japanese man, 28, visiting relatives missing from Hopatcong    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
HOPATCONG -- The community is asked to be on the lookout for a 28-year-old Japanese man who disappeared from the Eng family's Akron Way home Tuesday morning between 9 and 11 a.m. Jamie Eng, 33, said her cousin, Kinji Shimodaira...... Full story...

Morris slips, slides through icy weather    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
An overnight storm left Morris County coated with ice Wednesday morning, causing power outages, school closings and opening delays and minor accidents on slippery roads. About 400 customers scattered throughout Morris County...... Full story...

Little red lights over Morris raise a big stir, questions    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
Chris Russo and a friend were driving in Hanover when something passed overhead, five red lights flying in formation. They watched the lights ascend and descend, Russo said, and took photographs and a video to prove they had...... Full story...

Today's Weather: Breezy    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Ashbury Park Press
Although the low pressure system that brought us inclement wintry weather should be gone by this morning, another active weather period for the region is due Friday and Saturday.In the meantime, the National Weather Service...... Full story...

St. Clare's offers new treatment to cancer patients    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
DOVER -- St. Clare's Health Systems unveiled Wednesday the latest addition to its cancer-treatment arsenal, a process that, officials said, places the community hospital at the forefront of a new generation of cancer treatment...... Full story...

Washington Twp.'s new mayor: Cutback in services likely    Posted on 2009-01-08
Source: Daily Record
WASHINGTON TWP. -- New Mayor Ken Short, unanimously chosen by his fellow township committee members Tuesday, said the poor economy will inevitably force cutbacks in municipal services this year. "A big challenge for us will...... Full story...

Man accused in blaze that led to Elizabe...    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: New Jersey Online
The 19-year-old homeless man who admitted he set a fire that led to the death of an Elizabeth firefighter last week appeared in court today heavily bandaged from burns he sustained in a fire and a not guilty ...... Full story...

Man gets prison in tot death    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Ashbury Park Press
NEW BRUNSWICK — A Middletown man acquitted in October of manslaughter but convicted of child endangerment in the death of a 3-year-old North Brunswick boy was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison.Robert Knutsen,...... Full story...

For football loyalties, towns line up at the 50    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Ashbury Park Press
Plumsted residents Dave Leutwyler and Rocco Natalicchio know about rivalry.Friends with an easy camaraderie, there is at least one thing that divides the two: football.Leutwyler, 49, is a Philadelphia Eagles fan. Natalicchio...... Full story...

New team ready to cut    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Ashbury Park Press
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Democrats grabbed the reins of Monmouth County government on Tuesday and immediately announced a series of dramatic budget-cutting measures - from selling a county-owned helicopter to calling on 20...... Full story...

Wall attorney choice draws criticism    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Ashbury Park Press
WALL — The Republican Party chairman in Monmouth County is about to be named the municipal attorney here despite having little experience in that type of law.The appointment of Joseph W. Oxley also would come following...... Full story...

Slain girl's family wins $13M in damages    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Ashbury Park Press
FREEHOLD — A Superior Court judge awarded her $13 million in damages Tuesday as administrator of her sister's estate, more than 40 years after the 13-year-old's murder, but Joan Conway of Hazlet wasn't...... Full story...

Number of bald eagles soars    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Courier Post Online
Elmer Clegg didn't believe his wife Bunny when she told him she had found a bald eagle nest a mere two blocks from their Gibbstown home. "Bald eagles in New Jersey?" Elmer Clegg said. "I thought she was crazy." That was...... Full story...

Adler eager for work in House    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Courier Post Online
WASHINGTON — Rep. John H. Adler is impatient. The Cherry Hill Democrat, one of 54 freshmen House members sworn in Tuesday, said he's eager to move beyond the pomp and pageantry and "get down to the business of helping...... Full story...

Italian club donates $1,000 to food bank    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Courier Post Online
PENNSAUKEN — In honor of the new year and in preparation for potential upcoming hard times, a local Italian club donated $1,000 to the Food Bank of South Jersey. "We wanted to help the community, especially with the economy...... Full story...

Top cop may have it easier in Va. city    Posted on 2009-01-07
Source: Courier Post Online
CAMDEN — As police chief of Portsmouth, Va., Edward Hargis will face some of the same challenges he worked to overcome as head of Camden's police department. Portsmouth City Manager Kenneth Chandler listed scarce...... Full story...