Camden Top Stories
By NEILL BOROWSKI
October 23, 2025
CAMDEN – What may seem logical to one person may not to another: If you serve on a board, committee, commission or council for the city of Camden you should be a resident of the city.Now City Council wants to codify the logic behind residency requirements with an amendment to city law that ensures ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Whether she has to visit her podiatrist in Piscataway or her cardiologist in Franklin, Louise Jackson always utilizes Dial-A-Ride - a free curb-to-curb transportation service provided to the city’s seniors, residents with disabilities, and low-income neighbors.“Dial-A-Ride has been ...
NEWARK - Former President Barack Obama will visit Newark to rally behind Democrat nominee Mikie Sherrill in the final days of the state’s contentious governor’s race. Obama is scheduled to campaign for Sherrill at a Get Out the Vote for New Jersey Democrats rally in Newark from 2:30-8:30 p.m. on ...
CAMDEN – The head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says the agency has limited oversight of scrap metal yards like the EMR (USA Holdings) Inc. site that was the scene of a smoky fire in February.Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, meeting with dozens of residents on Tuesday ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Would a free dessert at Gaby’s Bakery or Gallo Felix be just deserts for students who make the honor roll at New Brunswick High School?Would a free slice of pizza from Pizza City be a little slice of heaven after making the principal’s list?Would a free show at New Brunswick ...
NEWARK - District Judge Jamel K. Semper reserved a decision on dismissal motions after hearing arguments on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from Rep. LaMonica McIver's legal team and attorneys representing the federal government on her indictment charging she assaulted and interfered with federal agents. Semper ...
CAMDEN – A pilot program that used thermoplastic trash cans in the city’s Rosedale section yielded several positive findings, Public Works Director Keith Walker said, although he emphasized that when the cans will be used in other parts of the city is unclear.Sellers of the thermoplastic cans say ...
NEW JERSEY — The governor’s race may be getting most of the media attention ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, but every one of the 80 seats in the General Assembly is also up, and experts say some of the district races are highly competitive.Democrats are solidly in control, with 52 seats to ...
CAMDEN – The Camden County Police Department's ShotSpotter technology alerted officers to gunfire on Saturday near the 1200 block of Morton Street. Investigation found an unconscious shooting victim who later died at the hospital, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.Bruce Dixon, 29, ...
CAMDEN – Leaders from a variety of organizations shared details at Kipp Cooper Norcross Academy on Monday of the recently launched Camden Preschool Initiative. “We are here to reaffirm our commitment to nurturing the growth and development of every child in Camden,” Gov. Phil Murphy said at the ...
CAMDEN – Because minors have ignored the law, City Council is proposing a new city ordinance that underscores the responsibility of parents or guardians for the behavior of a child under 18 years old.The ordinance, sponsored by Council member Arthur Barclay, made it by the first reading of Council ...
BAYONNE - While a number of speakers praised the Bayonne Fire Department for its handling of a fire at the scrap metal site on Second Street, they also urged the Bayonne City Council to find a way to relocate the facility out of a residential area.Gene Perry, a resident of the area and a consistent ...
CAMDEN – A fire at a scrap collection yard operated by EMR (USA Holdings) Inc. on Friday morning was brought under control in about an hour, the city reported shortly before noon.EMR has been plagued by fires – some caused by damaged and overheating litium-ion batteries – in recent years. A ...
CAMDEN – City Council member Jannette Ramos, who goes door to door with fliers promoting the city's periodic bulk waste collection events and is involved in other Camden cleanups, has been awarded the 2025 Municipal Leadership Award by a New Jersey nonprofit that promotes the environment.“Ramos has ...
CAMDEN – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority on Wednesday made its long-awaited announcement seeking developers for nearly 16 acres of the city's waterfront north of the Ben Franklin Bridge and including the former Riverfront Prison site.A “Request for Expressions of Interest” came out ...
NEW YORK, NY - Former New York Jets center and Ring of Honor member Nick Mangold has shared a heartfelt message with fans, revealing that he is in need of a kidney transplant due to chronic kidney disease.Mangold explained that he was diagnosed in 2006 with a genetic defect that led to kidney ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city has become New Jersey's second municipality to be certified under the Model Communities Initiative of My Brother’s Keeper – a program launched by former president Barack Obama.New Brunswick, as well as Franklin in Somerset County, were officially certified during ceremonies ...
NEWARK - Audible has cut the ribbon on “The Pillars,” an innovative retail and community space nestled in Harriet Tubman Square, making it Audible's largest philanthropic contribution and the company’s most ambitious investment yet in Newark's future. Newark stakeholders – including Newark Alliance ...
The Camden High School Panthers prevailed against Timber Creek 12-0 in a muddy, rainy matchup in Erial on Oct. 13, 2025.For Panthers coach Rob Hinson, the game was a contest against a team he had coached from 2006 to 2019 with great success. Both teams were scoreless until after the half, when ...
CAMDEN – A Camden man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in the Sunday shooting death of Joshua Cruz, 32, of Camden, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.The U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force – Camden Division took into ...
Each year for Hispanic Heritage Month, Camden Education Fund recognizes Latino educators in Camden who it deems Pioneers of Change – individuals who have contributed to shaping the future of the school community. Read about other recipients of this honor here and here.CAMDEN – Emely Cuevas ...
CAMDEN – Used tires take up space in the yard or garage, and they can be among the toughest trash to dump. If dumped illegally, they can clutter empty lots and water filling them can breed mosquitoes.The city, which has added used tires as trash that it will accept, will hold one of its periodic ...
CAMDEN – While the Camden County Police Department is a vast improvement over the dysfunctional city police department it replaced in 2013, the future success of its community policing faces challenges and is not assured, according to a new book on the CCPD.“The true story of police reform in ...
CAMDEN – The state's top environmental regulator will visit Camden and Newark this month to share information and discuss community concerns over scrap metal yards operating in their cities.The Camden “Scrap 101" informational session will be held on October 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Salvation ...
Camden’s Hilton Garden Inn's beloved jazz night disappeared after a five-year run this month. News that the general manager of the city’s much-heralded waterfront hotel had decided to end Third Thursday Jazz — a monthly, two-hour event that featured area musicians and often attracted a ...
CAMDEN – When Dr. Lewis L. Coriell in 1949 began his seminal research on polio, he worked from a cramped storage closet at what was the municipal hospital in Camden.Coriell's work on genetics and human cells and their relation to disease grew, and he founded what today is the Coriell Insitute for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK — New Jersey’s candidates for governor, Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill, accused each other of deceitfulness during their second and final debate Wednesday. Throughout the hourlong back and forth, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, the candidates scolded ...
WAYNE, NJ — The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs is warning licensed professionals about a new scam that targets applicants and licensees with fraudulent emails and attempts to install malicious software.According to the Division, scammers are sending emails instructing recipients to ...
CAMDEN – To Jeffrey L. Nash, the one abandoned house in a block of thriving homes in a Camden neighborhood is a “true virus in that community.”Nash, who has served as a Camden County commissioner for 34 years, said that one mission of the new Camden Community Housing Collaborative unveiled on ...
NEW JERSEY — Eligible voters in New Jersey have three ways to cast their ballots in the 2025 General Election.According to the New Jersey Voter Information Portal, the three options are in-person early voting, at a polling place on Election Day, and using a mail-in ballot.In Person on Election ...