Camden Top Stories
By STACI SMITH
September 14, 2025
As the national search for a new Camden school superintendent continues, I think we should consider where we’ve been and how far we’ve come, and make sure we build on the strong foundation of public education that has been built over the last 15 years in Camden.I grew up in Camden as the daughter ...
CAMDEN – A pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle last Saturday afternoon at 17th Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard has been identified as a Gloucester City woman.Police responded to the accident at 4:58 p.m. Melissa Hopkins, 46, was taken to Cooper University Hospital, where she died, ...
CAMDEN – The wife and son of a Camden man charged with the June murder of a Deptford man whose body has not been found allegedly purchased a chainsaw, containers, trash bags and other cleaning supplies after the man disappeared, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.Afterward, the man ...
CAMDEN – Stan White stood on the 1-yard line of the Camden High School football field on Wednesday, with his objective – and that of about 40 other community volunteers – to score a touchdown for the boys who play there.Over the last 15 years, volunteers from the “We Can Do This!” organization have ...
TRENTON – A recently approved bill credit program that will give state households $100 to help offset the rising cost of electricity has become the subject of an attempted scam, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has warned.According to a statement, the NJBPU has received reports of ...
The 767 New Jersey residents killed on September 11, 2001, and the New Jersey 9/11 responders and survivors who have died due to the attacks in New York City, as well as in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., will be remembered at a special ceremony at New Jersey’s official September 11th ‘Empty ...
Teachers and parents from Newark who are interested in learning about and engaging in education policy and advocacy are being encouraged to apply for year-long fellowships offered by JerseyCAN, a statewide advocacy organization.Participants of both fellowships discuss the latest policy trends and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Sophia’s heels made a click-clack sound on the pavement as she hurried to the platform to catch the 3:37 p.m. train to Newark. When she was told the New Brunswick Train Station would be getting a $70 million overhaul, she shrugged.“That’s great,” she said. “As long as my train is on ...
WAYNE — Brian Schwartz’s homegrown nonprofit, I Want to Mow Your Lawn, Inc., has been awarded a $50,000 Kubota Hometown Proud® grant, a national recognition that will allow the Wayne-based organization to expand its community impact across Northern New Jersey.Kubota Tractor Corporation announced ...
New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli spoke with Anthony Russo, President of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ), about his priorities for the state during a CIANJ event at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, NJ, on September 4th.
A South Plainfield resident is celebrating a $50,000 Powerball win following Saturday night’s historic $1.787 billion jackpot drawing.According to the New Jersey Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at David’s Stationery, located on Sampton Avenue in South Plainfield. The ticket matched four ...
CAMDEN – Nancy Walker-Powell was looking to have some fun this past Saturday. “I came to enjoy the music,” she told TAPinto Camden while sitting on the side of Elm Street near Main Street. But in other ways, the event held on Saturday was different from other occasions where live music can be ...
CAMDEN – Teacher Tina Campanaro sat on her Yorkship Family School's classroom rug on Friday morning, moving her head around as she looked at each of the eight brand-new first-graders on their first day back to school.“Tell me your name and tell me something you did over the summer,” Campanaro asked ...
TRENTON, NJ – The NJ State Planning Commission will conduct six public hearings to receive testimony on the draft final New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan and the draft Infrastructure Needs Assessment. Virtual hearings will be held on:Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Oct.
NEW BRUNSWICK – Deborah Terrell emerged from her apartment with a 12-inch kitchen knife in her right hand, calling out, “C’mon! C’mon!” before New Brunswick police officers used pepper spray and a taser on her.She turned back into her apartment in the John P. Fricano Towers building for a moment, ...
CAMDEN – Public hearings on two expanded local laws – one to permit cannabis consumption lounges and the other requiring clean-ups after events held on city property – are scheduled before City Council at its meeting next Tuesday.After the hearings, Council members will make a final decision on ...
The New Jersey Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission will host two meetings in September to gather ideas on how to improve services for people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias.The first session will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 5-7 p.m. An in-person ...
CAMDEN – When students show up for the first day of school at the Camden City School District this Friday, it will be a far different district from the one they left in June.The district faced a $91 million budget shortfall for this school year and needed to cut teachers, administrators and staff ...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, Newark's perpetual bachelor, has announced in a social media post that he is engaged.The bride-to-be is Alexis Lewis, a vice president of Investments at Brasa Capital Management, a real estate investment manager with residential and commercial assets located in the western ...
CAMDEN - As Camden students head back to school this fall, KIPP Hatch Academy is marking a milestone: the building’s 101st year of educating Camden students, and a new school leader. For more than a century, the Hatch building has stood as one of Camden’s most recognizable school buildings, a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Michele Hernandez Sanchez, a graduate of New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School, once dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She changed her mind, however, after her brother was diagnosed with leukemia.“During afternoons at the hospital, I realized that doctors and nurses don't ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – New Orleans had been battered by the 127-mph winds and soaking rains of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall as a Category 3 storm in the early morning hours of Aug. 29, 2005.Even more catastrophic news came the next day, when officials realized the levees built by the U.S. Army ...
CAMDEN – Jorge Maldonado’s family, seeking a better life, came to Camden from Puerto Rico in 1994, when he was 7.He said his mother – whom he described in an interview with TAPinto Camden as “very outgoing” – stayed at home and raised him and his three brothers, while his “workhorse” father was ...
CAMDEN – Cooper University Health Care representatives since July have stationed themselves outside several Camden corner stores, the hub of activity in many neighborhoods, as a way to offer information on nutrition and health care to residents.Cooper was awarded a $19,300 grant through the Camden ...
CAMDEN – Imagine a nightclub with a stage, bar and cabanas, high above Camden's waterfront with a view of the Delaware River.That's the vision of a developer with plans in the warmer months to rent the rooftop of the Hinson Garage, operated by the Camden Parking Authority at 10 South Delaware ...
CAMDEN – In 2022, the City of Camden enacted a law requiring businesses, nonprofits and government agencies that employ 25 or more staff in the city to submit a twice-yearly detailed employment report that includes the number of their workers who live within the city’s borders.In the second half of ...
CAMDEN – A new city-nonprofit initiative to prevent illegal dumping called “Camden Green Starts Here” has been approved by City Council to encourage proper disposal of trash, tires and other items that too often crop up in more than 4,000 vacant lots in the city.The resolution, passed at the August ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Ty Gleason was taking his first day at Rutgers in stride, methodically unloading several pairs of Nike size-13 sneakers and other personal items from his uncle’s Dodge Ram 1500 Big Horn and moving into his new digs at the Honors College.His mother, however, was feeling a swirl of ...
CAMDEN – Jamar Miller says he now has a little more money in his pocket at a time when every dollar matters. “I like the fact that they had these for people,” he said, referencing the free backpack his son Theodore received containing notebooks and highlighters during a two-hour school preparation ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Sheila Walters often swapped reviews of local pizza shops with Kyle Cullen.John Konrad offered to introduce him to bass fishing during one of their many lunchtime talks.Jonathan Limones remembers when Cullen turned to him for guidance as he pushed to be promoted.Memories have come ...