Camden Top Stories
By JANEL "JAYCEE" MILLER
June 28, 2025
Editor's Note: This article is part of a series sponsored by the Camden Education Fund about remarkable students of the Class of 2025 from some of the city’s high schools.CAMDEN – By LeLani Mendez’s own admission, academic success has come easily to her. “My most challenging high school subject, ...
HILLSBOROUGH -Join Gen. George Washington for a drink as the Father of our Country celebrates the Spirit of 1776 in a historic Dutch barn at Flounder Brewing on Sunday, June 29 from noon-1:30 p.m. David Emerson will portray the Commander-in-Chief of the First Continental Army and hoist a frosty mug ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Up on the fourth floor, down a hallway marked with a lighted “Boardwalk” sign, Serina Patel is having a spectacular morning. One moment, she’s seated behind the wheel of a faux speedboat, pretending to steer it past some sharks. Then she is leaning her hands on a tyke-sized desk, ...
NEWARK - For the past 12 years, 79-year-old Ezequiel Garcia’s stamina in running marathons has been fueled by love, loss and the enduring legacy of his son, Reinaldo. The nonprofit NJ Sharing Network has tipped its hat to Garcia, a marathon runner, retired educator and dedicated volunteer, during ...
CAMDEN – A tsunami of color surrounds visitors to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden as a new permanent exhibit emphasizes grouping fish and other animals by color and light rather than habitat.“Kaleidoscope Cove” opens to the public on Saturday, June 28, after a few years of planning.“We're hoping ...
CAMDEN – The City of Camden's rescheduled Juneteenth event will be celebrated this Saturday.Featuring family fun, music, vendors and food, the event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Roosevelt Plaza Park, in front of City Hall. It would move to the North Camden Community Center, 600 Erie Street, ...
CAMDEN – The New Jersey Department of Education, which is conducting a national search for the next state superintendent for the Camden City School District, on Thursday afternoon announced that longtime educator Davida Coe-Brockington will serve as the acting superintendent beginning July 1 for ...
As much as the five public high school graduations in Camden this week were celebrations of new beginnings for the students receiving diplomas, they were bittersweet endings for others. The commencements represented the last time Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs would send off graduates; after ...
NEWARK - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday morning on federal charges of assaulting, impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement related to a clash last month at an immigration detention facility in Newark. Groups such as the New Jersey Alliance for ...
CAMDEN – Tasha Gainey-Humphrey described a harrowing experience in the water on a family day trip when she was about 10 years old.“We went to a lake, I went to the deep end, and I felt I almost drowned,” the Camden resident told TAPinto Camden. “I remember pulling on this girl's bathing suit to get ...
Sheyla VazquezCAMDEN – Inspired by her grandmother's career as a physician's assistant, lifelong Camden resident Sheyla Vazquez knew as a young girl that she wanted a career in health care. Visits to her grandmother's office and frequent discussions about patient care at an early age propelled ...
Newark’s municipal budget is nearly three months late – with no introduction date near – and the city may have to pay a penalty each day if its fiscal plan remains delayed.Why is the 2025 budget late? It depends on whom you ask. In public session, the Newark business administrator has pointed to ...
CAMDEN – Don Baugh had spent about 38 years enhancing people’s understanding and opportunities of the Chesapeake Bay when the Camden County Parks Department recruited him about 10 years ago to change the Cooper River for the better.Baugh said he welcomed the challenge in an interview with TAPinto ...
CAMDEN – The city today and Wednesday will be under a Code Orange Ozone Action Day Alert, issued by Camden County, and the public should minimize the time spent outside, according to a city announcement.“This alert means that the air is unhealthy to breathe, and sensitive members of the public – ...
RUTHERFORD – As Rutherford Police Chief John R. Russo concludes his one-year term as the 109th president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), it comes with a sense of gratification.Over the year, Russo oversaw a steady stream of initiatives as the association marked ...
CAMDEN – The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning through Wednesday night as local highs are expected to be near 100 on Monday and 101 on Tuesday. Forecasts for the heat index – the “feels like" measure – are for highs of 107 and 105 on each of the two days.High temperatures ...
The outpouring for a Camden child who died following a severe asthma attack was unexpected, even for those who loved 14-year-old Isaiah “Zay Zay” Smith.So much did the ninth grader affect others that his own mother, Iris Rivera, said she didn’t know many of the people who lined up at Smith’s June ...
A woman alleged to have been run over and severely injured by a car operated by Camden City Councilman Arthur Barclay has filed a lawsuit in NJ Superior Court against him, vehicle owners Dajuan Wagner and Lisa Paulk and their auto insurer, Cooper University Hospital and Cooper Security, and the ...
CAMDEN – A visionary developer is being sought by the Camden Redevelopment Agency to come up with a plan to turn 58 publicly owned properties near both Cooper University Hospital and the waterfront into market-rate houses that will be sold.The plan – Cooper Plaza market rate/mixed-income housing ...
Antoinette Brooks wanted a different kind of funeral service for her 16-year-old son, Xyere Brooks, who was shot and killed in Camden on June 6, 2025.She knew that a lot of teens would attend the June 15 memorial for Xyere, a star football player at Kipp Cooper Norcross Academy, and she didn’t want ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Jonathan Holloway said he will be packing up most of the swag, save for a sizable mug collection that has accumulated in his office over the past five years as Rutgers president.What he’s leaving behind, however, are a few priceless pieces of advice for his successor, William F.
The celebration within Campbell headquarters in Camden on Thursday might have been considered a reunion, since at least some of those attending had not seen each other in a long time. However, no school was directly involved. Instead, it was a celebration of the Latin American Economic Development ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publically revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
CAMDEN – When a father showed up at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral School in Camden for his child’s report card conference, he was climbing the stairs and noticed the railing was loose.The dad walked to his truck in the parking lot, grabbed his tools and returned with his power screwdriver to tighten the ...
NEWARK - One of the largest solar power installations at any container terminal in the world has been completed at Port Newark Container Terminal and is an effort to reduce hazardous emissions and safeguard residents’ health by improving air quality in the East Ward.Mayor Ras J. Baraka, joined by ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – En los últimos dos años, el transporte público a pedido de Camden Loop ha proporcionado 100,000 viajes, y más de una cuarta parte de ellos llevan a los residentes hacia y desde las tiendas de ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – La comunidad puertorriqueña de Camden tiene múltiples tradiciones que deben ser mantenidas y preservadas, dijeron la semana pasada varios oradores en el Almuerzo de Ciudadanos Distinguidos de Parada San Juan ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Los lavaderos de autos móviles comerciales o los servicios de detallado que envían agua de enjuague al sistema de alcantarillado de aguas pluviales de la ciudad estarían violando la ley bajo una ordenanza ...
Leer en españolCamden's Puerto Rican community has multiple traditions that must be maintained and preserved, several speakers at Parada San Juan Bautista's Distinguished Citizens Luncheon said last week at the city's Cathedral Hall, off Market Street.“Many of you have been here for years, if not ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Commercial mobile car washes or detailing services that send rinse water into the city's stormwater sewer system would be breaking the law under an amended ordinance that cleared City Council on Thursday.The amended ordinance will get a public hearing at the July 8 Council ...