Camden Top Stories
By NEILL BOROWSKI
June 12, 2025
Leer en españolCAMDEN – In the last two years, the Camden Loop on-demand public transportation has provided 100,000 rides, with more than one-quarter of them taking residents to and from grocery stores.About one in five Camden residents have opened a Camden Loop account for the shared rides, which ...
CAMDEN – Parents and students affiliated with Mastery High School of Camden will never hear the phrase ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to a student’s future. That is because Mastery High School of Camden – the first high school in the city’s North Camden neighborhood, according to its website – ...
CAMDEN – Despite being bumped from the ballot as a candidate for the traditional Camden County Democratic Committee, City Council member Sheila Davis nevertheless was one of the top vote-getters in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, according to unofficial results.Davis, running as part of ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Mientras que el Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de Camden ha informado que menos de 20 maestros perderán sus empleos debido a los profundos recortes presupuestarios, el número de puestos de enseñanza perdidos ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Delia Montanez se había detenido en una tienda de conveniencia de Camden en el camino a dejar a sus hijos en la escuela la semana pasada cuando su sentido de seguridad se hizo añicos.Su tarjeta de ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Delia Montanez had stopped at a Camden convenience store on the way to drop her children off at school last week when her sense of security was shattered.Her Families First Electronic Benefits Transfer (or EBT) card was declined, and the Camden single mother discovered that ...
CAMDEN – Katina Chase said her 9-year-old son usually spends his time playing soccer, running track and playing football. “This is his first time fishing,” she said, adding she was initially unsure how he would respond to attending the second annual Camden County Police Department (CCPD) Cops & ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – While the Camden City School District has reported that fewer than 20 teachers will lose their jobs from deep budget cuts, the number of teaching positions lost totals 101, according to a list of cuts provided to TAPinto Camden under an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) ...
PENNSAUKEN – The Habitat for Humanity ReStore, whose website advertises such shops as a place that sells new furniture, appliances, home improvement products, building supplies and more “at a fraction of the retail prices,” closed its location at 7937 South Crescent Boulevard/U.S. Route 130 in ...
CAMDEN – A special meeting to hear from the community about the search for a new state superintendent for the Camden City School District will be held next Monday.The in-person forum will be held June 16, between 5:30 and 7 p.m. at Dudley Famiy School, 2250 Berwick Street.Information on each ...
CAMDEN – Facing a growing number of smoke shops, City Council on Thursday, June 12, will decide whether to adopt a new law that closely regulates the number and locations of stores specializing in tobacco and vaping products.The ordinance, scheduled for adoption after a public hearing at the 5 p.m.
NEWARK — New Jersey households, newly burdened with higher electricity costs, will receive $100 to $250 credits from the state, parceled over six months, to help pay the bills, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday in Newark.Typical households will receive $16.60 per month from July-December. Low- ...
NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey households, newly burdened with higher electricity costs, will receive $100 to $250 credits from the state, parceled over six months, to help pay the bills, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday in Newark.Typical households will receive $16.60 per month from July-December.
CAMDEN - The Philadelphia 76ers cleaned up on Wednesday, but not on the basketball court.Nearly 100 of the 76ers' basketball and business employees teamed up with Mayor Victor Carstarphen and other government officials, volunteers and high school students for the city's neighborhood cleanup at ...
CAMDEN – The Domenica Foundation has been a steady force for good in Camden, focusing on initiatives that open doors for the city’s next generation. The foundation, launched as a family initiative 34 years ago, now directs 90% of its philanthropic efforts to organizations throughout the city, ...
CAMDEN – Theo Spencer has run for mayor of Camden three times before, but this time feels different for the 49-year-old Howard University graduate and vice president of software engineering for a major bank.He is not campaigning by himself to defeat incumbent Mayor Victor Carstarphen in the ...
CAMDEN – Children with disabilities who might not be able to enjoy a traditional playground will get the third Jake's Place All-Inclusive Playground in Camden County at New Camden Park.The customized playground behind the Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Center on Pine Street is being planned by ...
ROXBURY – It took a grueling three-match battle against a decorated opponent, but former Roxbury High School state champion Luke Stanich, now at Lehigh University, has broken through onto the international wrestling scene. Stanich, on May 31, defeated two-time age-group world medalist Bo Bassett in ...
CAMDEN – Nearly two miles of Broadway, a mix of asphalt and concrete surfaces, will be rehabilitated over the summer in a $1.6-million project, Camden County announced on Tuesday.The southern part of the targeted section of Broadway, from Chelton to Whitman avenues, will be repaved. The concrete ...
CAMDEN – Although few people doubt the health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, many agree that it's not always easy to get such foods within Camden’s city limits. That difficulty stems in part from the small food markets that dominate Camden’s neighborhoods not being able to reap the lower ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – For all the glitz and glamour of the pageant world, it was the opportunity of having a soapbox to share her cause that caught Asmi Kaushal’s attention. The Sayreville resident, who just completed her sophomore year at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was crowned Miss New Jersey ...
CAMDEN – Walk into the lobby of ResinTech Inc.'s 5-year-old headquarters and production plant on Federal Street and the large artwork – by a Camden artist – dominates the room.Camden influences don't end at the entrance, though, as executives at the family business that relocated to Camden from ...
CAMDEN – The Writers House, located at 1801 Broadway, took a significant step toward greater public recognition when representatives from the New Jersey Center for the Book presented the house with its Literary Landmark Award on Sunday, a poetry enthusiast told TAPinto Camden. “I see this (award) ...
CAMDEN – About six years ago, high school senior Teseanna Harris sat at a table within Camden High School waiting to be called to the stage as one of that year’s Women of the Dream scholarship recipients. This past Saturday, Harris – along with other recent Women of the Dream scholarship recipients ...
CAMDEN – The thought of reflecting on one’s high school years and going on to college often causes different emotions.Just ask Janiyah Goodmen, a Camden Prep senior who told TAPinto Camden she will attend Massachusetts’s Smith College in the fall on a full scholarship. “I'm going to be surrounded ...
Aarav Jindal, a junior at Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, will be among the high school students who will compete in the 2025 USA Biolympiad National Finals, hosted by the Center for Excellence in Education at Harvard University from June 22 to July 4, 2025.Jindal ...
The business that used to occupy 918 Broadway – Lamboy Furniture Company – had only recently shut its doors permanently when some of the youth who are currently part of the Camden Repertory Theater Company were born. That does not appear to matter Nalla Johnson, the theater organization’s incoming ...
NEWARK - Tonya Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will become the chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, effective Aug. 1.Smith-Jackson's appointment, announced jointly by Rutgers-Newark ...
CAMDEN – It won't be only the Battleship New Jersey for visitors this Saturday – the nonprofit has organized a Family Fun Day with fire truck tours, face painting, free hot dogs and popcorn and other extra features.Admission to the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. is free with the purchase of general ...
EAST BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell has received several reports regarding a text phishing scam that involves the Department of Motor Vehicles and E-ZPass. These messages claim the user has an outstanding traffic ticket and payment is due. If not paid ...