Camden Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
February 5, 2025
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law that doubles the number of petition signatures most New Jersey candidates for state, county, and local offices now need to get on 2025 election ballots.The new requirements take effect immediately for candidates who wish to run on all 2025 primary and ...
CAMDEN – Dr. Henry H. Davis Family School students have, through a leadership development program, learned how to treat their peers with respect, benefited from peer mentorship, participated in monthly assemblies and have had opportunities to reflect and address personal challenges, according to ...
This is the first in a series on first-year educators sponsored by the Camden Education Fund.CAMDEN – The school in Franklinville, Gloucester County, that Jocelyn Williams went to in fifth grade was, as she puts it, small.“I had the same 20 kids in (kindergarten) through eighth grade. We were like ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – El teléfono de La Ingrata Camden ha sonado más de lo habitual en las últimas semanas y su bandeja de entrada ha tenido más correos electrónicos de lo habitual, dijo Karla Torres, copropietaria del restaurante ...
In a hard-fought boys basketball matchup on February 3, 2025, Camden Eastside High School was defeated by Woodbury in double overtime 80-79.High scorers for the Tigers were Romelo Mangum with 20 points, and Tyrone Washam with 17 points. Next up for Eastside, with a record now of 6-11, is an away ...
CAMDEN – Four city restaurants got a boost this week in the form of character-based loans from the Camden Food Fund, a 3-year-old initiative with a mission to aid the local food industry.The loans were the first and are a part of a pilot program. The Camden Food Fund is housed with the Community ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – The phone at La Ingrata Camden has rung more than usual the past few weeks and its inbox has had more emails than usual, Karla Torres, the restaurant’s co-owner and a first-generation American from Mexico, told TAPinto Camden.“I have friends and customers who are afraid,” ...
CAMDEN – Average home prices in the city of Camden increased at a faster pace in tax years 2023 and 2024 than those in Camden County and statewide, according to state Division of Taxation statistics.The average price of a home in Camden – the state calculates the statistic by dividing the total ...
TRENTON, NJ – A diverse and recognizable group of 13 New Jersey residents will have six months to recommend ways that the Office of the Attorney General can “further its mission of eliminating corruption, promoting transparency, and strengthening the public’s trust in government.”New Jersey ...
NEW JERSEY — Parents may wish to brace for more white-knuckle time teaching their teenagers to drive safely. They can also hire qualified driving instructors or rely on local high school driver-ed programs.This comes as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) set strict new requirements for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The past melds with the present at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum as it presents a new exhibition featuring 97 artists representing more than 50 indigenous nations and communities throughout North America.“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always” is an ambitious exhibition of ...
TRENTON, NJ — “We want you back!” NJ lawmakers told the nation’s nomadic Miss America, urging the competition to return in 2025 “and every year thereafter.”A resolution pleading with event organizers to come back was passed by the state Assembly by a voice vote, with no objections, on Thursday.
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey elementary teachers may soon find furry friends in their classrooms. The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill establishing a pilot program to place therapy dogs in elementary school wellness programs. School districts including Barnegat, Clifton and ...
NEW JERSEY — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was ordered to begin an 11-year federal prison term in June for accepting bribes, including gold bars and cash, in return for giving favors to Egypt, Qatar and a few New Jersey businessmen.U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein sentenced Menendez in a Manhattan ...
The Camden High Panthers defeated Camden Catholic 71-55 in boys basketball on January 30, 2025. David Munro scored two points in the first half, and the rest of his remaining 25 points in the second half. Panther Emmanuel Joe-Samuel scored 21 points, and teammate Torrey Brooks Jr. contributed 15 ...
CAMDEN – Parkside Business & Community in Partnership’s projects in 2024 included involvement with the sale of 10 new homes, securing the remaining funding it needed to develop two mixed-use development projects known as Parkside I and Parkside II, acquiring five neighborhood properties for ...
TRENTON, NJ — Sean Lavin was a Mercer County sheriff’s officer who responded to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans in 2005. His memories of finding those who didn’t survive left him sleepless afterward and triggered post-traumatic stress disorder, he said. “Not one of us were OK with ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Aunque la Administración Trump ha roto con las prácticas pasadas y ha autorizado a los agentes de inmigración a ingresar a las escuelas, el superintendente del Distrito Escolar de Camden City les dijo esta ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Although the Trump Administration has broken with past practices and authorized immigration agents to enter schools, the superintendent of the Camden City School District this week told parents that city schools remain safe havens for students.“Let me be clear and reiterate ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Robert Lewis, affectionately known as “Mr. Bob” by Washington School families, died peacefully on Jan. 26 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains at age 96, according to his obituary.Lewis was in the spotlight in 2023 when he was told to leave the post he had held for three ...
TRENTON, NJ — Business leaders failed to persuade lawmakers Monday to drop a bill requiring stores to warn gift-card buyers about potential fraud.Assembly bill A-4636 would compel retailers to post information about how the cards can be manipulated and made worthless. Businesses that fail to ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Cuando los miembros del clero local fueron reconocidos en una reunión el lunes por la noche para discutir las redadas de inmigración en todo el país, unos 15 líderes espirituales de Camden y el área se ...
TRENTON, NJ — A bill to increase the safety of inflatable bouncy houses – typically rented for backyard birthday parties and parking lot carnivals – was approved Monday by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee.The measure, A3433, would require bouncy houses to include anchors and stakes. It would ...
Camden Eastside fell to Camden Catholic by 46-40 on January 28, 2025. The Tigers' high scorers were Tyrone Washam with 14 points and Bryce Hillman with 12 points.The loss left Eastside's record at 6-9.Next up for the Tigers is a January 30 home game against Paul VI.
CAMDEN – Five years ago, amid the daunting, chaotic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers in Camden and across the United States had pressures others did not, such as finding beds for patients in at- or near-capacity hospitals, securing equipment to help keep them and their ...
Bishop Eustace High School faced off against a very different Camden High boys basketball team on Jan. 28, 2025 than the one they defeated by one point last month.Shortly after that December 19 game, three impact transfers joined the Panthers on the court, and two - David Munro and Torrey Brooks - ...
CAMDEN – Four former New Jersey governors and the current one – Democrats and Republicans – shared the stage at Cooper University Hospital on Tuesday to celebrate the hospital system’s $3 billion expansion by tossing a shovel of dirt in a ceremonial groundbreaking.Praise was also doled out by the ...
TRENTON, NJ — New moms who work as New Jersey state troopers or professional firefighters may gain guaranteed paid time off with their babies and other job benefits under legislation approved Monday in Trenton.Supporters in the Assembly public safety committee said such first responders now ...
JERSEY CITY — Jim McGreevey is on the brink of a political comeback as mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city.The state’s former 52nd governor and Woodbridge Township’s mayor for a decade, appears well positioned to be this Hudson County city’s next mayor with a mighty campaign war chest and ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – When local clergy members were recognized at a Monday night meeting to discuss immigration raids across the nation, about 15 spiritual leaders from Camden and the area stood and introduced themselves.Their presence in packed City Hall Council chambers spoke to the depth of ...