Camden Top Stories
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
January 27, 2025
NEW BRUNSWICK – Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway says he has no information that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are or will be on the school’s New Brunswick, Newark or Camden campuses.Holloway, however, is instructing students and faculty members to contact ...
NEWARK - East Ward Councilman Michael Silva issued a statement on the immigration crisis in the United States and offered a path forward on Friday, Jan. 24. His statement followed a Friday morning press conference – held by Mayor Ras J. Baraka, a Democrat who hopes to run for governor – that ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The consul of the Consulate of Mexico in New Brunswick is urging city residents to understand their rights and to have their documentation with them in the event they are questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Mariana Diaz, in a hastily called meeting with ...
NEWARK - Mayor Ras J. Baraka, along with community partners and state lawmakers, said Newark will not allow its residents to be “unlawfully terrorized” and that constitutional rights cannot be ignored at a press conference in City Hall on Friday morning, Jan. 24. The press conference was in ...
Camden Eastside High School, after leading by six after the first half, exploded in the second half of an away game against Seneca and defeated the Golden Eagles 74-43 in boys basketball on January 23, 2025. Jaiden Faison and Bryce Hillman each contributed 18 points, with Tyrone Washam adding ...
CAMDEN – Four former New Jersey governors, Gov. Phil Murphy and television personality Kelly Ripa will be the headliners at a Cooper University Health Care groundbreaking and disco party on Tuesday, January 28, the hospital system announced Friday morning.The ceremony officially launches the ...
NEWARK - Mayor Ras J. Baraka said a U.S. military veteran was among undocumented residents as well as U.S. citizens who were detained during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Thursday at a Newark business. ICE agents conducted the raid without producing a warrant, according to a ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Aunque la tasa de homicidios de la ciudad el año pasado se mantuvo bastante alta en comparación con algunas ciudades de Estados Unidos, tanto la tasa como el número de homicidios estuvieron en su nivel más ...
CAMDEN – Drug-related deaths in Camden County and all of New Jersey in 2024 were the lowest in 10 years, according to preliminary data reported by the state.The Office of the State Medical Examiner reported 195 suspected drug deaths in Camden County last year, down 131 or 40% from 2023. The total ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Aunque la tasa de homicidios de la ciudad el año pasado se mantuvo bastante alta en comparación con algunas ciudades de Estados Unidos, tanto la tasa como el número de homicidios estuvieron en su nivel más ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – El Concejo Municipal está agregando dientes más afilados a su ofensiva en toda la ciudad contra el estacionamiento ilegal.Una ley municipal enmendada que permite confiscar cualquier cosa, incluidos los ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – City Council is adding sharper teeth to its citywide crackdown on illegal parking.An amended city law that allows for confiscating anything, including motor vehicles, that obstructs a city street or highway went before the Council last week on first reading. A public hearing ...
NEWARK - The school administration is gearing up for this year’s Board of Education election, in which 16-year-olds will be able to vote for the first time, by hosting district-wide “15-plus voter registration drives.”“That's why we're calling it 15, because you can technically be 15 years old now ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – When Coretta Scott’s family home in Alabama was burned down in 1942 by a fire long believed to have been set by segregationists, her father, Obadiah, told his 14-year-old daughter that he would pray for the arsonists.Fast-forward a few years, and Scott found herself embroiled in a ...
NEW JERSEY — Sky-watchers can see an unusual celestial treat as Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars line up and shine bright in our night sky from now until late February, according to the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).On clear nights, when clouds cooperate, New Jerseyans will ...
The Camden High Panthers made quick work of the Moorestown Quakers on Tuesday, defeating them 87-37 and improving their season record to 6-6. Next up for the Panthers are a pair of Iverson Classic games in Florida this Friday and Saturday, January 24 and 25, against the Mater Lakes and Windermere ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – For Gavin Oshman, growing up the son of a New Brunswick librarian meant that he would be put to work whenever he tagged along with his mom. Under the watchful eye of Jacquelyn Oshman, he’d pull holds, re-shelve checked-in books, get DVDs ready and perform other odd jobs.The New ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Although the city's homicide rate last year remained fairly high against some U.S. cities, both the rate and the number of homicides were at their lowest since 1985.The city's count of 17 homicides in 2024 – all but two were fatal shootings – was down 43% from 2023 and about ...
WESTFIELD — Former major league catcher and Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg died Sunday morning, according to a statement from Major League Baseball. He was 83.A catcher, coach, manager and then national broadcaster, Torborg spent five decades in Major League Baseball.Before his MLB career, ...
Camden High School, led by David Munro's 37-point performance, easily defeated Timber Creek 88-56 at home on January 20, 2025. Torrey Brooks ended the game with a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double with five steals.The win gave Camden High a 5-5 record. Next up for the Panthers is a January 21 ...
WOODBRIDGE — New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne M. Lopez are running for re-election in 2025 to their 19th Legislative District seats with one Democrat challenger, so far. The duo announced their re-election bid in a Jan. 17th prepared statement.Coughlin, 66, ...
CAMDEN – Around this time of year in 2022, Camden-based It Takes a Village Housing hosted a coat drive, Michael Taylor, the organization's CEO, told TAPinto Camden. “We decided to hold one because it is cold in January,” he explained. Every January since, a larger event has taken place, Taylor ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Vikas Dharnidharka was seeking bragging rights on the seventh floor when he proposed a friendly table tennis challenge between members of the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - of which he is the chair – and their neighbors in the Department of ...
NEW JERSEY – Got the sniffles and chills? Phlegm making you queasy?That's no surprise to the federal Centers of Disease Control (CDC), which says acute respiratory cases of influenza, COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are on the rise in the Garden State and at nationwide elevated ...
The Camden High School Panthers, powered by 20 points from David Munro and 18 from Emmanuel Joe-Samuel, defeated the Camden Eastside Tigers 77-50 in boys basketball on January 16, 2025. The Panthers led by only four points at the half, but went on a 21-9 run in the third quarter and never looked ...
NEWARK - Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Office of Homeless Services Director Luis Ulerio, and partners celebrated the city’s strategic plan to end chronic homelessness by rolling out several new initiatives, including the Metro Downtown Outreach Team and the Path Home 211 texting service, on Wednesday, Jan.
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Ocier Bernard, estudiante de tercer año en la Escuela Preparatoria Camden, dice que sus dificultades de lectura en el pasado le dieron una boleta de calificaciones con calificaciones sobresalientes.Ya ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Si está tirando basura ilegalmente en las calles de Camden, es posible que escuche una voz desde arriba advirtiéndole que se detenga.La advertencia no vendrá del cielo, sino desde lo alto de un poste de luz ...
CAMDEN – Two planned residential and commercial developments by Parkside Business & Community in Partnership (PBCIP) will receive up to $17.7 million in New Jersey Economic Development Authority Aspire grants, the EDA announced this month.“It's going to change the landscape,” PBCIP CEO Bridget ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Ocier Bernard, a junior at Camden Prep High School, says his reading difficulties in the past yielded him a report card with straight F's.Not anymore. Since the beginning of the school year, Bernard has participated in an intervention program at his school and now is proud ...