Camden Top Stories
By JOHN MOONEY
December 12, 2024
EWING – Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien was among the elected officials from across the state who attended a briefing at the New Jersey State Police Operations Center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, regarding multiple reports of unidentified drones flying over New Jersey. Although Colonel Patrick Callahan ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Leaders from the city school district and charter and renaissance schools, who work in their own organizations focused on their own goals, were brought together on Wednesday at a holiday mixer by the nonprofit Camden Education Fund to build community spirit.Giana Campbell, ...
Newark School Superintendent Roger Leon’s “fun day” event that state officials said lacked an educational or professional development component has caught the attention of a state lawmaker, who is calling for a fiscal monitor to oversee the Newark Board of Education’s $1.5 billion ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy has made New Jersey the latest state to prevent the arbitrary banning of books and other educational material from public libraries and school libraries.New Jersey’s stricter limits on book banning comes after similar measures were taken in Illinois and Minnesota. The ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A Rutgers student has been charged in connection with more than 12 incidents of lewdness and criminal sexual contact, including incidents that allegedly occurred inside a Rutgers library.Jihad Goines, 21, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, was arrested without ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The stress of dealing with food insecurity, pressure from her landlord and the death of her father recently landed Leticia Perez in the hospital.She came to the Christmas party held by Saint Peter’s University Hospital on Monday in hopes of getting away from her problems, if even ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Dolly Marshall creció en North Camden, donde su infancia se enriqueció con historias compartidas por parientes mayores que contaban sobre miembros de la familia que se mudaron a Camden a mediados de 1800.Los ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Bruce is a scaredy-cat who can sometimes get spooked by a wind-tossed wrapper. Jake is a sweetheart who has a soft spot for kids. Marty has earned himself the nickname Mayhem because of his mischievous streak.The horses on Kathy Sperduto’s farm all have distinct personalities and ...
WESTFIELD — When Garrett Vogel headed toward the finish line in the New York City Marathon last month, not only did he have to contend with the challenging course around the five boroughs, but he did so while managing his type 1 diabetes. For Vogel, who is new to the sport of running, it was his ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Dolly Marshall grew up in North Camden, where her childhood was enriched with stories shared by older relatives who told of family members who moved to Camden in the mid-1800s.Her mother’s ancestors, free people of color from Virginia and Delaware, moved north to the city in ...
CAMDEN – Some of the holiday season's best-known songs seemed to come to life on Friday for those who attended the Salvation Army Kroc Center Christmas Spectacular. For instance, kids could have their pictures taken with Santa Claus, proving the jolly old man (or one of his helpers) is “coming to ...
CAMDEN – First-generation American Kimberly Valle, who said her parents came to the United States from Mexico, said she understood very little about her post-high school options, such as choosing a college and finding ways to afford it. “I had no idea,” she told TAPinto Camden. “I had to navigate ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, has received the highest distinction a hospital can earn in several areas from a leading industry resource.Saint Peter’s has been named by U.S. News & ...
CLARK — Police in this Union County town are looking for the culprit who abandoned nine tiny puppies in a five-gallon bucket at Raritan Road and Frances Drive on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Newark-based Associated Humane Society (AHS) hopes to find forever homes for the puppies, estimated to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Police say there is no danger to the public after being alerted to a social media hoax warning people that a serial killer is on the loose.The post claiming a serial killer named Robert Thibodeau is in our midst with the hashtag #newbrunswick has been circulating around the country, ...
CAMDEN – Fifteen Camden City firefighters who retired this year or will do so in January will be honored next Tuesday at a City Council meeting.“These brave individuals have shown exceptional courage, professionalism, and sacrifice in the face of danger, and their contributions have had a lasting ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Seven students with affiliations to Rutgers who sold narcotics through a private social media network are facing drug charges following a multiagency undercover investigation.A large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, a large amount of cash and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Scott White doesn’t want the next president at Rutgers University to be some C-suite hotshot who’s wading ashore on the Banks of the Old Raritan because it’s a good career move.“I’d love to find a candidate, a president who loves this university, who wants to be here more than ...
CAMDEN – Santa Claus will join city residents, government officials and community stakeholders on Saturday to kick off the holiday season with a Christmas tree lighting.A motorcade starts at 4 p.m. from Haddon and Newton avenues, followed by the tree lighting at 5:30 p.m. at the Camden Waterfront, ...
CAMDEN – Plans for more than $2 million in improvements to New Camden Park, behind Camden High School, include a Jake’s Place all-inclusive playground to accommodate children with special needs.The Jake’s Place will be the third installed by Camden County. The first opened in 2011 at a Cherry Hill ...
CAMDEN – A public hearing will be held on Tuesday about a stricter Camden parking law that specifically prohibits parking on sidewalks, alleys, crosswalks and grass medians. The amended ordinance, on the second of two readings, is on the City Council agenda for the Tuesday meeting, which begins at ...
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka on Monday was endorsed in his bid for governor by U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who received the mayor’s support earlier this year as she defeated a crowded field of Democrats seeking the seat left vacant by the death of Donald Payne Jr.McIver said that Baraka, who is her ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Rutgers is taking an important step to address one of the leading causes of climate change as it moves forward with a plan to purchase 700 electric vehicles to replace its entire gas-powered fleet over the next decade.The first round of 24 light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) – a mix ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A smattering of hands went up when a roomful of people was asked if they had been engaged in some political conversations over Thanksgiving dinner.Many more hands shot up when they were asked if they avoided such conversations.Learning how to talk, debate and disagree without being ...
CAMDEN – The city is going to have to dig deep to replace the deteriorating and leaking roof of the former National Guard Armory that now is the headquarters of the Department of Public Works.A spending resolution before City Council on Tuesday evening calls for $2,420,235 to replace the roof of ...
CAMDEN – A patch of land near the Subaru of America headquarters and Admiral Wilson Boulevard next year will be transformed into part of Camden County's 34-mile LINK trail system.When completed, the LINK trail will go through 17 municipalities from the Ben Franklin Bridge in Camden to the ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – La admisión anticipada a la Universidad de Rutgers en Camden se presentó a 78 estudiantes de último año en la Escuela Chárter de la Universidad LEAP Academy en ceremonias de becas esta semana.La sorpresa del ...
NEWARK — Mildred Crump, a trailblazing public servant who was the first Black woman to serve on the Newark City Council, died Sunday. She was 86.Crump first ran for council in 1986, but was not elected until 1994, initially serving until 1998. She served again from 2006 until she resigned for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Mettler’s Woods, one of the state’s last remaining virgin forests that sits in a 65-acre patch of land owned and managed by Rutgers-New Brunswick, has been chosen for preservation by a national organization.The Old-Growth Forest Network recently inducted Mettler’s Woods in Franklin ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – There’s a hidden gem inside a stately Victorian building on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus.The Rutgers Geology Museum is home to a Ptolemaic-era mummy named Iset-Ha by way of Egypt, a mastodon skeleton dug from the muck on a farm in Salem County, fluorescent minerals collected ...