Camden Top Stories
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
October 24, 2024
NEW BRUNSWICK – Ernest Connor had just placed his pickax at his feet on Wednesday so he could wipe the sweat from his brow, when a woman in a slow-moving silver SUV rolled down her window.“I can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s done,” she called to him.Word is quickly spreading around the ...
CAMDEN – Community development nonprofit Heart of Camden Inc., founded in 1984 by Monsignor Michael Doyle, will celebrate 40 years on Thursday at an event that includes accepting a $500,000 award from the New Jersey Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit.Funding partners Subaru of America, Columbia ...
CAMDEN – As a Kroc Center corps mission specialist, Aaron Maines serves homeless people, feeds the hungry and helps those in need through ministry on the streets of Camden. His experience helping those impacted by severe weather, however, is limited.“The closest thing I can say is probably ...
TRENTON, NJ — The Assembly Education Committee passed a bill on Monday to require most public schools to provide sunscreen or sun-protective clothing for students at school events.“One blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence can more than double a person’s chances of developing melanoma ...
PATERSON - Paterson resident Rodney Addison was presented with the Key to the City on Monday, a celebration of his recent victory at the 2024 Mr. America Open Bodybuilding Championship.The Mr. America bodybuilding competition, which began in 1939, is one of the longest-standing and most prestigious ...
PATERSON – When it comes to returning library books, one might think doing so a century later is a bit late. However, for the Paterson Public Library, time stands still for a cherished literary classic. Paterson's library, in an extraordinary turn of events, has welcomed back a rare book that had ...
It wasn’t surprising that the Camden County Historical Society would present an exhibit about trailblazing Black baseball players. It fits with executive director Jack O’Byrne’s mission to transform the society from what he says was “a boring place to be” a decade ago into a place “to connect with ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – La Junta Asesora de Educación de Camden City está buscando candidatos.Dos vacantes de la junta deben llenarse con candidatos elegibles, que servirán hasta la elección anual en noviembre de 2025. Tienes hasta ...
CAMDEN – A new Camden County mobile health services van tasked with providing care for substance abusers will be unveiled in Camden on Tuesday in a partnership with Cooper University Health Care.The van "will be staffed by Cooper physicians, nurses and (social services) navigators and is fully ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city is moving to crush smoking.An ordinance that would ban the public use of cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, beedis or any other forms of tobacco including electronic smoking devices and non-FDA dissolvable tobacco products was ...
Camden High School's football team defeated Lenape 34-17 on October 18, 2024, with quarterback Makhi Brunson throwing for 187 yards and two touchdowns. Panther Malik Redd-Hubbard picked up 138 receiving yards in the victory, bringing Camden High's record for the season to 6-2. Next up will be a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Three scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick are studying the potential of turning a species of seaweed into a source of energy and food.The researchers from the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute ̵ - working with other institutions - are looking to transform naturally ...
It’s mating season for white-tailed deer.Known as “the rut,” hormone-happy deer become more unpredictable and more likely to suddenly dart across the road, particularly as daylight dwindles during commuting hours.That means it’s time for Garden State drivers to be extra cautious on our highways, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Otis Tellez, an English major at Rutgers, says he feels as if restaurants and shops are putting out a welcome mat when they have a rainbow sticker in their window.“I know this is a safe space for me, but not only that, but also, there will be gender-neutral bathrooms here, there ...
PATERSON - The Great Falls Rotary Foundation's Military Assistance Pantry (MAP) has received a $10,000 donation from Amazon to support the pantry's efforts in aiding veterans across six counties. The donation will enhance the Rotary’s ability to provide much-needed resources, including fresh ...
CAMDEN – Campbell Soup Company and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment on Thursday announced a marketing partnership that includes Harris Blitzer's Philadelphia 76ers NBA team, the Washington Commanders NFL team, the New Jersey Devils NHL team and Joe Gibbs Racing in NASCAR.“This is a truly ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – The Camden City Advisory Board of Education may be looking for you.Two board vacancies need to be filled with eligible candidates, who will serve until the annual election in November 2025. You have until 4 p.m. on October 31 to apply.Applicants must be 18 years old, a U.S.
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN - No siempre ha habido un evento del Mes de la Herencia Hispana como la celebración que tuvo lugar en el Parque Roosevelt Plaza el viernes 11 de octubre, dijo la concejal Jannette Ramos a TAPinto Camden. Pero ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Con un fuerte frío en el aire, el alcalde Victor Carstarphen y docenas de voluntarios terminaron el martes otra temporada de limpiezas comunitarias al recorrer dos cementerios en busca de basura.El cementerio ...
JERSEY CITY - When the “gunshot” sounded, “passengers” on the Hoboken-bound train looked startled, as police charged along the platform to apprehend the culprit.The shot was not real gunfire, but a simulation as part of a training exercise, and the guns that the police officers carried were not ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – With a sharp chill in the air, Mayor Victor Carstarphen and dozens of volunteers on Tuesday finished another season of community cleanups by scouring two cemeteries for trash.Evergreen Cemetery and New Camden Cemetery, at Mount Ephraim and Ferry avenues, were examined by ...
TRENTON – Girl Scouts from across New Jersey took to the Statehouse on Friday, October 11 to celebrate the International Day of the Girl by hosting its second annual Day of the Girl event.Spearheaded by the Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ), 63 girl scouts in grades 4 through12 from 32 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city on Tuesday unveiled a life-sized, life-like statue of Paul Robeson, detailed down to the stitches in his shoes, the buttons on his shirt, the ripples in his hair and the veins in his hands.Immortalized in bronze, the late author, athlete, actor and activist is depicted in ...
SUMMIT — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes to build 17 new Mormon temples in the United States and around the world, and has named this Union County city among those locations.The news surprised officials in Summit, a six-square-mile city of 23,000 people. The city has not ...
CAMDEN - A 25-year-old Camden man was shot to death on Sunday afternoon near Kossuth Street and Ferry Avenue in the city, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.Alerted to gunfire by the ShotSpotter technology, the Camden County Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Kossuth ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN - There has not always been a Hispanic Heritage Month event like the celebration that took place at Roosevelt Plaza Park on Friday, October 11, City Council Member Jannette Ramos told TAPinto Camden. But times have changed, and so has the city's recognition of the ...
CAMDEN – Once the home of a regional auto dealership corridor, a 10.75-acre swath of land consisting of 13 properties on or near the westbound lane of Admiral Wilson Boulevard is being targeted for redevelopment by the city of Camden.The area would be designated as an area in need of redevelopment ...
Carlos Mahan began apologizing the moment he entered Parkside United Methodist Church in Camden on October 12 and saw his daughter in her casket.“It’s my fault, it’s my fault, it’s my fault,” he said. “I should have picked her up from the bus.” Nobody blamed him for not retrieving Carla Mahan, 41, ...
CAMDEN – A 44-year-old Camden man on Thursday was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder for shooting Nuquan Reddick seven times in the back in 2018, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's office.Shomari Kinard shot the 25-year-old Reddick outside the Greattown Grocery and Deli at Louis ...
For Camden High football coach Rob Hinson, the Panthers' 18-7 win over Timber Creek on October 11 was particularly sweet. Not only was it a victory over Hinson's alma mater - a school where he'd spent 13 years coaching and won four sectional titles - but it came a week after the Panthers were ...