Camden Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
October 13, 2024
WOODBRIDGE — Alek Lesniak, the 13-year-old creator of two graphic “Muffin Man” graphic novels is himself something of a superhero.This Colonia Middle School eighth-grader has overcome autism challenges to be a published author with his sight set on a business career, and a philosophical motto for ...
Fisher-Price has recalled more than two million Snuga Infant Swings due to suffocation hazards after five deaths were reported, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.The commission said the swing should never be used for sleep and bedding materials should never be added to ...
For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Camden Education Fund is recognizing Latino educators in Camden who have been Pioneers of Change – individuals who have contributed to shaping the future of the school community. This feature is the second of two articles in the series, sponsored by the Camden ...
For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Camden Education Fund is recognizing Latino educators in Camden who have been Pioneers of Change – individuals who have contributed to shaping the future of the school community. This feature is the first of two articles in the series, sponsored by the Camden ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – There’s a fox afoot in New Brunswick.Field Day the Fox, the city’s new mascot and the newest member of the Recreation Department team, will make its debut Thursday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m.Furry, red and sporting an air of Hub City confidence, Field Day will be joined at City Hall by the ...
CAMDEN – City Council this week awarded Camden-based developer The Michaels Organization a 30-year property tax exemption for its Cramer Hill housing development.The $21-million project by Alfred Cramer Urban Renewal LLC, a unit of Michaels, includes 73 new affordable rental homes on two sites in ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Janell Simpson se paró frente a estudiantes de todo el Distrito Escolar de Camden City el jueves y habló sobre los pioneros latinos en la historia.Pero Simpson, una oficial de 23 años del Departamento de ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Nokia Bell Labs bigwig Thierry Klein, who was born in Luxembourg and educated in France, said he inevitably gets asked two questions when he talks to folks back home about his life in New Jersey.Where is it, and why are you there?For those who don’t know about the state immortalized ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Janell Simpson stood in front of students from across the Camden City School District on Thursday and talked about Latino pioneers in history.But Simpson, a 23-year officer with the Camden County Police Department, is a pioneer herself as the district celebrated “Pioneers of ...
TRENTON – Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs have announced that they are suing TikTok.The complaint, which comes after a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Tony Shanahan was just wrapping up a sound check for a private gig in Montecito, an idyllic town nestled between California’s Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean where the wealthy like to frolic.A week or so earlier, he played St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, made famous as ...
CAMDEN – The Salvation Army Kroc Center threw itself a big 10th birthday party over the weekend, but it gave rather than received.A total of 6,500 people were served in one way or another by the Kroc Center during its celebration, the center reported on Wednesday.Nearly half of those served – 3,000 ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Army National Guard members and equipment are expected to be in Florida by the end of the week to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Milton.The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.“Floridians are family, and we know from personal experience ...
Earlier versions of this story misidentified the manufacturer of the special trash cans.CAMDEN – City administrators and elected officials will have to wait to assess the potential of collecting residents' garbage via special cans that would partially automate the trash pickup process.On July 10, ...
CAMDEN – The Philadelphia 76ers National Basketball Association team, which has its training facility and corporate offices in Camden, on Monday signed a formal agreement to provide internship opportunities for students at Rutgers University-Camden.“This program is part of the 76ers ongoing ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Edan Alexander’s laugh and his passion for swimming have never been far from Lilli Russ’ thoughts.They had become friends at the Jewish Community Center in Tenafly, where he would swim laps and she served as a lifeguard. She remembers how he proudly pronounced one day he had decided ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – El condado de Camden planea un centro de múltiples agencias de $6 millones para proporcionar servicios sociales y orientación a la población sin hogar en una propiedad en Broadway y Liberty Street en la ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – La Administración de Carstarphen está discutiendo acciones de cumplimiento contra las docenas de empleadores que operan en la ciudad y que no presentaron un informe de empleo del primer semestre de 2024, como ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea.CAMDEN – Siete acres de terreno frente al bulevar Admiral Wilson, uno de los más contaminados de la ciudad, están programados para ser despejados para su reurbanización. Pero la lista de ideas para una posible ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Seven acres of land fronting Admiral Wilson Boulevard – among the most polluted in the city – are slated to be cleared for redevelopment. But the list of ideas for potential construction comes with warnings about what should not be permitted on the site.The land, also ...
WINFIELD PARK — It may not have crossed Muriel Klusewicz’s mind when she moved into Winfield Park in the early 1950s, then not yet 30 years old, that she would one day be its oldest resident. She celebrated her 100th birthday on June 15. She died this past Friday, October 4.Until just two months ...
NEWARK — The fire chief at the helm during the Port Newark blaze that killed two firefighters in July 2023 has retired – the latest in a series of senior fire department personnel to leave.Rufus L. Jackson, who was subsequently promoted to assistant public safety director, leaves the Newark Public ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Jeff Previte says you can count on one hand the number of catches he had his senior season.The sure-handed split end, however, will never forget the one victory recorded by the New Brunswick High School football team in autumn 1973.“What happened was our starting quarterback was ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - When Alonzo Adams moved onto the College Avenue campus at Rutgers–New Brunswick as a freshman in 1979, he had never heard of Paul Robeson. Robeson, who had died three years earlier in 1976 at the age of 77, was a New Jersey native and the son of a runaway slave. He became ...
CAMDEN - “My kids really like my tacos,” Maria Henriquez said with the help of a translator as she waited her turn at a free drive-through food pantry at the Kroc Center that kicked off the facility's 10th anniversary celebration on Friday, October 4. The box of food Henriquez received contained ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – The Carstarphen Administration is discussing enforcement action against the dozens of employers operating in the city who failed to file a first-half 2024 employment report, as required by city law.Employers who did not file can be fined, according to the law. The deadline ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – A $6-million, multi-agency center to provide social services and guidance for the homeless population is planned by Camden County on property at Broadway and Liberty Street in the Bergen Square section.City Council next week is scheduled to vote to lease several city-owned ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A new vending machine stocked with overdose kits, fentanyl test strips and other free items is the latest weapon in the battle against the opioid epidemic that has gripped the nation.The 24-hour Healthcare Kiosk has been installed at 81 Remsen Ave., in front of the Unity Square ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Jon Bon Jovi walked out to a roaring crowd of teens on Tuesday at his alma mater, Sayreville War Memorial High School, where he was officially inducted into the High School’s Hall of Fame.Bon Jovi, a Sayreville native, has sold more than 120 million records, has numerous ...
CAMDEN – A Camden woman last Wednesday allegedly drove over a curb and onto a grassy lot and deliberately struck 41-year-old Camden resident Carla Mahan, who died less than an hour later, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.Ajee T. Williams, 30, the driver who allegedly then fled the ...