Camden Top Stories
By JOHN MOONEY
August 28, 2024
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced today that more than 6.7 million travelers are expected to use its airports and vehicular crossings during the peak travel period from Thursday, Aug. 29, through Tuesday, Sept. 3. This would be a record for the Labor Day travel period. The ...
PATERSON - Thousands of mourners, including Gov. Phil Murphy, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies, attended the funeral of New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. at St. John the Baptist Cathedral on Wednesday. Pascrell, who represented the Ninth ...
CAMDEN – A 17-year-old juvenile from Woodbury was charged with first-degree murder and weapons charges in the fatal shooting of Brian Still, also 17, of Camden, on Tuesday. The Camden County Prosecutor's Office did not provide the identity of the suspect. On Tuesday at 5:52 p.m., Camden County ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Samantha Mejia said she had a what-did-I-get-myself-into moment or two after signing up to spend eight weeks in the Leaders in Training program. But she had to admit it turned out to be a summer of new experiences, personal growth and just plain, old fun. She clicked off a ...
Embattled Camden School Advisory Board president Wasim Muhammad, for the second time in a week, was met with jeers and demands for him to step down following a $2 million settlement with former student Salema Robinson, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her three decades ago when he was her ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The New Jersey Republican Party (NJ GOP) recently held its 7th Annual ‘Women of the Year’ reception and, for 2024, the party honored all of the Garden State’s female Republican local-elected officials. Among them were not one, but two, South Plainfield ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Kate Gundersen dreams of becoming a geneticist, toiling away in a research lab to unravel the mysteries of disorders or diseases. Andrew Lisa is going to be studying mechanical engineering with the hopes of one day applying his expertise to revolutionize the automobile ...
CAMDEN – Frank Thompson spent time at his second home with his helpers installing the new washer and dryer, after delivering the dryer himself. His second home is 111 years old and at 901 North 27th Street, where Camden Fire Department Engine 11 waits for fire calls to the brick firehouse that ...
NEWARK — Joshua Yilmaz had a small brown bag in hand with the goods: several pre-rolls, a grinder, and something to clean his vape pen. Yilmez, 25, was among the customers on hand for the ribbon-cutting at City Leaf, a new cannabis dispensary that opened on Broadway in the North Ward on Monday.
CAMDEN – A man from Burlington City in Burlington County has been found guilty and sentenced in the first-degree murder of Camden resident Takwail Bailey, 29, in 2021. Lesure Funari, 25, was sentenced in Camden County Superior Court last Friday to 60 years in prison. He was convicted by a jury ...
NEWTON – The Newton Board of Education at its July meeting approved a corrective action plan to address chronic absenteeism, taking on the issue of students missing too many days of school. In July, Newton Superintendent Joseph Piccirillo sent a letter to district parents and families to ask for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Armed with claw-like grabber tools and a desire to make their city a little cleaner, members of the Teen Litter Patrol descended on New Brunswick this summer, picking up cigarette butts one after another. Between July 1 and Aug. 8, the Teen Litter Patrol swept through New ...
NEW JERSEY — Democrats swiftly lined up to replace U.S. Rep. William “Bill” Pascrell Jr. within 48 hours of his death on Wednesday, Aug. 21 – not out of callousness, but of necessity to comply with state law. Pascrell’s death gave Democrats only eight days to nominate a 9th Congressional ...
NEWARK — Longer school days will come with the promise of air conditioning for some students and staff when classes start in New Jersey’s largest public school district on Sept. 3, district officials said. The district is installing 1,300 new units - the board approved an up-to-$4.73-million ...
NEWARK — A popular restaurant in downtown Newark failed to give 84 servers, cooks and bussers overtime pay when they worked more than 40 hours a week – a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal Labor Department said on Friday. The Labor Department investigation recovered $62,335 ...
CAMDEN – WaterFest, a community event with family activities, will be held on Saturday, August 24, and sponsored by Camden-based New Jersey American Water. Free outdoor activities and games, including the splash pad that was donated in 2017 by the American Water Charitable Foundation, will be at ...
CAMDEN – A program about free resources available to assist Camden's "innovative entrepreneurs" and small businesses will be held in September by the Camden Business Council, Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey. The event includes "presentations on available grants and access to capital," ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea. CAMDEN – Fuertes cánticos de "¡Cierren!" "¡Cierren!" de la audiencia llenó la sala de reuniones de la Junta Asesora de Educación del distrito escolar el jueves por la noche después de que el presidente de la ...
Leer en español CAMDEN – Loud chants of “Shut it down!” “Shut it down!” from the audience filled the school district Advisory Board of Education meeting room on Thursday evening after board President Wasim Muhammad returned for the first time since the sexual abuse civil lawsuit against ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea. CAMDEN – El primer día de escuela para la mayoría de los niños consiste en ver a viejos amigos, conocer a los maestros y encontrar aulas. Esmailin Ramírez-Vargas, estudiante de octavo grado en la Escuela ...
PATERSON – Congressman William “Bill” Pascrell Jr., a distinguished public servant whose career spanned local, state, and national politics, died on Wednesday. He was 87. The grandson of Italian immigrants, Pascrell always called Paterson, where he attended St. George's Elementary School and ...
Leer en español CAMDEN – The first day of school for most kids consists of seeing old friends, meeting teachers and finding classrooms. Esmailin Ramirez-Vargas, an eighth grader at Mastery East Camden Middle School, and her brother, Mastery East Camden Middle School fifth grader Jose ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The student organization that arranged a four-day encampment at Rutgers’ Voorhees Mall and forced the postponement of final exams for about 1,000 students last spring when it threatened to escalate its protests has been suspended by the university. The Rutgers chapter of the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Ashley Caldwell, a 19-year-old Rutgers sophomore who served as the student representative to the Board of Education during her senior year at New Brunswick High School, has been tapped to fill a vacant seat on the board. She fills the position left open when her dad, Dale ...
Leer en español CAMDEN – A new city law sets up a formal procedure and fee schedule for the ceremonial naming of a street, building or park in honor of an individual. City Council last week passed an amendment to an ordinance defining the process of reviewing requests. The first reading of ...
CAMDEN - Chances are when 11-year-old Ameerah Atkinson returns to school this month, there will be very few Camden students who have a backpack like hers. "There is a calendar in here, a pen, some Post-its," Natisha Hamilton, Atkinson's mother, told TAPinto Camden. Her voice trailed off a bit as ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Rutgers, a school that postponed 1,000 or so students’ final exams last spring after those inhabiting a tent-lined encampment threatened to escalate their pro-Palestinian protests, will require demonstrators to obtain university approval prior to any protests under new regulations ...
NEWARK — It’s going to be electric. That’s the plan for a “Zero-Emission Vehicle Fueling Facility” the Central Planning Board on Monday approved for 4.9 acres at 567-589 Wilson Ave., just off the New Jersey Turnpike. It is for charging electric-powered commercial trucks. “The proposed project ...
CAMDEN - Food prices are 2.2% higher this year than they were about this time last year, according to the Consumer Price Index. That prompted Manie Jones to attend Camden's fourth Get Ready Fest on Saturday, August 17, at the Salvation Army Kroc Center. The event was hosted by The Malcolm ...
Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea. CAMDEN – Ahora es la ley: los propietarios y administradores de propiedades están tan obligados como los dueños de casa a deshacerse adecuadamente de los desechos sólidos en la acera. El Concejo Municipal votó ...