Camden Top Stories
By JANEL 'JAYCEE' MILLER
June 5, 2024
This is one in an ongoing series about Camden educators who were born, raised and continue to live in Camden. This series is sponsored by the Camden Education Fund. CAMDEN -- Some might say Camden native Jaconda Wynn was born to teach preschoolers, even if it took some time and prodding for ...
NEWARK — Representatives for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark and the owner of the Hotel Riviera shelter defended their operations during the City Council’s pre-meeting on Tuesday in advance of the council’s anticipated vote on a contract to extend sheltering services. The ...
According to the Bible, the world began when God said 'Let there be light'. Four years ago, the powers that be at St. Benedict's Preparatory School, the venerated Catholic college prep school located in the heart of Newark, made a fateful decision that changed the face of the formerly male-only ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD - A local woman was honored last week for the role she played in helping to save the life of a South Plainfield teenager. At the 200 Club of Middlesex County's annual Valor Awards Ceremony held May 30, Piscataway resident Christine Torres was presented with both a Civilian ...
CAMDEN – Vivian Coley, an East Camden single mom, says that the Hopeworks program that trains young people for careers provided essential direction to two of her own children. Coley, who has spent 27 years on the Camden police force and now is a Camden County Police Department captain heading ...
BRIDGEWATER - Actor Steve Schirripa, who played “Bobby Baccalieri” on the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” and more recently, Detective Anthony Abetemarco.on the long-running CBS series “Blue Bloods,” was simply himself yesterday, a hardcore baseball fan enjoying a day at the ballpark with his wife Laura ...
PISCATAWAY – Christine Torres of Piscataway was presented with the Civilian Lifesaving Award at the 200 Club of Middlesex County’s annual Valor Awards Ceremony on Thursday. Torres was nominated to receive the award for rescuing a South Plainfield motorist from an overturned vehicle on Route 287 ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- The Sayreville Historical Society celebrated its golden anniversary at the VFW Post 4699 on Jernee Mill Road on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Current president Frank Terzino welcomed the crowd, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin made brief remarks congratulating the Historical ...
CAMDEN – The union representing about 1,500 nurses at Cooper University Health Care across South Jersey – contending that nurse-to-patient ratios had to be a part of a new contract – reached a tentative agreement on Friday just as the old contract was expiring. Overshadowing pay levels or ...