Camden Top Stories
By APRIL SAUL
February 20, 2026
The Camden High School Panthers easily defeated Haddon Township in the Camden County Tournament boys basketball quarterfinals, 81-49, on February 19, 2026.The win propels second-ranked Camden High—now 14-9 – to the tournament's semifinal game against 14th-ranked Woodbury at 1:30 p.m. on February ...
TRENTON — Sen. Joseph Vitale (D–19th Dist.) has proposed a state law to strengthen financial protection for senior citizens and people with disabilities who are patients in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.Vitale’s proposed measure, S3023, cleared the state Senate’s Health, Human ...
CAMDEN – What ends up collected at the city's periodic bulk waste collection events – an estimated 100 tons annually – might have been illegally dumped in empty lots and on streets in the city.That was the message from city officials on Thursday at Camden's first bulk collection of the year, at ...
ATLANTIC CITY - South Jersey Gas, in collaboration with Atlantic City Electric and the United Way of Gloucester County, will host an energy assistance enrollment event at the Glassboro Public Library on March 16 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Eligible residents can receive direct support in enrolling for the ...
The Camden High Panthers boys basketball team overwhelmed Paulsboro, 74-34, at home in the first round of the Camden County Tournament. The win was powered by a 29-point performance by Camden's Alex Pace, and gives the Panthers a 13-9 record. Next up for second-seeded Camden High is a quarterfinal ...
CAMDEN – The New Jersey Attorney General's case against George E. Norcross III and his associates over dealings in Camden development is officially over.In January, the state court Appellate Division upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss the criminal charges of alleged racketeering and other ...
CAMDEN – Rowan University sophomore Leroy Anderson said when he first joined what was then known as Boys of Sustainable Strength (B.O.S.S.). Mentoring seven years ago, he did not know how he would become a role model.“I've always been outgoing," Anderson told TAPinto Camden. "I've always been the ...
CAMDEN – Plans by Camden County to shut down its regional jail in Camden and move it to Winslow Township came to a hard stop Monday.After Winslow residents and government leaders objected, the county announced Monday evening that it would drop plans to move a regional jail, in partnership with ...
CAMDEN – The Camden-based 2026 American Water Charitable Foundation, an arm of New Jersey American Water, announced on Monday that it is seeking applicants to its Water and Environment Grant Program.Last year the foundation awarded $1.7 million in grants to 80 organizations in 12 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A blood drive is coming to The Yard at 40 College Ave. on the Rutgers campus as statewide blood supplies have plummeted because of the severe winter weather and a difficult flu season.Sponsored by RWJ Barnabas Health, the drive will be held Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.According to ...
CAMDEN – The city, seeking to curtail illegal dumping, will kick off the new year with a bulk collection event next week where it all started about two years ago.Camden residents – identification is required – can drop off furniture, electronics, yard debris, tires and other household trash at ...
CAMDEN – Several events in downtown Camden are scheduled to observe Black History Month, according to the Downtown Camden Business Improvement District.They include:An exhibit of photography by Carter G. Woodson, sponsored by JPEG Gallery, is on display at the EJM Foundation, 303 Market Street ...
TRENTON — A New Jersey Senate committee moved forward a 40-cent monthly surcharge on phone bills to fund the state’s suicide and crisis hotline after residents testified Monday about how the hotline plays a critical role during mental health emergencies. Senate Bill 3013 would establish a statewide ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Businesses in New Jersey love doing business with Rutgers and its graduates.At least that’s the findings of a new survey commissioned by the university to examine its image across the state. It found that 94% of participating businesses had a ‘favorable’ view of Rutgers, including ...
CAMDEN – The City Council's approval this week of a redevelopment plan for Saunders and North 30th streets advances a proposal for an 81-unit senior citizen affordable apartment complex sponsored by a church that formerly stood on part of the property.Besides holding the former Hosanna AME Church, ...
Camden High School defeated Camden Eastside, 63-59, in boys basketball on February 10, 2026. Andre Robinson and Keyshawn Franklin combined for 30 points for Camden High. Abdourahmane Bah had 18 points, six rebounds and four assists for Eastside. Also, Camden High's Alex Pace reached his 1,000th ...
CAMDEN – A $457,800 grant that the Waterfront South-based community arts organization Camden FireWorks recently received will be used to implement a series of events that will occur throughout the year called Art in the Commons, Jazlyne Sabree, the organization’s executive director, told TAPinto ...
CAMDEN – Veteran Camden firefighter Howard Bennett, who died last Thursday after he fell into the Delaware River while maintaining a fireboat, was remembered for his skills with that vessel.“When it came to Fire Boat 1, his knowledge and command were second to none,” according to his obituary. “He ...
CAMDEN – News about deploying artificial intelligence in the workplace is often accompanied by illustrations of Star Wars-like robots doing human jobs and at times sitting next to other workers.The depictions are over-simplifications of AI, which is a broad description of a variety of computer ...
EAST ORANGE — The past did not feel distant on Friday inside the halls of the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. It felt present — spoken aloud, sung, danced, remembered.The occasion was the 40th anniversary of Whitney Houston, the self-titled debut album that introduced ...
CAMDEN – Louis Banks didn’t hesitate to leave his Florida home to spend a frigid weekend in New Jersey with his teammates from the undefeated1985-86 Camden High basketball squad.“I had to get back to my guys,” he said. “Forty years ago, we all did this together!”Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen — ...
CAMDEN – Despite a 29-point performance by Camden High's Alex Pace, the East St. Louis High basketball team came to the city from Illinois and defeated the Panthers, 66-53 on Saturday.The loss gives the Panthers an 11-8 record on the season.Next up for Camden High is a 5:30 p.m. home game against ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Martirene Alcántara is going to let you in on a little secret about a photo titled “Satiros” that consists of eight or so seemingly random black lines cast against a white backdrop.She was adjusting some window shutters, turned back to her camera mounted on her tripod and happened ...
Paul VI High School defeated Camden in boys basketball for the second time in less than a month, 46-40.With a 23-point performance by Toussant Malukila, the Eagles followed up last month's 80-67 win over the Panthers on January 8 with a second victory, clinching the Olympic Conference National ...
CAMDEN – City firefighters lined the street behind Cooper University Hospital at the end of a grueling day on Thursday to salute an ambulance carrying the body of firefighter Howard Bennett, 61, who died after slipping and falling into the icy Delaware River during a routine fire boat maintenance ...
CAMDEN – Piles of snow from last month's storm in the 1200 block of Haddon Avenue are not the only thing weighing on Camden resident Todd Israel’s mind lately. Israel, who owns TI’s Next Level Barbershop at 1218 Haddon Avenue and has worked on that street for 27 years, said a multiyear, ...
CAMDEN – A veteran Camden firefighter who plunged under the ice and was trapped near Wiggins Marina on Thursday morning was taken to Cooper University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Howard Bennett, in his 60s, was doing routine maintenance on a Camden Fire Department fire boat at about 11 ...
Provided | St. Joseph's Carpenter SocietyCAMDEN – When Falio Leyba-Martinez looks at the vacant, 121-year-old brick building at the convergence of Federal Street and Westfield Avenue, he sees a centerpiece for the surrounding vibrant East Camden community."It's going to strengthen an already strong ...
CAMDEN – An international manhunt ended in late January in Spain with the arrest of a man who allegedly shot and killed one man in Camden and wounded another, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.Felix De La Cruz-Arias, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, was taken into custody in Barcelona by ...
The Camden High School Panthers notched their third straight boys basketball win, 61-54, against Eastern High in a home game on Feb. 3, 2026.The victory gives the Panthers an 11-6 record. Next for Camden High is a home game against Paul VI on February 6.