Camden Top Stories
By APRIL SAUL
January 16, 2026
Nobody in the gym could remember the last time an Eastside basketball squad defeated Camden High, but all agreed it was probably before any of the players on the court were born.On January 15, the Tigers came close, leading the Panthers often throughout and losing, 65-63 in the end.The Camden High ...
TRENTON — New Jersey’s new governor, lieutenant governor, Senate and Assembly members and other top state officials are in line for sizable taxpayer-funded 2026 pay increases.Salaries for state lawmakers have not risen since 2002. Pay increases took effect Tuesday, Jan. 13th, as Gov. Phil Murphy ...
Nyzia Reynolds was inspired in 2011 by the murder of her husband, a Camden security guard, to found Saving Grace Ministries, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping survivors of violence. For 15 years, Reynolds has served over 1,700 youth, many of them ordered by family court to report to her ...
CAMDEN – When two nonprofits sponsored a Camden coat giveaway in early November, they were armed with 700 new coats. All were distributed in one hour and people had to be turned away."It's about keeping people warm, first and foremost," Jannette Ramos, CEO of It Takes a Village Housing, said of the ...
CAMDEN – The Camden County jail on Federal Street in Camden will shut down by 2031 and inmates will move to a new regional complex on the grounds of the state Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow, according to a Camden County official heading the project.Cumberland County last August agreed to ...
TRENTON — Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his final state of the state address on Tuesday in front of a joint session of the Legislature gathered in the Assembly chambers.From recognizing local diners to mentioning Tony Soprano, an animated Murphy closed the book on the past eight years in true Murphy ...
Mount Laurel resident Isabeau Levito will take her local training and focus to Milan, Italy, when she competes as part of the U.S. Ice Skating team during the 2026 Winter Olympics next month. Levito earned her spot on the 16-member U.S. Ice Skating Team on Sunday, Jan. 11, after earning bronze in ...
CAMDEN – The preferred way to clean up the Yaffa illegal dump, which has been undergoing environmental remediation for several years, is to remove more than 23 million pounds of polluted soil up to nine feet deep in the ground, according to a December report from the city's environmental ...
CAMDEN – The New Jersey Attorney General and Department of Environmental Protection on Monday filed suit against EMR USA Holdings Inc. for at least 12 major fires over five years at the company's Camden Waterfront South scrap metal yards and are demanding changes at the properties."These fires have ...
CAMDEN – City Council this week expects to endorse a new expansion plan proposed by ResinTech Inc., which moved to new headquarters on Federal Street in 2020 and expanded on its property last year.The endorsement supports ResinTech's application for a subsidy from the New Jersey Economic ...
WEST ORANGE - Former Gov. Richard Codey, a driving force in New Jersey politics for more than a half-century, died Sunday. He was 79.His family said he died “after a brief illness.”“He lived his life with humility, compassion, and a deep sense of responsibility," his family said on social media.
EAST RUTHERFORD — The American Dream mall’s huge ice rink will become a glitzy venue for Gov-Elect Mikie Sherrill’s inaugural ball a few hours after she and Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell take their oaths of office on Tuesday, Jan. 20th.American Dream is one of the nation’s largest shopping malls. Sherrill ...
The Camden High Panthers fell to Paul VI, 80-67, in an away game on January 8, 2026 despite a 29-point performance by Alex Pace. In a game rife with turnovers, the Panthers had an eight-point lead in the first quarter, and were still ahead by two points at the half, ultimately falling to a ...
RAMSEY — New Jersey public school districts must come up with a plan to ban student cell phone use for the entire school day by the start of the 2026-2027 school year under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday.“With today’s bill signing, we are ensuring New Jersey schools are a place ...
CAMDEN – The Camden City School District is getting six electric school buses and three fast-charging stations from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under the state plan to transition to zero-emission school buses.The district will receive up to $2.04 million for the buses, ...
CAMDEN – The state Board of Education on Wednesday named Alfonso Q. Llano Jr., who has been superintendent of schools in Vineland since 2021, to be the new state superintendent overseeing the Camden City School District.He will start March 1.Llano worked 10 years in the Trenton school district, ...
Camden High School senior Alex Pace scored 32 points to lead the Panthers to a 75-55 victory over Camden Catholic in boys basketball on Jan. 6, 2026.The win broke a three-game Panthers losing streak and introduced Mikah Hart, a transfer from Kingsway, who contributed nine points in his Camden ...
CAMDEN – Drone policing in Camden got a major lift on Tuesday when two city business leaders made the largest donation ever to the Camden County Police Department.A total of $430,000, or $215,000 each, was given by George E. Norcross III's Norcross Foundation and Sidney R. Brown's NFI Industries, a ...
CAMDEN – Shortly after he was named Camden County Police Department chief in 2021, Gabriel Rodriguez recalls showing up as his officers were conducting a Friday night curfew sweep.“We were out there chasing kids around the city,” Rodriguez told TAPinto Camden in an interview on Monday.Rodriguez, ...
CAMDEN – The city's number of new murder/manslaughter cases continued to drop in 2025, reaching just 12 and representing a 29% dip from the 17 total cases in 2024, according to Camden County Police Department statistics.Camden, which in 2025 celebrated no murders over the summer for the first time ...
CAMDEN – City Council may make it law that no city jobs will be eliminated by artificial intelligence technologies, which are globally expected to displace some types of business and government employment.The proposed ordinance, sponsored by Council President Angel Fuentes, is scheduled for a first ...
NEWARK - Christmas this year arrived not with anxiety or apology, but with hope for hundreds of families across the country who struggle to purchase gifts for their children. Thanks to The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, founded by Newark’s Simone Gordon, 500 wishes were granted to needy families ...
NEWARK - A protector, a mentor, a father figure and a coach can easily describe the legacy of legendary Weequahic High School football coach Brian Logan. But that's not his whole story. Logan, 61, a man of stocky build and light green eyes, is a product of his South Ward environment and a strong ...
NEW JERSEY — Driving in New Jersey will cost more starting Jan. 1, thanks to increasing fuel taxes and highway, bridge and tunnel tolls.One fee, called the petroleum products gross receipts tax, will increase by 4.2 cents per gallon. For gasoline, that new rate will be 38.6 cents, and for diesel, ...
CAMDEN – Two long-vacant swaths of polluted land in North Camden and East Camden are being targeted by the city for redevelopment.Two redevelopment reports were submitted this month by BRS Inc. of Medford to the city Planning Board for the 26-acre site of the former Knox Gelatin manufacturing plant ...
CAMDEN – A new requirement for the state to probe deeply into reasons for chronic absenteeism in New Jersey schools, passed by the Assembly and state Senate, was signed into law last Tuesday.Chronic absenteeism – defined as when a student misses 10% or more of a school year for any reason – has ...
CAMDEN – Access to nutrition in the most-acute 50 “food deserts” in Camden and other New Jersey urban areas can be a struggle, which is being addressed by nearly $30 million in grants to 73 nonprofit projects awarded by the state over the last two months as part of a pilot program.The New Jersey ...
A wintry mix of snow, sleet and ice may make after-Christmas travel messy from Friday afternoon into Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.North Jersey counties – on Friday, Dec. 26th and Saturday, Dec. 27th – could see 8 inches of snow or more, with up to 12 inches possible in ...
It was not surprising that Connie Kellum would spearhead a drive to present Myisha Cooks, her husband George Sewell, and their eight children with piles of Christmas presents on December 23.Kellum, 62, has been a foster parent for three decades, and has raised six adopted kids in addition to her ...
Tiny tots with eyes all aglow will find it hard to sleep tonight. They know Santa's on his way with lots of toys and goodies in his sleigh. And every mother’s child is going to spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly.Do those lyrics sound familiar? Nat King Cole’s classic “Christmas Song” is ...