Glassboro 6th-graders graduate from DARE Program
Essay winners and poster winners were announced at the event Proud parents and students packed Glassboro's Thomas E. Bowe School gym this June. The group gathered to watch the school's 149...
View ArticleBOE approves the appointment of Melissa Barnett
Barnett will be the district's new supervisor for Secondary Language Arts Literacy. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - The Washington Township Board of Education has approved the appointment of Melissa Barnett as...
View ArticleA hummingbird annual | Garden Column
An easy to grow hummingbird favorite is the flowering tobacco By Lorraine Kiefer Well it is summer! Monday was the solstice and the longest day of the year and there was even a full moon. Roses are at...
View ArticleAs violent crimes spike, N.J. town comes up with a plan
With three violent crimes in as many months, Paulsboro's churches and residents are fighting back. PAULSBORO -- In the wake of a violent spring that left two borough men dead and a third seriously...
View ArticleTake this week's local news quiz
Can you get a perfect score in NJ.com's weekly quiz? Time to see how well you know New Jersey news. Below are seven questions that will test how well you recall the biggest New Jersey stories of the...
View Article2 indicted in school bomb threat that was prep for bank robbery
Travis and Charmaine Stanback are both charged with making terroristic threats and false public alarm. WOODBURY -- Two people accused of making bomb threats to West Deptford High School in order to...
View ArticleWTHS Air Force JROTC earns Distinguished Unit Award
The award was a result of the unit's outstanding inspection WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - The Washington Township High School Air Force Junior ROTC unit, under the direction of Commander Lt. Col. Beth Ann...
View ArticleFormer Washington Township superintendent taking over in Woodbury
The changes to the administration will become effective on August 1. Robert Goldschmidt Photo provided by Washington Township Public Schools WOODBURY -- The Woodbury City Public School District has...
View ArticleMan gets 60 years for killing woman who testified against him
Richard Santiago was convicted of first degree murder int he stabbing death of Ramona Johnston. Richard Santiago, 63, of Camden, (left) was convicted Tuesday in the 2012 stabbing death of Woodbury...
View ArticleAura Elementary teacher named New Jersey 2015-16 Teacher of the Year
Terry Fleming has been a kindergarten teacher for 10 years ELK TWP. -- Terri Fleming, a kindergarten teacher at Aura Elementary School in Elk Township School District in Gloucester County, has been...
View Article$60,819 raised for National Brain Tumor Society
Zallies wants to thank everyone for their generosity MONROE TWP. -- Zallie Supermarkets Inc. during May held fundraisers in all eight Zallie Supermarkets for the National Brain Tumor Society. Zallie's...
View ArticleHappy 25th anniversary, Dave: DMB rocks Camden (PHOTOS)
The Dave Matthews Band continued to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a stop at the BB&T Pavilion Friday night. CAMDEN -- The Dave Matthews Band continued to celebrate their 25th anniversary...
View ArticleLeaving a graduation chair empty and having nothing nice to say | Cheers and...
Every Saturday, the South Jersey Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision. Every Saturday, the South Jersey Times cheers those...
View ArticleChristie vs. Sweeney: 5 superintendents weigh in on 2 school funding plans
The Governor and the State Senate President are both touting two very different school funding plans. The final caps have been tossed and classrooms closed up, but as summer gets underway, New...
View ArticlePolice searching for man charged in Paulsboro murder
Darnell Samuels is charged with murder and weapons charges in the shooting death of Jonathan Gardner, 24. Jonathan Gardner was shot to death in front of his Paulsboro home Sunday, June 19, 2016....
View ArticleN.J. needs new ways to ease tax burden on urban cities | Opinion
My hope is that the state will work with urban cities to come up with creative tools that can help leverage what is unique to the states' urba Sometimes when I think about the Bridgeton community...
View Article3 indicted on elder abuse charges
Three Washington Township residents are accused of withholding food, medical care and livable conditions for an elderly man. WOODBURY -- A grand jury has indicted three Washington Township people on...
View ArticlePolice officer, woman injured when vehicles collide, authorities say
The accident occurred shortly after noon in the area of Delsea Drive and Nothnick Lane. FRANKLIN TWP. -- A Franklin Township police officer and a woman were hurt when their vehicles collided early...
View ArticleSweeney's N.J. school-aid Band-Aid more 'ouchless' | Editorial
The Senate president has the better of a pair of dueling school aid plans, but both represent stopgap measures at best. In a recently renewed battle over New Jersey school aid, Stephen Sweeney's...
View ArticleTeen indicted in crash that killed Gloucester County high schooler
Tyler Brown, of Woolwich, was 17 at the time of his death. WOOLWICH TWP. -- An 18-year-old Delaware resident has been indicted by a grand jury for his role in a March crash that left a Gloucester...
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