Take the 1st NJ.com weekly news quiz of 2016
It's back with a vengeance after the holiday break. Miss me? NJ.com's weekly news quiz took a couple of weeks off for the holidays. Now that it's 2016, the quiz is back with a vengeance to test your...
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Kennedy Health tells competing hospital 'not in my back yard'
How close is too close for competing hospitals to be located to each other? Kennedy Health believes a competitor's proposal to build a new hospital would be too close. How close is too close for...
View ArticleN.J. ballots still far from fail-safe security | Editorial
A Salem County recount case highlights the fact that New Jersey isn't prepared to fend off possible vote-count chaos in the hotly contested 2016 election. A current legal tussle over provisional and...
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Delaware River deepening project enters blasting stage
Work is under way to blast portions of the Delaware River bottom as part of the $300 million channel deepening project. Work is under way to blast portions of the Delaware River bottom as part of the...
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Albert Smith named Chair of Kennedy Health Board of Directors
VOORHEES — Albert E. Smith has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Kennedy Health Board of Directors effective Jan. 1. Previously the Board's Vice Chairman, Smith is also a member of the Kennedy...
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A few things you may have missed during bear season | Jim Bolton's Outdoors...
There have been black bears reported in all 21 counties. How about that! Jim Bolton One thing I just found out: There will be 510 less black bears in New Jersey in 2016. That's how many they have...
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Glassboro cop pushes woman's power chair home
When a woman's power chair ran out of electricity on the street, a Glassboro police officer made sure she got home. GLASSBORO -- A borough woman who found herself stuck after her power chair died on...
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N.J. ACLU creates its own religion; Ranch standoff unrelated to race | Letters
Paul Halley writes that this is demonstrated by the group's letter telling a Haddon Heights school to stop saying "God Bless America" in unison. To the Editor: Concerning the article "N.J. ACLU tells...
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An invitation to coffee and conversation with Woodbury Police
WOODBURY — On Friday, Jan. 15 the Woodbury Police Department will hold the first of what it plans to be an ongoing resident outreach program, called Coffee with Cops. The first meeting will be held at...
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Bring spring into a room with a window full of plants | Garden Column
y Lorraine Kiefer I eagerly watch for a little more sunlight each afternoon. Well with the new year each day has just a little a bit more daylight than the day before. Houseplants will respond to this...
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Jail for N.J. man who stole dead dad's Social Security benefits for decades
Authorities say Nicholas Severino's father collected benefits under an assumed name Nicholas SeverinoNJOAG TRENTON -- A South Jersey man was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing more than...
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Area schools honor students of distinction | Student News
WOODSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Bryanna Roberts and Harry Duffield have been chosen "Wolverines of the Month" for January 2016 at Woodstown High School. Bryanna Roberts is the daughter of John and Dana Roberts...
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Lauletta Birnbaum welcomes new attorney
MANTUA TWP. — Lauletta Birnbaum announces the addition of prominent corporate and securities lawyer, Eric D. Schoenborn, as a member of the firm. Prior to joining Lauletta Birnbaum, Schoenborn was...
View ArticleForman Mills CEO tells Gloucester Chamber about his 'Undercover' education
The experience was an eye-opener, Forman told attendees at the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce 12th Annual State of the County event on Friday morning. GLASSBORO -- When Forman Mills CEO Rick...
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N.J. couple indicted after 2-year-old partly paralyzed in beating
The Washington Township couple is accused of beating the boyfriend's daughter so badly that she was partly paralyzed. WOODBURY -- A Gloucester County couple charged last spring with assaulting a...
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N.J. man goes to trial in father's stabbing death
Police say Joseph Zambuto, 34, stabbed his 70-year-old father, also named Joseph Zambuto, on May 26. WOODBURY -- A Monroe Township man accused of murdering his father in May will go to trial, the...
View ArticleBanning God Bless America, pup saves family from house fire | Cheers and Jeers
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...
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Fleeing from police, shoplifting, assault | Logan crimelog
Charges are pending against a Pennsylvania man who allegedly fled a traffic stop, police said. LOGAN TWP. -- Charges are pending against a Pennsylvania man who allegedly fled a traffic stop, police...
View ArticleWinterfest Ice Rink rocks into 2016 with a new skating show (PHOTOS)
Camden County's Winterfest Ice Rink presents world-class skaters in 'Rock the Ice' through February. Even though the holidays are over, winter is here to stay for a while. So the candy canes and...
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South Jersey man pleads guilty in Wendy's holdup
A Sicklerville man pleaded guilty Friday in connection with a 2013 robbery of a Wendy's restaurant in Woodbury Heights, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. WOODBURY -- A...
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