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A Cherry Hill man was arrested for theft after Cherry Hill Police said an alert teen spotted him grabbing two bicycles Monday night from the back yard of a home on Spruce Street, on the Cherry Hill - Merchantville border. Brian Grayson, 50, of Wisteria Avenue, was caught after Cherry…
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Neighbors
Thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the Department of Homeland security, federal and local officials announced today that Newark Fire Department will hire 21 new firefighters. Voorhees, Trenton, Bayonne, Paterson, Farmingdale, Merchantville and Sewell were among the other departments to receive a total of $39 million in New Jersey…
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New Jersey
Wednesday, 27 March 2013 07:01
Kevin Riordan: The upper Cooper River trail, a treasure that many miss
To walk the upper Cooper River trail is to discover a secret hidden in plain sight. Who knew so much woodsy, watery, almost-wilderness awaited visitors to this corner of South Jersey, where Cherry Hill and Haddonfield meet? "I've lived here all my life," says Bob Feltoon, an attorney from Voorhees.…
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Camden County
You might not hear the difference on the phone, but 9-1-1 in Camden County has gotten a major upgrade. Emergency responders have a tough job, but it’s a lot harder when they can’t communicate with each other. That was a major technology criticism across the country after 9/11. The $35…
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Camden County
Heavy snow has moved into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic Monday Morning. The heaviest snow will cause some tricky travel for the morning commute, including the 1-95 corridor. Through the day on Monday, snow will expand eastward. Merchantville will experience snow and rain. High of 37F with a windchill as…
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New Jersey
Cherry Hill police report that a purse-snatcher wanted in multiple towns might’ve gotten away, had an alert Merchantville man not chased down the thief. The alleged thief, David Zane Jr., of Westville, was talking with a woman outside Pathmark on Church Road Sunday afternoon, when he suddenly grabbed the woman’s…
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The Camden County Board of Freeholders is sponsoring a free interactive conference on parenting for families and kids called “Raising The Next Generation” on Saturday, April 13th, from 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at Pennsauken High School. We created this conference to help families raise bright, healthy, happy children. It will be…
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Camden County
LourdesCare at Cherry Hill is a new, state-of-the-art outpatient center at Route 70 and Brace Road where patients can get critical and specialty services at an all-in-one-stop for expert medical care including radiology, cardiac care, lab services and wellness programs. There will be a community open house event on Saturday,…
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Walk into Cigar Alley @ The News Nook in Merchantville and the aroma of fine tobacco hits you first. But it is the clipped staccato of the store’s New Jersey Lottery machine that is a constant. Customers are just as apt to buy scratch-off tickets as they are cigars. “We’re…
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New Jersey
In a letter sent last week, the New Jersey Department of Treasury ordered Children's Garden director Michael Devlin to remove all property, including the facility's amusement rides, gazebo, and giant dinosaur, by March 31. The nonprofit Camden Children's Garden has two months to vacate most of its state-owned property before…
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New Jersey
The Camden County Health Officer has issued a “Code Blue” Severe Weather Advisory for extreme weather conditions. The Health Department and the Office of Emergency Management have worked with each municipality to ensure they have the proper resources to respond to these severe weather situations as part of their individual…
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Camden County