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Sicklerville Road Gloucester Township Crash
On Wednesday, May 1 at approximately 9 p.m., Gloucester Township police responded to Sicklerville Road near Kings Road for a crash involving two vehicles. Police found two vehicles in the roadway with severe damage. The drivers were taken to local hospitals with possible serious injuries, police said. Sicklerville Road was...
Drivers seriously hurt in 2 vehicle crash in N.J. town
Two drivers were seriously injuries in a crash Wednesday night in Gloucester Township, officials said. The crash happened around 9 p.m. near the corner of Sicklerville and Kings roads, Gloucester Township police said. Both vehicles were badly damaged. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...
State confirms rabid raccoon found in N.J. neighborhood
The New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that a raccoon removed from a neighborhood in Gloucester Township last week had rabies, Camden County Officials said Wednesday afternoon. A resident in Gloucester Township reported the raccoon to authorities on April 25 after the person’s dog encountered the animal,...
Third man charged in daylight robbery that ended with shooting and crash on N.J. street
A daylight shooting and car crash that occurred last month in Gloucester County allegedly stemmed from an armed robbery moments earlier, prosecutors revealed during a court hearing Tuesday. Police responded to the 100 block of Adams Street in Paulsboro around 1:45 p.m. on April 6 for a report of someone...
South Jersey private school teacher ousted over slur on video
BUENA VISTA TWP. — St. Augustine Preparatory School has fired a teacher who it says is heard on video “using a racial slur during the reenactment of a film in the classroom.”. The head of school, the Rev. Robert J. Murray, issued a letter about the incident on...
We have to break down the stigma of homelessness in New Jersey
Walking into Joseph’s House, a night shelter, in the Bergen Square neighborhood six years ago I was having a conversation with their executive director, John Klein, when I noticed a woman walk into the building. At first glance I thought she came to the facility as a social service provider inquiring about a client or doing some fact finding about the shelter, but my inclinations were wrong. She asked about the hours of operation and if her, and her son were able to spend the night at the shelter. She politely took some supplies from the facility and made her way back out to the parking lot, got back into her Subaru, and drove away.
Man accused of burning N.J. church while battling bugs will remain jailed, judge says
A Gloucester County man accused of setting a church on fire as he tried to scare off insects will remain in jail until his trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a blaze at Colonial Manor United Methodist Church in West Deptford around 6:40 a.m. on April 20, officials said. One firefighter suffered severe burns to his hands will battling the blaze and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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