Visitors tour historic Bridgeton homes and sites during holiday tour

A Philadelphia developer wants to build a rustic lodge-style resort with event space in Dennis Township, about 9 minutes from the beach in Avalon. The 30.8 acre property is currently undeveloped. The plan calls for constructing a three-story main lodge with 56 guest rooms, 40 one- and two-bedroom bungalows, 24 individual cabins, a man-made lake, a roughly 5,000-square-foot tavern, a 6,500-square-foot playhouse, a 6,600-square-foot primary event barn and a roughly 4,500-square-foot secondary event barn.

Salem County, tucked away in New Jersey’s westernmost corner, is the state’s smallest county. But, it boasts the most farmland in the Garden State. Despite the abundance of food growing around them — on more than 41,000 acres of preserved farmland across the county, according to state data — some residents struggle with food access due to a severe lack of local supermarkets.

Haddonfield’s girls team and Manchester Township’s boys squad both earned South, Group 2 sectional titles while Timber Creek girls and Pennauken boys took home South, Group 3 team titles during the sectional championships meet at Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River. Haddonfield cleaned up shop in the South...

Clayton and Lindenwold boys and Deptford and Kingsway girls each won bowling titles at the Tri-County Conference Tournament recently at 30 Strikes Lanes in Stratford. Every team bowled three games. In Division 1, Kingsway (832-763-793) narrowly edged-out Gloucester Tech (794-732-710) in the final tally, 2,388-2,236. Gloucester came in third place...

Drew Harvey had 13 points while Noah Harvey had 12 as Cinnaminson overwhelmed Pitman 73-43 at the Holy Cross Prep Showcase in Delran. Joel Blamon tallied 11 points and Amare Gantt had eight points and four rebounds for Cinnaminson (18-1). Andrew Plaza finished with seven points and seven rebounds and Colin Parrish chipped in with six points and three rebounds.

A bank robber who was arrested thanks to the way he mishandled a beer bottle, was convicted Tuesday in Burlington County Super Court, authorities said. On the morning of July 23, 2019, employees and customers told police a man came into the the TD Bank on Elizabeth Street in Pemberton Borough wearing a hooded sweatshirt, bandana, sunglasses and dirty sweat socks on his hands, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. He approached a teller with his hand in his pocket pointing toward her and said he had a gun, officials said.

Burlington Township, No. 2 in the NJ.com Boys Bowling Top 10, and Ewing, No. 6 in the NJ.com Girls Bowing Top 10, both won championships at the BCSL Tournament this past Thursday at Laurel Lanes in Maple Shade.

Camden Catholic 74, Woodbury 52. Aaryn Battle netted 30 points to lead third-seeded Camden Catholic in a 74-52 win over sixth-seeded Woddbury in the Elite Eight of the SJIBT, in Voorhees. Camden Catholic (15-9) will face seventh-seeded Williamstown in the semifinals on Friday at Eastern. Kassidy Thompson added on 20...

Emmanuel Joe-Samuel poured in 26 points while Josh Eli tallied 24 as ninth-seeded Paul VI stopped eighth-seeded Cherry Hill East in the second round of the Camden County Tournament in Cherry Hill. Paul VI will next face either top-seeded Camden or 17th-seeded Winslow in the quarterfinal on Saturday. Torren Greene...

Neeko Rolle drove in for a layup with eight seconds left to help lift Pleasantville to a 54-53 win over Atlantic City at the Battle of the Bay in Atlantic City. Rolle finished with six points while Marki Barnes had 20 points for Pleasantville (12-12), which stopped a two-game losing streak, and trailed by six points with about four minutes left in the game. Pleasantville eventually closed proceedings with an 11-4 run.

Nate Rohlfing finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots while Patrick Ryan had 15 points and four rebounds as sixth-seeded Haddonfield ousted 11th-seeded Gloucester 66-43 in the second round of the Camden County Tournament in Haddonfield. Haddonfield will face either third-seeded Camden Eastside or 14th-seeded Paulsboro in...

Jamir McNeil sent the game into double-overtime before scoring the winner as Middle Township nipped Montclair Immaculate, No. 16 in the NJ.com Top 20, by a score of 71-70 at the Battle of the Bay in Atlantic City. McNeil, who buried a three-pointer at the end of the first overtime,...

A jury found a Gloucester County man guilty of manslaughter and two weapons charges Thursday in the stabbing death of a motorist in a 2018 road rage incident. Everett E. Moore Jr., 58, of Clayton, was accused of slashing 32-year-old Joseph Pirri, of Blackwood, in the face as the victim sat in his car.

Elite Eight action of the South Jersey Girls Basketball Invitational kicked off at Eastern High School on Saturday evening, and two very different results took shape. In the opening game, top-seeded Cherokee - No. 15 in the NJ.com Top 20 - had little issue dispatching Clearview, while fifth-seeded Cinnaminson used a defensively stringent third quarter to oust Lenape.

Roman Onorato stayed out 41 seconds at 157 pounds as Paulsboro beat Collingswood at home 43-20. Doug King (165), Jordon Eli (145) and Logan Sichelstiel (126) gave Pualsboro pins as it extended its decade-plus Colonial Conference win streak. Max Roseboro scored a first-period pin at 215 to provide a Collingswood...

Jeremiah Bright scored 22 points, including three 3-pointers, while Cairo Rivera added 13 points as Camden Eastside won, 63-60, over Egg Harbor in the Battle By The Bay showcase in Atlantic City. Camden Eastside (12-3) led 30-28 at the half and took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter. Jay-Nelly...

Jen Denby thought she had left coaching behind but, like the famous line uttered by Al Pacino’s character in The Godfather: Part III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”. Denby’s 15-year stint as the girls basketball coach at Penns Grove ended in...

Super Bowl 2023 will be the biggest televised event of the year with millions watching the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs. With the big game set to play out on Feb. 12, you may be considering buying a new smart TV, if you can get a deal.

Seneca swept a home quad by going 3-0 against Millville, Audubon and Pitman, in Tabernacle. The Golden Eagles improved to 18-1. Seneca rolled to a 43-27 win over Audubon thanks to wins from Anthony Fedeli (285), Jackson Bauer (106), Daniel Bogardius (132), Sean Broderick (138), David Vacca (144), Evan Kelly (150), Kyle Stickel (165) and Max Borton.

Montrey Wright, who guided the Salem football program to a pair of sectional titles in the last two seasons, stepped down as head coach on Friday. Wright made the announcement via Twitter. A Salem graduate, Wright took over the program in 2015 from Dennis Thomas. He posted a 67-24 career...