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‘Fire literally shooting out': NJ apartments blaze leaves dozens out of homes
Residents grabbed their loved ones, pets and anything else they could grab as flames tore through their New Jersey apartment building Monday night. "You need to get out, massive fire," a firefighter could be heard saying on doorbell video. The blaze broke out just after 6 p.m. on June 10,...
Nearly $1,700 in stolen shoes smuggled in suitcases during Bensalem TJ Maxx theft
BENSALEM, Pa. - A shoe smuggler is on the loose in Bensalem after deploying an unusual tactic during a recent theft. The suspect entered the TJ Maxx on Bristol Pike around 2 p.m. on May 31. Police say he proceeded to pick out 30 pairs of shoes, stuff them in...
Local family expands restaurant operation
Buffalo chicken meatballs is a creation of Bob Ross, owner of Ross & Co. Kitchen. Taps. Cocktails. The new restaurant on York Road in Hatboro, Penn. serves up an array of upscale, bar food like tacos and spuds, Ahi tuna salad, a lamb burger with tzatziki sauce, deviled eggs, and more along with cocktails, and […]
Convict Was Selling LSD, Mushrooms, Pot: Lawrence PD
On Tuesday, June 11, at approximately 6 a.m., Lawrence Township Police detectives executed a search warrant at a residence along the first block of Woodmont Drive in Lawrenceville. Ahsan Shaikh was charged with a dozen weapons and drug offenses including the manufacture and distribution of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana,...
Why is Dollar Tree growing at Jersey Shore while Family Dollar struggles?
The Jersey Shore isn't on the sidelines as Dollar Tree, the discount retailer, pledges to "aggressively grow" its number of stores nationwide. So far this year, Dollar Tree has signed leases for three new stores in Monmouth County. They are in Hazlet, Ocean Township and Howell, according to Danielle Brunelli, president of commercial real estate brokerage R.J. Brunelli & Co. in Old Bridge, who represents Dollar Tree in its lease transactions. Elsewhere in New Jersey, more Dollar Trees are coming to Wayne, West New York, Union and Gibbstown, she wrote in a social media post on LinkedIn.
The story of Timbuctoo, home for free Black Americans decades before Juneteenth
WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation, finally freeing hundreds of thousands of enslaved people more than two years after the proclamation was made.But for decades before that historic day, a population of Black Americans lived freely in a small village nestled along the Rancocas Creek in the heart of South Jersey.This is Timbuctoo. Fewer than 60 people live here and its size is only 52 acres."Until about 15 years ago, this was just the Black section...
Families Seek Help After Devastating Condo Fire In Mercer County
A nephew is appealing for help for his relatives after a fire destroyed their condominium in East Windsor.The fire broke out at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 10 in the K building of the American Way Condos on Avon Drive, as previously reported by Daily Voice."This tragedy caused my family to lose…
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