New Jersey Department of Agriculture's film recycling program marks a milestone    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: The Jersey Journal
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today announced the Department of Agriculture nursery and greenhouse plastic film recycling program saw a 53 percent increase in the amount of materials recycled last year, making 2011 the most successful...... Full story...

Chinese language a hit among students    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
"The dragon is the emperor, the most wise and royal symbol," said teacher Cathy Wang, explaining that there are 12 symbols in the Chinese zodiac, and the dragon ranks at the top.... Full story...

Mount Holly police chief to be president of county chiefs association    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Mount Holly's chief of police Steven Martin is set to become the new president of the Burlington County Chiefs of Police Association at a banquet Thursday at Charley's Other Brother in Eastampton.... Full story...

Fire and ice coming to downtown Mount Holly on Saturday    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Once again, the fire will result from a chili contest, with about 40 participants expected, and ice will be in the form of sculptures made by about 15 professional and amateur carvers.... Full story...

Capital Bank names Cusick as a vice president    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: The Jersey Journal
Bradley L. Cusick has been named as vice president / Camden-Burlington county market manager for Vineland-based Capital Bank of New Jersey.... Full story...

Kevin Riordan: Offering Haiti hope, and clinics    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: Philly.com
A minor cut and an ordinary tube of antibacterial cream inspired Frank and Leslee Jacobs to build their first medical clinic in Haiti.... Full story...

Miniumum-wage-hike proposal hits sour note with business    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Democratic leaders in the Legislature are expected to push for an increase in the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 and tie future yearly increases to economic performance data.... Full story...

Mount Holly man sentenced to 7 years in shooting    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Superior Court Judge Jeanne T. Covert handed down the sentence to Joshua E. Vandunk, 23, of Hickory Street, in accordance with his negotiated plea for aggravated assault in the shooting of Donnell Whitley, then 28, on May 6. Vandunk, who has a juvenile record...... Full story...

Appeals court blocks children's name change    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: MyCentralJersey
In the case of a divorced couple from Burlington County, the answer is a continuing court battle over an ex-wife's efforts to give her last name to the couple's children.... Full story...

Divorced NJ couple battling over kids' last name    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: Asbury Park Press Online
The legal wrangling continues in a divorced southern New Jersey woman's bid to change her children's surname.... Full story...

Funeral Services for Ex-Cinnaminson Cop Begin Sunday    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: Patch.com
Funeral services for a former Cinnaminson Police detective sergeant with 29 years on the force begin Sunday evening.... Full story...

Woodworker shares love of nature through art    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
The large logs of sassafras outside the woodshop at Medford Leas at Lumberton are destined to become works of art.... Full story...

On finding love and friendship    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Mount Laurel's Barbara Freire, founder of New Outlook Singles , may be in the dating-for-singles business, but underlying her lectures on how and where to find that special someone is a more important message.... Full story...

2 men admit to NJ cross burning    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: 6 ABC
Burlington County officials say Daniels Enders of Bass River and Nicolas Comis of Tuckerton pleaded guilty to bias intimidation in the February 2011 cross burning in Bass River.... Full story...

Burlington City man sentenced to 17 years for sexual assault of boy    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
A Burlington City man was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy in his home last year.... Full story...

Finally ... ?    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: Patch.com
Could Cinnaminson get its first real dose of snow this weekend? Well, sort of.A Meteorologist Kristin Kline, with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, said the area is under a winter weather advisory beginning at 1 a.m. Saturday.... Full story...

Man shot by police indicted on assault, weapons charges    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
A township man who was shot by police in March while allegedly wielding two knives was indicted on charges that he assaulted the officer and his girlfriend.... Full story...

Mount Holly man indicted on charges he assaulted girlfriend, threw knife at police    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: The Gloucester County Times
A Mount Holly man accused of throwing a knife at a police officer responding to a report of domestic violence last year has been indicted, Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi announced Thursday.... Full story...

Burlington County, NJ Authorities Hold Gang Awareness Seminar    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: CBS Local
MT. HOLLY, N.J. - Caught between the gang activity in Camden and Trenton, Burlington County officials want residents to be more aware of the culture of gangs.... Full story...

Decoy carvers carry on Barnegat Bay tradition    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: Asbury Park Press Online
Harry Shourds,Seaville carves a decoy during the Art and Decoy Festival held at Central Regional High School.... Full story...

Medford appoints township solicitor    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
Christopher Norman was appointed township solicitor on Tuesday, hours after he resigned his elected position on Shamong's governing body.... Full story...

Burlington County man acquitted in 2009 attempted murder charge    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: The Jersey Journal
TRENTON - Jurors Tuesday acquitted a Burlington County man charged with attempted murder in the 2009 stabbing of his daughter's boyfriend.... Full story...

Judge Dominick Ferrelli remembered for sense of humor    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: CourierPostOnline
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Judge Ferrelli at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, High Street and Bartram Avenue, Mount Holly.... Full story...

As Freeholder, Moorestown Mom 'Finding A Way to Give Back'    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: Patch.com
Given that Leah Arter spent part of her young adulthood studying politicians and political history, there is perhaps a degree of irony in the fact that she now serves as an elected official herself.... Full story...

Big Brothers Big Sisters to honor county residents    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
A YouTube video filmed in Mount Laurel is being used by Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations throughout the country as part of its national Start Something campaign.... Full story...