MILLVILLE: Afternoon police beat update includes warrant arrests    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
Elizabeth Morales, 30, of the 700 block of South State Street, Vineland, was charged Wednesday with shoplifting at ShopRite on North 2nd Street. She also was processed on two unrelated warrants. Morales was transported to the... Full Story...

Huge crowd for Phillies’ victory parade    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies paraded through the city Friday, passionately cheered by hundreds of thousands of fans who climbed trees and ladders, hung out of windows and packed sidewalks... Full Story...

JERSEY SHORE: Researchers study wildlife where wind farms are planned    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TRENTON - Ongoing studies of birds, marine mammals and sea turtles off the Jersey Shore have found an abundance of life in an area where hundreds of wind turbines could be spinning by 2020, participants said at a public meeting... Full Story...

Vineland says goodbye to possessions at auction    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- One city's trash became the treasure -- or at least a cheap buy -- for roughly 150 people at Thursday's annual city auction. Vineland resident Dawn Clifford found a couple snowboards at $60 apiece she... Full Story...

Candidates commence county blitz    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- Five days remain in Campaign '08 and candidates for Cumberland County offices don't plan to waste any of them. Democrats start "the 100 hours to victory tour" this morning. Two RVs will rumble out from... Full Story...

Mayor fires back at Barse    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- Mayor Robert Romano lashed back at Perry Barse Thursday over the concerns about his administration that the former mayor listed at a recent City Council meeting. Romano said Barse's actions felt like a personal... Full Story...

Victory parade is today    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
PHILADELPHIA -- Many baseball fans here would not speak the "P" word in the anxious days leading up to the city's World Series title, lest they jinx the team. But now that the Philadelphia Phillies have claimed their second... Full Story...

Fire in nuke missile silo went undetected 5 days    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
DENVER -- A fire caused $1 million worth of damage at an unmanned underground nuclear launch site last spring, but the Air Force didn't find out about it until five days later, an Air Force official said Thursday. The... Full Story...

POLICE BEAT    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
All Items in Police Beat are based on official police reports of events. Reports are published by The Daily Journalas soon as they are made available.VINELAND POLICEElijah Pope, 29, of the 1300 block of Cornell Street, was... Full Story...

Tips to keep kids safe while trick-or-treating    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- Police are offering safety tips for parents and children as the city prepares for trick-or-treating, which will be held this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. Trick-or-treating has not been held in the city on Halloween... Full Story...

Door décor scores trophy for V’land woman    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- Mayor Robert Romano took a different city walk Thursday afternoon to judge his first contest since he took office July 1. Walnut Manor Apartments employees Wayne Roberts and Lizette Cortes accompanied Romano on... Full Story...

Officials to host meet-and-greet tonight in V’land    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- State and local politicians are hosting a trick-or-treat meet-and-greet on the steps of City Hall tonight. State Sen. Jeff Van Drew will join Mayor Robert Romano and Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Matt Milam for... Full Story...

M’ville cops nab 2 burglary suspects    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
MILLVILLE -- Police charged two men in connection with nine vehicle burglaries in the city last month. William Scott Moore, 18, of the 500 block of Main Street, Cedarville, and Nicholas D. Gentile, 19, of the 2200 block of... Full Story...

$48K boat to patrol Gloucester waterfront    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
A new safeguard for Gloucester County's waterfront communities and infrastructures launched this week, as county and state officials and private partners debuted the prosecutor's $48,000 inflatable vessel. The 19-... Full Story...

REGION BRIEFS    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
Millville airport receives $157KNEWARK -- Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., recently announced the Federal Aviation Administration awarded a total of $157,225 for runway improvements to the Cape... Full Story...

MEETINGS    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TodayThere are no meetings scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31. SaturdayThere are no meetings scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1. Full Story...

Proposal urges debt forgiveness    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
To head off surging credit card defaults, banks and consumer groups are lobbying regulators to make it easier to forgive a portion of struggling consumers' credit card debt. The proposal -- and the unusual partnership... Full Story...

Fort Dix recordings reveal specifics, missed connections    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
CAMDEN -- Secret recordings of men accused of planning to attack soldiers on Fort Dix are giving jurors chillingly specific details of how an attack would be carried out, sprinkled among many missed connections and doses of... Full Story...

Local Business Report: Karate students compete at tournament    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND -- Yi's Karate of Vineland recently competed at the 29th annual Tri-State Martial Arts Championships in Newtown Square, Pa. The studio opened in June 2008, and this is the first tournament the school has attended... Full Story...

Roundup    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
Iraq wants U.S. out by end of 2011BAGHDAD -- Iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a close... Full Story...

Gloucester Board of Social Services under fire as Bryant trial continues    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TRENTON -- As long as the work got done, a member of the Gloucester County Board of Social Services said Thursday, the board did not care which attorney performed it. "We never micromanaged," Colletta B. King testified as the... Full Story...

Poll: Lautenberg widens lead in race    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TRENTON -- With less than a week to go before the Nov. 4 election, a new poll says New Jersey incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg has widened his lead to 20 points over the Republican challenger. The Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind... Full Story...

N.J. students vote for Obama in mock election    Posted on 10/31/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TRENTON -- The presidential election may be days away for adults, but for an 8.4 million underage voters, the results are in. Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey children -- from kindergartners to high school students -- had... Full Story...

Markets up, ponder drop in nation’s GDP    Posted on 10/30/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street was feeling more upbeat Thursday after a government report showed the economy contracted in the third quarter by less than expected and after the Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut... Full Story...

NEW JERSEY: Research firm to allow students to opt out of marketing study    Posted on 10/30/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
TRENTON - A New Jersey company that collects data from junior high and high school students through surveys has agreed to change its practices. Attorney General Anne Milgram says Morristown-based Educational Research Center... Full Story...

VINELAND: Vote and get a flu shot at two polling places    Posted on 10/30/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND - Voters heading to two city polling places on Election Day will have the chance to get a flu shot as well as cast their ballot for the next president.As part of a national program, Vineland is playing host to two... Full Story...

VINELAND: Mayor, senator, council and others hosting trick-or-treat meet-and-greet on Halloween…    Posted on 10/30/08
Source: The Daily Journal.
VINELAND - State sen. Jeff Van Drew, Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Matt Milam, and Mayor Robert Romano along with the Vineland City Council will be hosting a “Trick or Treat – Meet and Greet” on the steps of Vineland City Hall... Full Story...