NORTH JERSEY: Baby's corpse thrown out with hospital trash    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
JERSEY CITY -- Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at Jersey City's Christ Hospital.Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Davy says...... Full story...

VINELAND: Limpert Bros., Levoy Theatre loans up for votes today    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND - The governing body that oversees the Vineland/Millville Urban Enterprise Zone will hear a report on how businesses in the state designation fared in 2008 at its meeting this morning. The Enterprise Zone Development...... Full story...

MILLVILLE: Commissioners to vote on tax abatements    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
MILLVILLE - The City Commission will vote tonight on whether to approve a $2.95 million Urban Enterprise Zone loan for the Levoy Theatre renovation project at tonight’s meeting. The commissioners last month unanimously stated...... Full story...

VINELAND: 4 Corners developer to give revitalization update    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND - Hans Lampart plans to present an update on the city’s four corners project during City Council’s work session meeting tonight. Lampart, president and CEO of Eastern Pacific Development, wants to explain the status...... Full story...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Trail cleanups scheduled    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
The Nature Conservancy will sponsor trail cleanups at the Manumuskin River Preserve in Cumberland County from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 16, Feb. 27 and March 14. Join Land Steward David DeSalvo for a series of winter trail cleanups...... Full story...

Comedian Carlos Mencia takes his act on the road    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
For four seasons, Carlos Mencia shared his manic, race-related humor on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia." Now, the politically provocative punch-liner is busing across America on the "At Close Range" tour."The beauty...... Full story...

Local Business Report Hard-to-insure crop coverage is available    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND --Angela J. Andreoli, county executive director of USDA's Farm Service Agency, recently reminded producers in need of insurance coveragefor crops not covered by federal crop insurance that theycanenroll inFSA&#...... Full story...

Bird expert slated for Alloway talk    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
The Salem County Nature Club will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Old School, Greenwich Street, Alloway. Alan Jackson, "New Jersey's Martin Man," will present a slide program titled "The Amazing Purple Martins," and will...... Full story...

Obama: Cut taxes by $300B    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach...... Full story...

V'land firehouse plan takes shape    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- Fire Station 1 could have a new and larger building by the end of 2010. The city recently bought a white warehouse on East Chestnut Avenue that will be demolished to make space for the station's firefighters...... Full story...

$75 million cut to N.J. school aid proposed    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
TRENTON -- Aid to cities and schools is on the chopping block as Gov. Jon S. Corzine unveiled his ideas Monday for proposed cuts to help bridge the state's $2.1 billion budget gap. A total of $812 million in spending is...... Full story...

Vineland high needs labs    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- If Vineland High School needs new science laboratories, district officials think their best bet is to pay for a few themselves rather than with state money. New and renovated labs in the high school's North...... Full story...

Free mortgage help beefed up    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
MILLVILLE -- A local nonprofit agency will now be able to reach out to more residents at risk of losing their homes. Donna Turner, executive director of Affordable Homes of Millville Ecumenical Inc., said Monday the organization...... Full story...

POLICE BEAT    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
All Items in Police Beat are based on official police reports of events. Reports are published by The Daily Journal as soon as they are made available. MILLVILLE POLICEA 23-year-old man told police he was robbed Dec. 12 by...... Full story...

POLICE BEAT    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
All Items in Police Beat are based on official police reports of events. Reports are published by The Daily Journal as soon as they are made available.... Full story...

'Obama's Mamas' ready to celebrate historic moment    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
MILLVILLE -- Masolene Hopkins has been active in every election since she helped campaign for John F. Kennedy in 1960 as a senior at Delsea Regional High School. "When my grandkids in college bring home friends and introduce...... Full story...

Trial postponed in 2006 Millville killing    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
BRIDGETON -- A man charged in a 2006 fatal shooting and subsequent foot chase in Millville faces possible new charges this week, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office. Defendant Andrew T. Pender was brought...... Full story...

Cumberland Co. eyes high-level retirements in '09    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Daily Journal
BRIDGETON -- Cumberland County government is anticipating a number of division and department heads will retire in 2009. "I'm not at liberty to say who they are," Freeholder Director Louis Magazzu said Monday, but he said...... Full story...

Most are first-timers as Cumberland Co. board meets    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: CourierPostOnline
The seven-person board that runs Cumberland County's government welcomed four newcomers Sunday -- and said goodbye to 31 years of experience.... Full story...

SOUTH JERSEY: Funeral today for Army surgeon killed in Iraq    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
PHILADELPHIA -- The funeral service for a prominent Philadelphia surgeon from New Jersey who was killed in Iraq will be held this morning.The funeral for Army Maj. John P. Pryor is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Philadelphia'...... Full story...

VINELAND: Pigskin politics bring boos at freeholders meeting    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND - The Cumberland County freeholders had a special gift for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J, on Sunday. Menendez attended the freeholders’ ceremonial swearing-in ceremony at Cumberland County College and administered...... Full story...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Magazzu wants new tax system    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND - Cumberland County Freeholder Director Lou Magazzu wants the state to adopt a new tax collection system that will create a single county tax rate for each municipality in the county. Magazzu told Gov. Jon S. Corzine...... Full story...

Local Business Report Bridgeton man chosen president of national group    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
WASHINGTON -- For the eighth straight year, Dr. Edward H. Salmon, of Bridgeton, was elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Commissioners Emeritus organization. Salmon is a former...... Full story...

30 firefighters battle blaze that damages V'land home    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- Firefighters extinguished a blaze Sunday afternoon that caused heavy damage to a two-story house in the 400 block of North Fourth Street. Fire Capt. Lou Tramontana said 30 firefighters responded to the home at 10...... Full story...

The Daily Journal's Student of the Day Hazel Emerald Negron    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
Age: 7 Hometown: VinelandSchool: D'Ippolito ElementaryGrade: 1stParents: Cathie and FrankieAccomplishments: Hazel was honored as Student of the Month at her school for both February and November 2008. She also was chosen...... Full story...