Crash used to promote cycle awareness    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
WINSLOW — Janet James' 22-year-old son Trevor James was killed in a motorcycle accident two years ago, but she recently turned the tragedy into a positive message for motorcycle awareness. A new billboard, unveiled...... Full story...

Burlington County capital funding OK'd    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
MOUNT HOLLY — The Burlington County Board of Freeholders has approved an additional $10 million in capital spending for continued renovation of court facilities and for other unrelated projects. Last week the freeholders...... Full story...

Eagles fly high    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
BROOKLAWN — When the Eagles make the trek up the New Jersey Turnpike this week to face the New York Giants, Mike Nordaby Jr. plans to be there, too. It doesn't matter that the Mount Ephraim resident still has to...... Full story...

Life lesson leads to award    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
CAMDEN — The greatest lesson Carlos taught his cousin, Basim Eel, was not to be like him. Carlos, now 26, worked the corners of inner-city Camden pushing drugs, but he changed his ways about five years ago. He started...... Full story...

Theater arts school blossoms in Cherry Hill    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
CHERRY HILL — Carla Mandell was commuting almost daily from her Northeast Philadelphia home to work the front desk at Fusion -- a theater arts school blossoming in a township industrial park -- when its then-owners told...... Full story...

Jail food contract prompts suit    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Ashbury Park Press
The lucrative business of providing meals for prisoners has led to a food fight between Monmouth County officials and a vendor whose bid for the contract was rejected - even though it was $450,000 lower than the winning $3...... Full story...

Toms River properties lose $1B in value    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Ashbury Park Press
TOMS RIVER — The newly completed revaluation shows the total value of property in the township is about $1 billion less than last year, reflecting the decline in the housing market.Township Tax Assessor Glenn Seelhorst...... 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...

Neighbors    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
More Neighbors on B3, B5 Seabrook House sponsors NYC talksAddiction has an enormous impact on relationships, causing most family members and friends of the addicted to throw their hands up in frustration and defeat. For those...... Full story...

They came bearing gifts Vineland group celebrates Three Kings Day    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- In some cultures, Santa Claus isn't the only large gift giver this time of year. The Puerto Rican Festival of New Jersey sponsored its annual Three Kings Day event Sunday at City Hall. The holiday, celebrated...... Full story...

New faces lead county    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- The seven-person board that runs Cumberland County's government welcomed four newcomers Sunday -- and said goodbye to 31 years of experience. But Louis Magazzu, the senior member of the all-Democrat county...... Full story...

Fire investigation closes Long Branch avenue    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Ashbury Park Press
LONG BRANCH — Second Avenue between West End Avenue and Passey Gardens was closed to through traffic Sunday while officials investigated a fire that gutted a restaurant Saturday afternoon.Lt. Robert Wiener said the two...... Full story...

Colts Neck panel names ex-mayor rec director    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Ashbury Park Press
COLTS NECK — The Township Committee hired outgoing Mayor Thomas E. Hennessy Jr. as full-time recreation director at its organization meeting Sunday.Several residents objected to the controversial 5-0 vote, telling the...... Full story...

Trying to teach class is an education in itself    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Ashbury Park Press
If I ever have to forsake my journalism career and start over, the best option for me might be teaching. In my travels through this rough-and-tumble job market over the last two months, my contacts and skills quickly led to...... Full story...

Romano reaches out for your ideas    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- Mayor Robert Romano's election promises last year included plans to re-instate two initiatives his father started as mayor -- city walks and citizen committees. The mayor has deep respect for his late father...... Full story...

93-year-old 'advocate for the people' to be sworn into another term in Warren    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
WARREN —In municipalities throughout the state's 21 counties, often the first week of a new year is marked with the swearing in of newly elected officials. But none of the ceremonies, at least according to the tallies...... Full story...

Raritan Township holds reorganization meeting    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
RARITAN TOWNSHIP —The Township Committee has welcomed two new members and switched the roles of its top two officials while keeping the balance of power firmly in Republican hands. Republicans Thomas Antosiewicz and Oliver...... Full story...

Funeral Mass to be today for surgeon killed in Iraq    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Courier Post Online
MOORESTOWN — A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. today for Army Major John P. Pryor, a local trauma doctor who died in combat in Iraq on Christmas Day. The Funeral Mass will be at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter...... Full story...

Old-fashioned medicine in Madison    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MADISON -- There are two weeks left to see "Crafting Cures," an exhibit at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts on Main Street about often gruesome medical treatments from the 1700s that were about as likely to kill patients...... Full story...

In Roxbury, more space for church's youth events    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
ROXBURY--The smell of fresh paint greeted congregants of the Ledgewood Baptist Church as they entered the gleaming new annex behind the Main Street sanctuary on Sunday morning, and gathered in the 5,000-square-foot gymnasium...... Full story...

In tough times, military seen as an option    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
Matthew Selems worked as a Fairleigh Dickinson University campus police officer until he was laid off last year, a development that directly affected his decision to enlist in the U.S. Army National Guard. "I basically wanted...... Full story...

Madison woman needs marrow match    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
MADISON -- A borough mother of four often seen running the Madison Soccer Club's concession stand needs to find someone whose tissue type matches her own. Kelli Wynne then needs some of that person's stem cells so...... Full story...

Nurse educator: Soaps can teach safe sex    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Daily Record
BOONTON TWP. -- "Hey baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits down next to him. "Yeah, I'm OK," Toni says, and she puts her head on his shoulder. Mike thinks it's safe to move in for a kiss."Slow down,"...... Full story...