Burlington News

The Burlington County Board of Freeholders unanimously adopted the $223.9 million 2009 budget that cuts spending and trims the tax levy and tax rate.

TRENTON - More than $1.2 billion in tax increases and a $29 billion state budget were approved this afternoon by the Assembly, sending those bills to the Senate for final legislation consideration later in the day.

Three decades have passed since then-New Jersey Gov. Brendan T. Byrne accomplished what many thought impossible.

The current economic recession has been a hardship for most Americans. Millions have lost jobs, homes, wages and pensions.

With Micro-90 as part of a regular preventive maintenance schedule, the flux recovery exceeded 100%. BURLINGTON, NJ UNITED STATES Burlington, N.J /PRNewswire/ -- International Products Corporation's research laboratory is now capable of performing filter membrane compatibility and performance studies using a versatile lab filtration system.

A Plumsted woman died Monday morning after the car she was driving collided head-on with a Mack truck, State Police said.

CBS 3 is hosting a search from noon to 2 p.m. Friday for contestants for the popular game show, 'The Price Is Right.' Auditions will be held at City Auto Park, 4395 Route 130 South in Burlington.

Looking to ease demands on a training fund for emergency medical technicians from which $4 million is being taken to balance the state budget, state lawmakers are moving to extend EMT certifications from three years to five.

Burlington County government officials are reinstating bus service for food shopping and other personal trips for seniors and the disabled.

A last-minute compromise Wednesday night averted the pending layoff of 52 county employees in a measure that won unanimous support from the once deeply divided Burlington County Board of Freeholders.

Gov. Jon Corzine and New Jersey State Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher met with food bank leaders at the Food Bank of South Jersey to discuss continuing efforts to feed the state's hungry, an estimated 85,000-plus residents.

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIPa ' Police took two males into custody after they allegedly robbed two juveniles outside the Regal Burlington Cinema 20 on Bromley Boulevard.

Levittown - The proposed state budget cuts the funding needed to run the adult education institution.

Two suspects were arrested Friday night outside a Burlington Township movie theater and are being charged with robbery and assault.

The William Gordon-George Masters Memorial Football Club of Burlington County has granted 10 $500 scholarships to assist high school senior football student-athletes from the county with their college aspirations.

Shawnee's Dave Forward, Cinnaminson's Todd Campbell and Northern Burlington's Michael Bowden held their own little Burlington County Open Thursday night at the Meet of Champions.

BIKERS ACROSS NEW Jersey will unite to participate in a statewide motorcycle run on Saturday, June 13, escorted by the NJ State Police to benefit child abuse prevention and join thousands of motorcyclists across the nation in honor of a 2-year-old child who was murdered and raped.

Levittown - mzimmaro@phillyBurbs.comBURLINGTON CITY - Through the tiny chapel to the spacious soccer fields, 24 seniors took their final walk through Doane Academy's quaint campus as high school students."Now a new chapter begins in our lives," said valedictorian Michael Siravo IV.

N.J. GOP gubernatorial candidate Christopher J. Christie hears from laid-off worker Al Ashinoff outside the closed Griffin Pipe foundry in Florence.

Divorce can be a challenging life experience, and sometimes learning how to cope with major changes can mean the difference between moving on and struggling with the past.