Carneys Point News Archives

For business owners and employees sitting down to a grand dinner at Centerton Country Club here Thursday night, it provided a special reward for their tireless efforts.

Many Salem County towns have set special hours for trick-or-treating this weekend.

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A Hopewell Township man who donned a motorcycle helmet in an April bank robbery in Vineland admitted his role in that and two other South Jersey bank robberies earlier this year in federal court on Friday, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Cynthia Brimmer, 56, of Fort Sumpter Road, was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with shoplifting from Quick Tans, police said.

More than 250 police departments in the state - including many in Salem County - have signed up for Operation Medicine Cabinet New Jersey.

The Salem County Branch of the NAACP hosted its annual Freedom Fund Awards Banquet at the Edward W. Dorn Community Center in Pedricktown honoring five individuals for their service to the community Saturday.

The county had to shut down its drive-through flu shot clinic here Wednesday morning at the Salem County Fairgrounds out of fear they would run out of the flu vaccine.

Anthony G. Mendez, 23, of Old Salem Road in Woodstown, was arrested Oct. 8 at 11:53 p.m. and charged with alleged credit card theft, intent to defraud, and fraudulent use of a credit card.

The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Board of Education, along with several Penns Grove High School students and parents, welcomed a visit from state Department of Education Commissioner Lucille Davy Wednesday evening.

The Salem County Veterans Service Office is now taking applications for the presentation of the Salem County Military Service Medal to which will take place on Oct.

Officials from the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District are already preparing for a school bond referendum in 2010 that would fund a new middle school.

Emergency crews responded to an accident around noon Tuesday reportedly involving a motorcycle and another motor vehicle near the intersection of county Route 540 and U.S. Route 40 in Carneys Point Township.

In an effort to enhance the borough's business district, several local business owners have joined forces to create the Penns Grove Business Association.

The Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point and Oldmans will celebrate its 10th anniversary today with a special Homecoming Day Open House Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The area was once known as Upper Penns Neck Township and got its beginning in 1721.

An East Greenwich Township man - dubbed the "bicycle bandit" - arrested last week following the robbery of a Salem County bank branch, has been tied into seven other bank robberies, New Jersey State Police Wednesday.

A 22-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint by two men - allegedly by two men he knew - while leaving the Carroll Avenue Wawa Wednesday afternoon, police said.

TRENTON -- Suspected serial bank robber Brian Layton really could have used a getaway bicycle last week.