Gibbstown News

A Republican candidate for assembly in the 3rd District has been asked to drop out of the race by Gloucester County's GOP chairman because of "insensitive" comments.

On Saturday, July 25, a Beer and Beer benefit will be held at St. Michael's in Gibbstown on behalf of Scott Palmer of Mantua who has been diagnosed with leukemia and will be undergoing a bone marrow transplant.

GREENWICH TWP. On Sunday, Greenwich Township's Gibbstown section held a Fourth of July Independence Day parade and celebration.

AVALON a ' Avalon Police Department has announced the arrests of two men on charges that they shoplifted merchandise from a local business on May 29.

PAULSBORO The Paulsboro school district might soon restrict students who choose to go to GCIT from participating in sports and other extracurricular activities here an idea that has already garnered vocal opposition from some parents.

Posted by Around Our Towns , Gloucester County Times June 17, 2009 4:16PM Guardian Angels Regional Catholic School students recently performed "The National Anthem" at a Camden Riversharks baseball game.

Posted by Around Our Towns , Gloucester County Times June 15, 2009 1:43PM HOLLY JEAN GRIMES , daughter of David and Jill Grimes of Gibbstown, has graduated Cum Laude from Montclair State University with a Bachelor's degree in Family and Child Studies and a concentration in Early and Middle Childhood Education.

Deptford Elks Lodge 2708 recently held their Annual Fishing Tournament at Greenwich Lake in Gibbstown to celebrate Elks Youth Week.

In his professional life, DeWitt Peterson was strictly business: He was the longtime chairman of Burlington County College's Business Studies Division from 1972 to 1988.

Robert Chenault Jr., 39, of Democrat Road in Gibbstown, was arrested May 18 at 9:52 p.m. on an outstanding warrant out of Carneys Point, police said.

May 20, 2009 -- Fire has damaged a building at an oil refinery complex along the Delaware River.

Two weeks, the doctors estimated. That's how long they expected Lillie Bradley to live after an infection spread to her pancreas, liver and bile duct.

Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com May 08, 2009 1:10PM The nationally registered historic site - C. A. Nothnagle Log House - will be open for free tours on Mother's Day, May 10 from 2 to 5 p.m. . The log cabin is located at 406 Swedesboro Road, Gibbstown.

Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com May 04, 2009 9:10AM LOCKS OF LOVE Recently, Juliana Calce, 10, donated her hair to "Locks of Love." She decided to donate her hair on her own for someone who has cancer and is in need.

Mariah Worell, 17, a junior at GCIT, gives Brady, a toy pomeranian, a doggie treat.

Christians around the tri-county area celebrated Easter on Sunday, coming together with family and friends to mark the day Christians believe Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead.

Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com April 09, 2009 9:12AM Students in Mrs.

As soon as he graduated from high school, John Schoen made off with the family retriever and left for Maine, where he took an English degree, worked as a journalist and "answered only to my dog." He also realized getting ahead is far easier than getting away.

Watching Tara Moken walk through the streets of Philadelphia with Mitzi, the Labrador puppy she is training to be a guide dog for the blind, you'd never know the 15-year-old was afraid of dogs for most of her life.

After a domestic incident on Saturday, Donna Harbula called police to remove her estranged husband from her Logan home, then got a court order to bar his return, officials say.