Glassboro News

Glassboro police are looking for a vehicle in connection to a spilled substance that closed down a section of road late Saturday night.

Patriotic songs and fireworks will fill the air and skies across tri-county region this holiday weekend as scores of military units, bands, floats and spectators take to the streets in honor of the 233rd anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence.

You've spent the past few decades running, dunking and pedaling. You planned to spend the next few decades swinging, smashing and pivoting.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that a portion of Carpenter Street in the borough will be closed next week for repairs to a Conrail railroad grade crossing.

BRIDGETON - Cumberland County Sheriff Robert Austino announced the follow arrests: On June 26, Christopher Merighi, 30, of E Street in Millville, was arrested on two Cumberland County Superior Court criminal warrants for failure to appear.

A newly established four-year medical school in downtown Camden, jointly run by Rowan University and Cooper University Hospital, will expand both the South Jersey medical community and Camden's educational hub, officials said yesterday.

GLASSBORO With hundreds of advertisements for apartments, townhomes and room rentals on sites like Craigslist and Glassboro Rentals, some landlords may be struggling more than usual to fill their properties with students and young professionals.

WOODBURY Family members described Arthur Lamont Davis as a "gentle teddy bear" whose life was cut short by a drunk driver just days before Christmas.

Arthur L. Anwar Jr., 53, of Glassboro was sentenced today to seven years in New Jersey state prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in a Dec.

New Jersey has taken a major step toward launching a new medical school in Camden.

PITMAN - Mayor Batton will read the Pitman Borough Council's resolution objecting to Bishop Galante's plan to merge their Catholic Parish, Our Lady Queen of Peace, with Glassboro at Monday's council meeting, according to officials.

DEERFIELD -- The nation's economy is on shaky ground, but 18-year-old Nicholas Repp said Cumberland County Technical Education Center gave him the solid foundation he'll need in the working world.

DEPTFORD TWP. Students at Shady Lane Elementary School learned how they could help people in need on Monday when they participated in an Alex's Lemonade Stand on behalf of a six-year-old Glassboro girl suffering with stage IV kidney cancer.

The animated film "Madagascar" will be shown Friday night at 8 free of charge at the New Street Park.

I'm a Glassboro resident who looks forward to the changes headed Glassboro's way in the form of Rowan Boulevard and the new Barnes and Noble.

Student artists from Glassboro Intermediate and Glassboro High School will participate in an exhibition at Rowan University's High Street Gallery Wednesday through Saturday.

WOODBURY The fate of a 26-year-old Glassboro man charged with murder in the 2007 shooting of a single mother is now in the hands of a jury.

Congratulations to the Borough of Glassboro for qualifying in New Jersey's "Live Where You Work" program.

Authorities responding to reports of a female screaming for police in the 100 block of Grillo Street Sunday morning discovered a woman bleeding from the head and arms with the hammer used in the beating lying next to her just inside the front door of a residence there, according to police.

The Delaware River Port Authority is holding meetings this week and next to discuss the planned passenger rail expansion between Camden and Woodbury, and eventually, Glassboro.