Hammonton News

Corky and Southwind Cocoa, winners of last year's New Jersey Sires Stakes championships as 2 year olds, are back on the road to the $150,000 Premier Division finals at three in the opening round of action on Friday at the Meadowlands.

South Jersey morning temperatures dipped to the freezing mark on Tuesday, May 14, a day when most thoughts are fixed on summer barbeques, trips to the beach and days on the golf course.

FAR HILLS - A fundraising rummage sale tradition that dates back nearly 100 years drew thousands of bargain hunters to the fairgrounds this weekend.

Police received a complaint of a suspicious person trying to enter the Lincoln Avenue home a little after 4:30 p.m. There they found the 43-year-old, who had a $2,500 warrant out of Winslow Township.

Goyco also was found in possession of property from CVS on West Landis Avenue, but that store declined to sign complaints.

The jury found Patrick Latko guilty of all counts in the double murder of a mother and son from Hammonton, N.J. A jury finds a South Jersey man guilty of killing a friend and the friend's mother in their Hammonton, N.J. home.

Patrick Latko of Wenonah was also found guilty of weapons charges stemming from the November 2011 stabbing deaths of 29-year-old Ryan Patterson and Patterson's 64-year-old mother, Diana.

Tickets are $60. Proceeds benefit the center's Art Creates Excellence program. For tickets or information, call 327-4500 or visit www.rrcarts.com. The Hammonton Mothers' Club will sponsor the Hammonton 5K Run For Fun and one-mile family walk on May 4 at the Hammonton Lake Park, 100 Sports Drive.

Augustine at Hammonton ... 4pm Millville at Absegami ... 4pm Gloucester Catholic at Cumberland ... 4pm Delsea at Highland ... 4pm Cape May Tech at Bridgeton ... 4pm Buena at Middle Township ... 4pm Lower Cape May at Sacred Heart ... 4pm SOFTBALL Vineland at Absegami ... 4pm Millville at Hammonton ... 4pm Wildwood Catholic at Sacred Heart ... (more)

The prosecution is expected to rest today in the double-homicide case in which Deptford man Patrick Latko, 33, is accused of stabbing and killing his friend and friend's mother out of jealousy, according to the Press of Atlantic City.

Plein air painter Mary Ann Kline of Egg Harbor Township will bring her landscapes to the Ocean City Arts Center in May.

The Vineland Fire Department demonstrates and evaluates its water flow capabilities in a water shuttle drill.

MARCH 29: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a Reform Agenda Town Hall meeting at the New Jersey Manufacturers Company facility March 29, 2011 in Hammonton, New Jersey.

Erica DePalo, center, an English teacher at West Orange High School, leaves the Superior Courthouse in Newark after her first appearance in September 2012.

On April 13, a Danbury Lane man reported that the backflow pressure valve was stolen from the side of his home.

New Jersey annually produces many excellent agricultural products. One of the most popular is asparagus.

The two-day event will feature tastings by some of New Jersey's finest wineries.

A south Jersey man is in court, accused of murdering a mother and son over a year ago.