Laurel Lake News

The electoral suspense over the two unresolved municipal races in Commercial and Deerfield townships ended Friday afternoon when county officials counted provisional ballots.

VINELAND -- A man was hospitalized with a broken arm following a two-vehicle crash at North West Avenue and Forest Grove Road on Monday.

A Millville man was killed Saturday in a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident on Buckshutem Road, in Laurel Lake.

MILLVILLE -- There is new life in a dispute over mandatory maintenance fees in the community of Laurel Lake, thanks to a long-time resident's dogged legal research.

VINELAND -- One city's trash became the treasure -- or at least a cheap buy -- for roughly 150 people at Thursday's annual city auction.

The contest for one seat on the township committee is between Democrat Fletcher Jamison and Republican Russell Stormes.

Elena J. Tiligadas, 25, of Elmer passed away Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Those who knew her often described her as being full of life and always happy.

A Superior Court judge has denied a motion to dismiss murder charges against a man accused of running over his 27-year-old pregnant neighbor in August 2007.

Within weeks of returning from his 18-month tour of duty in Iraq, Shaun Gorman was spending his nights under a bridge in City Park.

A Sycamore Road resident reported Tuesday someone stole his paddleboat from a dock at Laurel Lake Club House.

LAUREL LAKE -- Join Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday for an old-fashioned campfire and an evening of historical recollections of living and ...

MILLVILLE - A Commercial Township man was hospitalized in critical condition following a single-vehicle crash early Monday morning.

The crime situation at Laurel Lake is not what it used to be, but the area still suffers from the bad name it had in the past.

COMMERCIAL -- State police arrested a man they believe intentionally set a fire that caused heavy damage to a vacant home owned by one of his relatives in the Laurel Lake section of the township last month.

COMMERCIAL - Township residents can better prepare themselves for a potential emergency situation on Thursday.

James R. Knotts Sr., 52, of Cedarville passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer.

COMMERICAL -- Authorities believe a fire that caused heavy damage to a vacant home in the Laurel Lake section was intentionally set, fire officials said Tuesday.

Fire heavily damaged a home on James Moore Road here today, according to local officials.

Fire destroyed a ranch house on James Moore Road on Tuesday morning before being extinguished by firefighters from three companies.

Jack 'John' Finsel, 77, of Laurel Lake died Friday afternoon, Aug. 22, 2008, at home under hospice care.