Laurel Lake News

By JEAN JONES jeanjones@fast.net MILLVILLE - Two Sunday evening fires kept Millville Fire Department busy, but there were no injuries and the most seriously damaged home can be rehabilitated, said Chief Kurt Hess.

A rancher fire that displaced a family Sunday morning on Spring Garden Road is being considered non-suspicious in nature.

VINELAND -- Samantha Carangi's wish list is small. The 23-year-old prefers to count her family's blessings.

Mark S. Whitehead, 50, of Laurel Lake, Millville, died Sunday morning, Nov. 22, 2009, in South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center Hospice Unit, Bridgeton, after a brief illness.

The line of hungry people stretched about 30 yards from the entrance of Charles A. Sheppard Community Hall, in Haleyville, a half-hour before the doors opened.

Hometown: Laurel Lake School: Port Norris School Grade: 8th Parents: Amy and David Parish Accomplishments: Rebekah has had straight A's since she started school and is on the honor roll.

A great mother and friend, Hazel M. Gottshalk, 62, of Vineland passed away Wednesday, Oct.

Christine House-Browne, 61, of Upper Deerfield Township passed away Wednesday, Oct.

MILLVILLE -- The New Jersey Motorsports Park was the end of the road Tuesday for a racing dog that spent 10 weeks literally on the run in area forests.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS celebrated the wedding of Ashley Brooke Clement of Laurel Lake, Commercial Township, to Frank Williams of Millville on Oct.

COMMERCIAL -- State police charged two teenage boys in connection with a series of vehicle burglaries in Port Norris.

Doris R. Herbert, 84, of Millville died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, after a brief illness at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland.

WHAT: Battle on the Lake, a Battle of the Bands 2009 WHEN: 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Laurel Lake Community Center, Narcissus and Lake Shore Drive, Laurel Lake.

BUENA -- Laura Huffman, a 2007 graduate of Notre Dame Regional School, is a contestant in the Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2010 Pageant.

Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries will hold an old-fashioned campfire on Friday, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Laurel Lake.

State police blotter - Man fell from the car after he grabbed its driver's-side door jamb as his girlfriend drove it away Thursday, September 17, 2009 PORT NORRIS BARRACKS State police based at Port Norris barracks recently released the following information based on their activities from Sept.

A freak accident occurred Tuesday night in the Laurel Lake section of the township, when an occupant of a moving vehicle fell out of the vehicle, resulting in head injuries.

* Rosabel Rios, 35, of South 2nd Street, was arrested Monday night on a failure to appear warrant and lodged in the county jail on $750 bail.

BRIDGETON - Rosa Maguire loved to travel. In 2007, she was planning a vacation with her extended family to Costa Rica.

A modular home at Gooseberry Road and Doris Drive, in Laurel Lake, was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.