Medford Lakes News

Matthew Martin, 5, of Tuckerton, plucks the strings of a guitar made out of a wooden cigar box.

Haddon Heights residents Cynthia Vena, Sue Watkins, and Chris Hofmann stand near the remains of the apartment house.

But ever since the Feb. 23 apartment house inferno, which seriously burned tenant Raquel Nunn and rendered all six residents homeless, a different sort of power has been at work.

A Camden County jury awarded $596,000 to two Hispanic firefighters who said they were passed over for promotions because of discrimination and their persistent and public complaints about discrimination against minorities within the Camden Fire Department.

After two days of shoring up his Normandy Beach house and stocking provisions, Jack Buzzi and girlfriend Melissa Griffin were ready to ride out the hurricane.