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For more than 30 years, Ron Ryba wondered about the baby boy he and his high school sweetheart had given away.

The township council on Tuesday night was expected to approve the preservation of 700 acres at a local farm.

An Evesham man was charged with drug offenses after he was stopped by police for a faulty light on his car.

Re: 'Shared services can lead to tax relief' . We commend the article which delved into the cost-saving benefits of shared services.

If people won't allow the regionalization of costly services such as police, taxes will never drop.

Ghouls and ghosts will return to a familiar haunt Saturday for the 63rd annual Medford-Vincentown Rotary Halloween Parade.

The annual Medford-Vincentown Rotary Halloween Parade will be held Oct. 24. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. from Firehouse Lane and travel south on Main Street to the Haines School, police Chief Anthony J. Canale said.

An 18-year-old township man was charged with drug possession Friday after being stopped for speeding, police said Tuesday.

The world appears to be caught in a vampire craze fueled by the romantic "Twilight" books and film, "The Vampire Diaries" TV show, and the seductive HBO series "True Blood," based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels.

An independent medical examiner hired by the widow of Billy Mays says cocaine likely did not play a part in the U.S. television pitchman's death this summer.

The signs of autumn are both subtle and ubiquitous. From reduced daylight hours, chilly temperatures and leaves turning colors to appetites for autumn-inspired foods, scarecrows and corn mazes, it's all every bit a part of the fall season as Monday Night Football and chrysanthemums.

Now that Mount Construction has been forced to vacate a municipal lot, residents have turned their attention to a councilman who acknowledged that he should not have voted to renew the agreement with the company last year.

During their first term in the New Jersey Assembly, Scott Rudder has sponsored 83 bills and Dawn Addiego, 78.

The Medford Arts Center will become a coffee house on Saturday when it hosts the first of a monthly series of concerts.

With less than a month until Election Day, the race for two 8th District Assembly seats has gotten ugly.

A construction firm that's sparked neighborhood complaints and political warfare here is expected to leave its controversial site, township officials said Tuesday.

A family was displaced after fire heavily damaged a home here. The blaze is believed to have started in the utility room of a bilevel home in the first block of Lakewood Avenue around 9:10 p.m. Monday, according to Medford police.

Two reputed gang members, including one charged with the gang-related murder of a Willingboro man, have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a string of bank robberies last year.

The aroma of fresh apples again will fill the air this year for the 31st annual Apple Festival at Kirby's Mill.

A Southampton man was charged with shoplifting after he attempted to steal more than $870 in groceries and other items from the ShopRite supermarket on Route 70 about 3 p.m. Sunday, police said Monday.Johnny M. Hill Jr., 41, was being detained by store personnel when police arrived.

It'll take a complete overhaul of state government to provide tax relief, prevent political corruption, provide better education and keep local businesses and jobs, two 8th District Assembly candidates said Wednesday.

A financial firm that employs a Medford Township councilman has made loans since at least 2007 to Mount Construction, a municipal contractor whose multimillion-dollar agreement with the township has become increasingly controversial.