Norma News

FRANKLIN TWP. A longtime school board and zoning board member has been tapped to run as a Republican candidate for township committee.

Mamie Robinson of Vineland passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the age of 96.

When he heard a "big bang" outside his home here, Craig Norman initially thought two tractor-trailers had collided.

Charles "John" Condit III Charles "John" Condit III, 54, of Millville died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at the South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland.

TRENTON -- A New Jersey appellate division court has upheld a first-degree murder conviction against a state prison guard who shot his estranged girlfriend.

MIDDLESEX - Dorothy E. Reilly , 87, died on Friday at the Greenbrook Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and Emergency Medical Services personnel rushed to the scene of what authorities say was a murder-suicide at 2441 Rock Dam Road shortly before noon Wednesday.

PITTSGROVE -- Authorities on Friday continued to investigate the cause of an early morning fire that destroyed a home in the Norma section.

An early morning fire destroyed a home at 624 Gershal Ave., in Norma, today, police said.

BUENA -- The FiberTech Group Inc. plant in Landisville will close this August, putting about 85 people out of work.

A factory closing in Buena Vista Township will put about 85 employees out of work.

Anna Sowers Pettit Anna Sowers Pettit, 72, of Millville died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at South Jersey Extended Care in Bridgeton following a brief illness.

Hundreds donned their red, white and blue, waved flags and cheered during annual Memorial Day parades in Vineland and Millville to honor those who fell for their freedom.

MILLVILLE -- Cumberland County Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service, at 10 Buck St., recently named Doris Burns the home health aide for the second quarter.

Betty G. Cunningham, 73, of Pittsgrove, died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at the South Jersey HospiceCare Unit in Bridgeton, following an extended illness. via Daily Journal

Pearl Freedman Goldberg Pearl Freedman Goldberg, 77, of Coggeshall Way, Middletown, R.I., died at her home accompanied by her family. via Daily Journal

Laura M. Larcher , 77, of Vineland passed away Thursday morning, May 1, 2008, in the South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland after suffering a stroke on Monday. via Daily Journal

“I truly believe School Counts! brings great promise to many, many people in this county”

VINELAND -- Roughly 200 students were congratulated Tuesday as 2008 School Counts! recipients as they crossed the Frank J. Guaracini Theater stage to shake hands with Cumberland County President Kenneth Ender. via Daily Journal

From Staff Reports tsnews@sjnewsco.com MANNINGTON TWP. Mannington Fire Company responded at 6:39 p.m. on Sunday to county Route 540 for a motor vehicle crash and remained in service for 45 minutes. via Bridgeton-Millville News

“When I opened the closet, it was about 85 degrees in there. No ventilation. The dogs were covered in feces and sick. There were seven to a cage”

More than two dozen sick dogs purchased from Pennsylvania puppy mills were seized from a home in Gloucester County early yesterday during a raid of what authorities said was an illegal dog sales operation that ... via The Jersey Journal