Palmyra News

Burlington County taxpayers will benefit from a precedent-setting vote last week by three county bridge commissioners to forgo their part-time salaries and benefits, officials said.

As he assumed control of the obscure but powerful Burlington County Bridge Commission three years ago, chairman John Comegno oversaw the launch of a public-relations campaign designed to burnish a badly tarnished image.

PALMYRA a ' A borough man was arrested on drug charges Wednesday after officers found him in possession of marijuana while investigating a suspicious persons complaint, police said.

There's a new chief in the borough. Delanco resident Linda Lewis has been named Palmyra's new chief financial officer.

If the Palmyra Borough takes over maintenance of the "orphan" West Cherry Street cemetery, tombstones will remain in place, Palmyra Borough Council told a dozen concerned residents Tuesday night at its work session.

With the struggling economy, construction contractors like painter Jacques Pierre of JP Painting in Lawrence are eager to jump at a solid work opportunity.

A Camden man was charged with murder yesterday in the death of Michael Hawkins, who was beaten for hours - until most of the bones in his face were broken - and then shot and stabbed, officials said.

Sandra Langford of Watchung in Somerset County has been promoted to vice president of transportation for QWIC, a Palmyra construction management company.

Announcement is being made of the engagement of Brittney R. Mancine of Palmyra, NJ to Alexander David Vargas of Palmyra, NJ.

Snowmageddon IV got off to a slow and soggy start in Burlington County on Thursday, but meteorologists said residents were still likely to face a sizable shoveling job this morning.

Enjoy an outdoor adventure exploring a wide array of plants and animals by participating in an Exploring Insects in Winter Family Nature Hike on Saturday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Palmyra Cove Nature Park's 250-acre preserve.

It was a Tacony-Palmyra Bridge opening Wednesday afternoon a the ship, "Georgia S" from Panama was heading south on the Delaware River.

A public opinion poll may say otherwise, but Congressman Rob Andrews says he is hopeful that Democrats and Republicans will be able to agree on some solutions at tomorrow's health care summit.

Musical stylings from the 'great American songbook' will be featured at the next luncheon event at Croft Farm Arts Center.

A year after New Jersey declared Petty's Island a conservation area, making it the final nail in a failed $1 billion redevelopment project on Pennsauken's waterfront, township officials are in talks with another developer.

Homeowner Julia Carey of Palmyra claims she cleared her sidewalk a few times during each snowstorm last week, but the snow plows covered them up again with snow.

Bridge Commission Unveils 2010 Capital Program Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to Get New Grid Deck Palmyra, NJ Burlington County Bridge Commissioners John Comegno, Priscilla Anderson, and Troy Singleton rolled out the Commission's 2010 Capital Program for its historic landmark bridges, which will include the Commission's largest project since 1995.

After 30 years of singing in nursing homes, churches, schools and hospitals, the Expressions Chorale is more like family than a collection of people with musical interest and talent in common.

NJ Transit buses won't be making their rounds in south Jersey Thursday. Spokesman Dan Stessel says service remains suspended because the roads are too dangerous.

In anticipation of the latest of this season's winter strorms much of the high school athletic schedule has been altered.