Palmyra News

Share + Nov 16, 2009 11:40 pm US/Eastern Reporting Kathy Orr CBS 3 meteorologist Kathy Orr knows a lot of people are wondering what the winter will bring.

Standing next to a 20-foot inflatable rat, several union members picketed outside the work site of the Palmyra Community Center on Monday.

Burlington County government could save almost $2 million in bond costs under a federal stimulus program meant to promote building, job-training and education programs.

MOORESTOWN a ' An 8-year-old girl was taken to an area hospital Wednesday evening after being struck by a Jeep while crossing Church Street in the townshipa TMs downtown, police said.

Palmyra-area residents had an opportunity to give their input on ways to improve Main Street/Route 422 at an open house on Monday night.

The Burlington County Health Department is continuing its H1N1 vaccination program with a clinic today for those in special priority groups.

After a lengthy search and despite pending results of a shared-services study with two neighboring towns, the Borough Council has appointed a police chief.

A possible merger of the Cinnaminson, Palmyra and Riverton police departments appears to be a dead issue.

Camden County will conduct a free fall shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the parking lot at the Woodcrest station of the PATCO Hi-Speedline in Cherry Hill.

The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge becomes a living laboratory for engineering students. gmattar@phillyBurbs.com609-871-8036PALMYRA - Drexel University civil engineering students Jaclyn Raciti, Evan Richter and Kevin Njinga cut class Friday to walk across and beneath the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.About two dozen of their sophomore classmates joined them.They ...

Four people were jailed on drug charges after raids on three houses. The raids occurred Thursday at residences on West Fifth Street with borough police being assisted by Burlington City, Willingboro and Cherry Hill tactical teams, police said Friday.

District Judge Lee Lehman in Palmyra has decided to retire Jan. 3 after 30 years on the bench.

Although the Cooper River runs through Pennsauken and the Delaware River borders the township, there is no ocean.

Visitors who go to offices at the Burlington County Human Services Building often are experiencing hardships and go there seeking job, senior citizen or homeless assistance.

Burlington County's school districts reported a 10 percent drop in incidents of violence, vandalism, weapons and substance abuse during the 2007-08 academic year, according to an annual report from the New Jersey Department of Education.

A historical society director looks to the future. Historian Lisa Fox Pfeiffer looks as much to the future as the past in her job as executive director of the Burlington County Historical Society.

Police arrested a fugitive wanted by Philadelphia officials on an aggravated assault charge.

Educator Robert M. Oberholser would be proud. The former school superintendent and first president of the Burlington County Retirees' Education Association died in 1994 at the age of 102.

Two local firefighters will be joining a parade of pink in the City of Brotherly Love this weekend.

The Burlington County Bridge Commission announced Wednesday that the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge will be transformed into the first "living laboratory" for engineering students from Rowan University and other local colleges as part of two federal grants awarded to Drexel University in the amount of $900,000. This unprecedented, cutting-edge educational ...