Pennsauken News

Nine South Jersey school systems are among 39 statewide on a list of districts "in need of improvement" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

A Willingboro man has been charged in connection with two carjackings this week, one that began in Burlington Township and a second in Willingboro where the victim was allegedly held at gunpoint for about 14 hours, police said.

Camden County Freeholder Director Cappelli Chosen to Lead Regional Planning Agency For Immediate Release: June 25, 2009 Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH 472-8837 Directors of the Philadelphia-based Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission have elected Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr.

Some local attractions are normally classified as restaurants, theatres, shops or boutiques.

A Pennsauken couple who celebrated the birth of their daughter Thursday found out yesterday morning that they would have no home to which to take her.

Inquirer staff writer Matt Spolar reports: A car headed south on Route 130 near Merchantville Ave.

Firefighters from seven towns were called to battle a two-alarm fire on the 800 block of Morgan Avenue on Thursday afternoon.

You'd expect a restaurant that depends upon nostalgia to never change. Weber's Drive Ins in New Jersey use this formula to keep their businesses afloat in the fast-food era.

I've been punched once in my career -- fortunately by a harmless old coot. At other times, I've been strafed by a super-soaker, unnerved by a gun-toting trucker and chased down a dark city street by -- well, I didn't stick around to learn who that was.

PENNSAUKEN - A 63-year-old Pennsauken man, who allegedly shot a Camden woman in the foot after an argument, was arrested early Sunday following a two hour standoff with police.

CareOne and the Elder and Disability Law Offices of Jerold E. Rothkoff are teaming up to sponsor a South Jersey Caregiver Award.

The following individuals have been indicted by a Salem County grand jury here recently: -- William Muse, 30, of Pennsauken, was indicted on two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, three counts of second-degree possession of a weapon by a convicted person, third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, fourth-degree possession ...

The state's largest labor organization has endorsed Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine in his gubernatorial re-election bid as well as a full slate of candidates for New Jersey Assembly and one candidate for Burlington County freeholder.

With the college season of pomp and circumstance just about over, high school graduations unfold in South Jersey over the next two weeks.

Gov. Jon Corzine and New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher will be at the Food Bank of South Jersey this morning in Pennsauken for the Jersey Fresh Food Bank Kickoff.

Pennsauken Township will hold a Welcome Home Parade for those New Jersey National Guard from Pennsauken returning from Iraq and other soldiers who have returned from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Levittown - The proposed state budget cuts the funding needed to run the adult education institution.

Services will be held Sunday for William Lipkin, a longtime federal bankruptcy judge and leader in South Jersey's Jewish community.

A bill is moving through the state Assembly that would allow the city to reduce its nine-member council and lengthen terms for elected officials with the intent of making the municipal government more manageable.

Authorities have charged employees at two city grocery stores with defrauding a federal aid program.