Port Elizabeth News

If you're a small, rural fire company covering an area where there are many auto accidents and you need funds for equipment, where do you turn? The Port Elizabeth Fire Company thinks it has a solution: Charge for rescue services.

A Philadelphia woman died after a head-on collision at a bridge on Route 47 in Port Elizabeth Sunday morning.

The site of a former Port Elizabeth foundry, now owned by the township, is contaminated with metallic residues from the former operation, and metals, including mercury, were found in a well on the property.

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Gale of Heislerville announce the engagement of theirdaughter, Melissa Gale, to Matthew Hand, son of Robert and Linda Hand, of Port Elizabeth.

Brian K. Homan Sr., 42, of Laurel Lake died at home Thursday, May 21, 2009, after an extended illness.

Glenn Ewan, of Port Elizabeth, was selected on Monday to take the township committee position vacated by Norman Franckle, who was appointed in January as a Cumberland County undersheriff.

Jerry St. Clair and Sharon St. Clair announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelli Jean St.

Florence R. Woolf, 75, of Millville passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in South Jersey Healthcare HospiceCare in Bridge-ton. Florence was born in Philadelphia to the late Andrew and Florence Hemberger andlived in Vineland for most of her life before moving to Millville in 1990.

A severe storm which raced through parts of Maurice River Township Saturday night left behind a path of destruction, but it was not a tornado, township Emergency Management Coordinator Gordon Gross said Monday.

City veterans organizations will on May 17 uphold the 76-year-old tradition of the "around the horn" tour, traveling 75 miles to 24 county cemeteries and memorials on the Sunday before Memorial Day.

Sharon L. Cox, 58, of Millville died Wednesday afternoon, April 22, 2009, at the South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland.

COMMERCIAL -- Postmasters from Dorchester, Heislerville, Leesburg, Mauricetown, Port Elizabeth and Delmont arepresenting a 'Grow Your Business' seminar designed to help local businesses learn how to use the services offered at USPS.com. The seminar will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. May 5 at the Mauricetown Fire House, 9544 Noble St.

BARKER -- A son, Robert Christiaan Jr., to Mary Elizabeth and Robert Christiaan Barker Sr.

Police have ruled the cause to be undetermined after two pets, a dog and cat, died and a detached home was destroyed by fire on Franckles Lane Sunday afternoon.

PORT ELIZABETHa 'The Belleplain Fire Department was requested to respond to Port Elizabeth for a multi-alarm structure fire here on Franckles Lane around 2:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.

Lothair M. Adams, 25, of East Main Street was arrested Tuesday on a Millville court warrant.

A modular home at 492 Main St., Leesburg, was destroyed by a fast-moving fire Tuesday.

New Jersey is bad for business, and it's getting worse, CEOs surveyed said. The state ranks fourth worst - behind California, New York and Michigan - as a place for businesses to thrive, and it's been slipping, according to a Chief Executive magazine survey.

Myrtle Fitzgerald, 91, of Port Elizabeth died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at the South Jersey Healthcare Hospice Inpatient Center in Bridgeton.

New federal regulations for shipping freight via ocean liner could make it more difficult for international exhibitors to ship their freight to U.S. tradeshows.