Port Norris News

Firefighters battle a fire at Newport Service Center in Downe Township Monday. By JEAN JONES Jeanjones@fast.net DOWNE TWP.

Lloyd Ennis Jones, 92, of Port Norris departed his earthly house Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, at the Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland.

Louise L. Spence, 67, of Millville, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center.

MAURICE RIVER -- Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on the Mauricetown Bypass Bridge.

MILLVILLE -- A fire on one side of a West Foundry Street duplex kept firefighters and other emergency personnel busy for more than four hours Sunday night.

A rancher fire that displaced a family Sunday morning on Spring Garden Road is being considered non-suspicious in nature.

Weapon possession, weapon for unlawful purpose, defaced firearm, prohibited bullets, drug paraphernalia.

Millville police blotter also includes theft of cables connecting guy's Direct TV unit and DVD player.

State police arrested six people in a drug raid on a Lincoln Street home in Port Norris last Thursday.

Police have charged a Fortescue man and a Cedarville teen in connection with the armed robbery of a man on Saturday in which the victim sustained a gunshot wound to his neck.

Three more living legends and three additional 20th century legends were recognized by the Port Norris Historical Society Sunday at the Charlesworth Hotel, in Fortescue.

Port Norris, Cumberland County, New Jersey - The New Jersey State Police in Port Norris Station will continue their highly effective "mischief night" and Halloween patrols in the towns they serve.

Judith Ann 'Judy' Flukey , 63, of Dorchester passed away quietly at home Sunday afternoon, Nov.

A driver and three passengers were injured after the car they were traveling in left Leesburg-Belleplain Road and hit a tree in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

State police will stage a Critical Incident Response Drill at Port Norris School from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov.

The N.J. State Police Port Norris Station, will be hosting an Operation Medicine Cabinet New Jersey local collection site as part of the first statewide medicine disposal day in the nation.

Edwin P. Ferrari, 68, of Haleyville, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, 2009, at home under the care of hospice.

State police are investigating a shooting that took place early Monday evening on Westcott Station Road, in which a a farm worker suffered a single bullet to his lower-left abdomen.

It's but a ghost of what was 100 years ago, but Monday's opening of the weeklong Mullica River oyster season was good enough for veteran waterman Charlie Park to tow his boat halfway across South Jersey.

MILLVILLE -- Jack and Jill Nursery School, 201 N. 2nd St., will celebrate its 50th anniversary from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday.