Salem News

Going green can be a dirty job, but even if it takes going through trash bags at every home the city is resolved to root out non-compliance of its recycling codes.

Jeremy B. Hitchner, 29, of Broad Street, Bridgeton, was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with allegedly obstructing the administration of law and possession of marijuana, police said.

Route 45 remains closed at the railroad tracks just south of Twells/Bellevue Avenue.

The Salem County Health Department will start holding vaccination clinics for the H1N1 swine flu next week for individuals in the Priority Group 1 population category.

The Salem County Prosecutor's Office is currently seeking any information regarding the whereabouts of Allen L Thomas Jr.

The Salem Community College Foundation and the SCC Alumni Association seek nominations of distinguished alumni for the annual recognition program.

Salem County Freeholder Beth Timberman was re-elected for a third term Tuesday. Salem County Republican freeholder candidate Ben Laury was the top vote-getter Tuesday.

The Salem County Sheriff's Office cleared 52 child support warrants involving 36 people during September.

The Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission is sponsoring a free workshop Thursday to help the county's arts organizations to better understand rules related to the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Although she is the most seasoned county politician of the six candidates vying for a freeholder seat this year, Freeholder Deputy Director Beth Timberman says she still votes her heart.

She has the education, experience before a crowd and a propensity to "Tell it like it is" as her early work in radio taught her, and now Salem County freeholder candidate Stacy Jennings wants to start putting it all to use.

SALEM a ' Salema TMs Halloween parade sponsored by the Sons of Amvets Post 45 begins at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Thanks to a partnership between the New Jersey State Library and PSEG, local students will be able to receive free homework assistance at several area libraries.

In the past, I have written about tragic incidents on the Delaware River. One such incident concerned the Ferryboat New Jersey.

The Salem County Branch of the NAACP will meet here Monday evening. The regular monthly meeting will be held 7 p.m. at Mt.

New Jersey Network has posted a new podcast featuring organist Joanne Owen discussing the Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission's concert, "Tunes from the Crypt," Friday night at 6 p.m. The concert takes place in historic St.

Grasping at more than 300 years of historic Salem City's legends and lore, A Walking Ghost Tour of Market Street has become a nighttime tradition of the Halloween sort.

Wilmington Police say a man who was shot in the leg drove to his girlfriend's house in south Jersey and waited hours before getting treatment.

Freeholders have created an ad-hoc committee to search for new office space for county workers in downtown Salem City.

It began at a former hospital in downtown Salem in 1959 with nine students. Fifty years and hundreds of students later, Salem Community College's scientific glass technology program - now housed in a state-of-the-art, "green" facility in Alloway - enjoys the distinguished reputation of being the only program of its kind in the nation.