Salem News

SALEM - After missing roughly 10 months of time on Salem City Council due to health issues, Councilman Sherman Hampton said he expects to return to council next month.

Among the 21 New Jersey counties, Salem County is rated worst in the 2013 New Jersey Kids Count rankings , which measure the well-being of children throughout the state.

SALEM - Sailings of the Delaware City-Salem Ferry out of Salem for Saturday have been canceled because of the forecast for bad weather conditions.

He's the historian who goes around giving lectures in the Civil War submarine they found on the bottom of Charleston Bay with the skeletal hand still on the crank.

A corrections officer at the Salem County Correctional Facility in Mannington Township was beaten Saturday in a surprise attack by an inmate awaiting sentencing after being convicted of murder, authorities said.

Diane Ploch is pictured presenting the $8,000 check to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties' CEO, Donna Bennett, along with Board Member Michele Plumbo.

Bark was stripped from a tree at 381 Quaker Neck Road in Mannington Township by the impact of a car which struck the tree and left two Salem County women dead.

Ellen Woolman of Salem said she has the "itchiest eyes ever," while Pennsville 's Dawn Marie Asher said her son Josh's allergies have been "horrible." "I feel so sorry for him," Asher said.

The winning Salem New Jersey Powerball ticket was sold at Incollingo Salem Market, located on 157 E. Broadway.

Benjamin J. Melchiore, 20, of Leonard Drive, in Millville, was arrested Friday on a warrant out of Cumberland County Superior Court and was held in the Cumberland County Jail in lieu of $1,690 bail.

CASA of Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties has been on the hunt for community superheroes - and they found one.

A group of Salem County soldiers who served in the Civil War are seen in this file photo from the Salem County Historical Society.

Assignment Judge Georgia Curio may be the last to publicly weigh in on the impact of Gloucester County's plan to close its county jail and send inmates to other county correctional facilities.

This decision has made it virtually impossible for people who have difficulty walking with canes, walkers or in wheelchairs to gain access to the businesses in the shopping center.

Salem High School art students have once again created beautiful quilt squares in cooperation with St.

The column that says if Bridgeton is such a horrible town, Holly Go Lightly, and we are the lowest common denominator, why are you drawn like a moth to the star? The director of Bridgeton Public Works loves his town and loves his job and says he has never worked for a better administration.

Meals on Wheels volunteers were treated to their 35th Annual Luncheon with special service from two young volunteers who celebrated "Take Your Child to Work Day": Brynn Ann Leighty, 7 and Alicia Angelina Collazo, 6, both of Carneys Point.

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She participates in many school activities including the FBLA, concert band, jazz band, choir, the Ram Singers, math league, softball, manager of the swimming team, and the Ram Theatre.

PENNSVILLE TWP . - Police responded to the Applebee's restaurant on North Broadway for an assault complaint, resulting in the arrest of a Salem City man Friday night, authorities said.