Stratford News

A human services assistant at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital has been suspended without pay after police say he sexually assaulted a male patient.

Two people were hospitalized this morning after injuries sustained from a Lake View Avenue fire in Laurel Springs, according to Camden County Central Dispatch.

In 1959, Dr. Bernard Blank opened his medical practice out of his home at the corner of Sunset Road and Levitt Parkway in Willingboro, which was then known as Levittown.

With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Jon S. Corzine Thursday changed the landscape of higher education and health care in South Jersey.

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, D-1st of Haddon Heights, will host a Town Hall meeting Monday morning to discuss federal health care reform.

A super-speciality hospital here has redefined the approach to healthcare by providing world class treatment completely free.

Republicans Stephen Venuto and William Grover Jr. will battle Democrats Dan Bove and Frank Gagliardi for two borough council seats in the November general election.

The New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging is offering area seniors a chance to "Get an A+ in Aging" at the 6th Annual Senior Health and Fitness Day on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the UMDNJ Academic Center on Laurel Road in Stratford.

DEPTFORD TWP. The 21st Gloucester County Police Academy Special Officer II Class will graduate 14 men and one woman from three counties on Wednesday, May 27, at 6 p.m. in the Physical Education Center on the Gloucester County College campus.

Burlington County College has postponed its 21st Annual Fun Fest, based on a recommendation from the county health department to cancel public events.

Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie holds a 4 percentage points lead in his bid to unseat Gov.

Distractions, speed and failure to use seat belts are the main causes of fatal car crashes involving teens.

A Hi-Nella woman is accused of burglarizing two homes here. Susan M. Russell, 31, of the first block of Nokomis Road, is charged with burglary, theft and criminal mischief, according to Stratford police.

A 16-year-old was hit by a car Saturday night in Gloucester Township, according to officials.

A Collingswood man has pleaded guilty to robbing the painkiller Oxycontin from three pharmacies last fall.

President Barack Obama said the G20 countries aim to haul the world out of the deepest downturn since the 1930s.

McDonald House of Southern New Jersey yesterday held its second annual April Foolish McHat Day fundraising competition, with the students collecting more than $5,000. More than 25 schools participated, including two in Puerto Rico.

Angel & her son Sandy are volunteer Therapy pets at Kennedy Hospital in Stratford, NJ.

Six local municipalities have been tapped to install red-light cameras aimed at catching drivers who drive through some of the area's busiest intersections.

Officials in some Camden County municipalities said they held off until March or even April to introduce a spending plan because of the state's delay in releasing municipal aid figures.