Winslow News

Through May, tri-county towns have issued nearly 400 fewer residential building permits from January through May 2009 than during January through May 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent estimates.

BOATING June 24-25: Coast Boating School will conduct a boating safety course from 7 to 10 p.m. at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing.

When the school district sent home letters this month with students' preliminary bus information for September, one paragraph surprised a number of parents.

A South Jersey doctor is accused of selling painkiller prescriptions from his car.

With the college season of pomp and circumstance just about over, high school graduations unfold in South Jersey over the next two weeks.

Pasta for Peg HAMMONTON -- North Pole Calling will host an old-fashioned spaghetti and meatball dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. June 13 at St.

HAMMONTON -- The Atlantic County Library System's Hammonton branch at 451 Egg Harbor Road will present family movies June 15 and July 13.

When the state Supreme Court last month shot down local residency restrictions on sex offenders in Cherry Hill and other towns, Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt didn't accept defeat.

BARBECUES June 13: A chicken barbecue will be served rain or shine from 1 to 5 p.m. at Winslow United Methodist Church on Hall Street.

BARBECUES June 13: A chicken barbecue will be served rain or shine from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Winslow United Methodist Church on Hall Street.

A photo of Charles Hamilton, a Democrat running in the Waterford Township Committee primary, inadvertently did not accompany a story Tuesday.

BIKE RUNS May 30: A roll-the-dice biker run to benefit Kim Cafiso-Varvarezis, who has been battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, will begin at 11 a.m. at Sneakers on the Black Horse Pike in Folsom and will end at Six-Packs on the White Horse Pike in Mullica Township.

A package of bills designed to protect patient safety and improve employee training at the state's psychiatric hospitals has been approved by the state Senate's Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.

The primary race for Winslow Township Committee is shaping up as a battle between two Democratic groups.

May 25, 2009 - -- Rescuers were called out to the westbound lanes of the Atlantic City Expressway in Winslow, New Jersey for a vehicle fire.

Salvatore C. Scardino, 85, a lifelong resident of Winslow, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2009.

HAMMONTON -- Money has been tight for school districts across the country, especially in the past several years.

Sweetwater Construction Corp., a recognized leader in New Jersey construction, management and general contracting, recently announced that the 9,500-square-foot Harrison Endo Surgical Center is now under construction at 620 Essex St.

May 12, 2009 -- Anger and disappointment came out Tuesday in a Camden County community.

The jobs of 160 teachers and staff are on the chopping block in Winslow Township, New Jersey.