Gloucester County News

The state Supreme Court has denied the Office of the Public Defender's request to halt Gloucester County's plan to empty its jail and send prisoners to other county facilities, pushing the legal matter back to a Superior Court judge.

STORYTIME IS HELD at the Newfield Public Library for preschoolers each Tuesday morning.

According to Jerry Luongo, the state Department of Education has approved a Phase 1 application for his proposed Creative Visions Charter School.

The New Jersey Supreme Court today refused to hear a Glassboro man's petition to reinstate the suppression of cocaine evidence found in his home during an April 6, 2011, search of an Oakwood Avenue property.

SALEM - More than 4,200 Salem County residents are without power after a strong line of thunderstorms swept through the area late this afternoon.

A Washington Township police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to official misconduct, falsifying records, and other offenses stemming from a traffic stop last summer of Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty .

An officer carries an American flag during the viewing of Gloucester County Corrections Officer Agostino "Gus" Fare at the Church of the Incarnation in Mantua, Monday, June 17, 2013.

The fire that caused a roof collapse at Bob's Little Sport Shop on Saturday has been ruled an accident, according to Gloucester County spokeswoman Debra Sellitto.

Lt. j.g. Kenneth E. Lawrence was a pilot with the 59th Task Force, United States Navy, during World War II.

Larry Wallace and Bob Vanderslice have been fighting for local taxpayers since they were elected as freeholders in Gloucester and Salem counties, respectively.

All information comes from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. An indictment is a formal charge, not a conviction.

GREENWICH TWP. - Firefighters from Gibbstown, East Greenwich and Bridgeport were able to quickly subdue a small brush fire Sunday afternoon.

Erving D. Davis, 43, of National Park, is wanted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office for failing to appear in court.

After three years of campaigning to make drivers aware of the states "Move Over" law, Donna Setaro, the mother of New Jersey State Trooper Marc Castellano, who was struck and killed by a car on I-195 while outside his patrol car, will finally get her wish.

Miss Island Resort Cara McCollum, a Princeton University student, was crowned Miss New Jersey 2013 Saturday night, The Press of Atlantic City has reported.

WEST DEPTFORD TWP. - The township school board has until the end of July to decide whether to go ahead with its application to participate in the state's public school choice program , which would allow students from other districts to attend West Deptford High School.

Gloucester County's Republicans have named new leadership. A four-member slate, which had campaigned as the T.I.M.E. for Change, received unanimous approval from 150 GOP county committee members at a meeting at Washington Township High School on Tuesday.

A Republican activist from Gloucester County who's been sued over a negative campaign ad on Friday described the legal challenge as "pure and simple frivolous."

Decotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole were awarded a $150,000 contract to provide professional tax attorney services.

Reaching into the Ronald Reagan Diaries, Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons found an accurate line to describe Glassboro 's first couple, Mayor Leo McCabe and his wife Mary: "There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."