Salem County News

When explosive sounds filled the air and the ground began to rumble along the Delaware River towns in Salem County yesterday, residents could only pray it was an earthquake.

An inspection of Salem County's roadways and bridges was completed Thursday and officials found no damage to key infrastructure that can be attributed to Wednesday's earthquake which rattled the area.

The Salem County Department of Health confirmed its first case of the swine flu Wednesday, nearly two months after the first case of the virus was reported.

Earthquakes are rare in Salem County but they are not unheard of. Prior to Wednesday morning's quake, most county residents remember the Feb.

Salem County put the final stamp of approval on an historic merger Wednesday night, as members of the new board of education which will oversee the Special Services and Vocational-Technical School districts were sworn in here.

The National Earthquake Center says a small earthquake shook parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.

The Salem County Nature Club will hold its monthly meeting on July 14 at 7 p.m. at the municipal building on Greenwich Street here.

Thanks to a $1.7 million Community-Based Job Training Grant, Salem Community College is preparing to introduce two new programs this fall, one of which is already full.

President Barack Obama's economic stimulus will be getting 90 area youth's feet wet in the workforce this summer, while training dozens more adults to get back on their feet in new careers.

A Salem County resident is among the 104 new New Jersey State Troopers who graduated from the state police's recruit training class.

A changing of the guard has taken place in the Salem County Republican Party as a crucial election draws near, with former freeholder and mayor Michael Facemyer stepping in as its newest chairman.

Living out in the most rural areas of the county has gotten a little more manageable, thanks to a free public transportation service implemented recently in the county that reaches far into rural territory.

Aiming to rouse Salem County from its label of a sleepy countryside, freeholders have tuned into the regional media market in hopes of invigorating the local tourism economy.

A Delaware resident who shot a man through the pants, barely missing his leg, in a botched robbery last December in Carneys Point has been indicted by a grand jury here on a first degree attempted murder charge.

You can not only watch, but there's still time to take part in Salem County's grandest Independence Day celebration, the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Fourth of July Parade.

The Salem County Chapter of the NAACP will honor its four 2009 scholarship recipients at its monthly meeting here next week.

The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Atlantic County has reached 12 as of June 22, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health.

June 22, 2009 For Immediate Release For additional information contact: Cory Sickles Southern New Jersey Public Information Coordinator PO Box 278 Richwood, NJ 08074 609-707-3571 / 856-582-9146 wa3uvv@gmail.com "Radio Hams" from South Jersey Join in National Deployment Public Demonstration of Emergency Communications June 27 - 28 Mullica ...

Meet Stormie, a possible French bulldog or bull terrier mix. She's an older girl at around 8 or 9 years old.

The Salem County Art League June Art Demonstration will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, June 22 at the Friends Village Fenwick Auditorium in WOODSTOWN.