• Bridgeton Police Blotter: Obstructing the administration of law or other government function; recovery of goods
BRIDGETON

• Community News Briefs: Business seminar; Celtic concert; help for divorced kids
VINELAND

• Maurice River talks saltwater fishing licenses
By Jean Jones

• Millville Police Blotter: CDS; marijuana at Memorial High; possible phone scam
MILLVILLE

• Attacking pit bull killed by Millville police
MILLVILLE - A city police officer on Wednesday shot and killed a pit bull that had been advancing on a child after having already killed a cat and attacked another dog.

• Begley, Kelly announce slates for Bridgeton election
BRIDGETON -City Council President Albert Kelly on Thursday announced he is running for Mayor in the upcoming May election.

• Bridgeton Blotter - He was riding the mountain bike in Amity Heights when a male approached, threatened violence
BRIDGETON

• Man indicted for murder in 2009 shooting
BRIDGETON - A 28-year-old Vineland man was indicted Wednesday for murder in a 2009 shooting death which allegedly occurred during the course of an armed robbery.

• Millville Blotter - Driving/parking unregistered vehicle, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding, operatinge without insurance
MILLVILLE

• Millville police trying to be more proactive
From staff reports

• Municipalities scramble as aid cuts announced
Another day after Gov. Chris Christie's budget address, another wave of city officials voiced disappointment, dreading the upcoming budget cycle.

• Pension reform bill passes state panel
By Lisa Fleisher

• Plug pulled on 211 Helpline
BRIDGETON - Cumberland County officials have pulled the plug onthe county'sÊ211 "Helpline," but plan to introduce a similar service to take its place.

• Rails to Trails two-day walk part of study
From staff reports

• Unions protest Christie's cut
Following calls for cuts and privatization throughout New Jersey in Gov. Chris Christie's budget address Tuesday, state employees in the Communications Workers of America union on Thursday protested outside their offices across the state.

• Vineland police warn of credit card scam
From staff reports

• Big jump in vehicle burglaries
BRIDGETON - City police said they've seen a jump in reported vehicle burglaries here.

• Bridgeton Blotter - Jailed, jailed, jailed, jailed, jailed
BRIDGETON

• Cambodian Traditions: Weddings and Court Dances
From staff reports

• County trash hunt will be held Saturday
From staff reports

• DRBA forced to table action
NEW CASTLE, Del. -ÊDelaware River and Bay Authority commissioners Tuesday tabled action on six resolutions - including a new operating budget and a union labor agreement - because of concerns expressed by the New Jersey governor's office, officials said.

• Feud with ex leads to more woe
VINELAND - Police removed a pair of handguns and nearly a pound of marijuana from a Cherokee Lane home Monday, following a domestic dispute there that reportedly culminated with a man waving a pistol in the air outside his house.

• Hitchner filling in for Downe
By Jean Jones

• Millvillle Blotter - Throwing rocks; smoking rocks
MILLVILLE

• Only Prickett avoids gloom in Cumberland County economic forecast
FAIRFIELD TWP. - The Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce's spring newsletter carries the headline, "As Spring Approaches, Signs of an Economic Warm Up?" in previewing its annual economic forecast luncheon.

• School budget ax cuts deep
Once again, Trenton released its state aid figures to school districts following the governor's budget address.

• Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher toured La Rosa Greenhouses
MANNINGTON TWP. - In celebration of National Agriculture Week, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher toured La Rosa Greenhouses, one of Salem County's most productive agriculture centers.

• Sheriff's Blotter - Fail to comply, see the sheriff
* John Anthony Lopez, 36, of West Montrose Street, Vineland, was arrested on a Cumberland County Superior Court warrant for failing to comply with a non-support court order in the amount of $4,258. Lopez was subsequently lodged in Cumberland County Jail.

• Two-car collision hurts one
From staff reports

• Bank Street, Commerce Street attacks
BRIDGETON - Detectives here are investigating two Tuesday morning robberies where victims were attacked with either metal pipes or chains.

• Bridgeton Blotter - Vehicle burglaries
BRIDGETON

• Census reaching out to Third Friday
From staff reports

• Christie's ax cuts deep
By BETH DeFALCO

• Closing or consolidation for developmental centers?
VINELAND - In his state budget summary released on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie proposed the closure to two state developmental centers, including the Vineland Developmental Center-West Campus.

• Correction
A story on page A-5 of Tuesday's News regarding a rock band playing concerts in all 21 New Jersey counties to raise funds for food banks gave the incorrect city for the Cumberland County event.

• Landis Theater grand opening
From staff reports

• Lincoln St. wants permit parking
BRIDGETON - Residents in a section of Lincoln Street say some who are overcrowding homes there are also gobbling up the parking spaces, perhaps with unregistered vehicles.

• Millville Blotter - Possession of drug paraphernalia; stone shatters glass front door
MILLVILLE

• Millville City Commission backs new school site
MILLVILLE - The road to building a new high school within the city trudged on Tuesday, as the city commission approved a motion to authorize a joint letter with the Millville Board of Education regarding the school's site selection to the state.

• Millville Mayor Tim Shannon will be in Mr. Garden State Pageant
MILLVILLE - Never one to miss an opportunity to get in a good joke - even if it is at his sake - Millville Mayor Tim Shannon will be stepping on the stage as part of the Mr. Garden State Pageant on Sunday.

• New Jersey budget highlights
By The Associated Press

• Pride in Millville nominations sought
MILLVILLE - The Greater Millville Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for its annual "Pride in Millville" award, to be handed out at its Partnership and Pride in Millville Awards Dinner, Thursday, May 13, at the Heritage House.

• Reaction here to budget cuts not good
Gov. Chris Christie's budget cuts are wide-reaching.

• Snuggie star in Ye Greate Street Live
From staff reports

• Three invade home in Vineland
From staff reports

• Vanaman: What I say, that's what I mean
MILLVILLE - A city committee comprised of city officials is making progress on the question of whether to reopen the New Jersey Motorsports Park's municipal development agreement, according to Millville Commissioner Dave Vanaman.

• $211M Powerball ticket sold in N.J.
TRENTON (AP) - The lone winning ticket for Saturday night's $211.7 million Powerball jackpot was sold in northern New Jersey.

• 21 counties in 48 hours
Twenty-one counties in New Jersey.

• $663,356 grant for AIDS program
From staff reports

• Bridgeton Blotter - charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving in connection with a hit and run accident
BRIDGETON

• Christie outlining budget
By Beth DeFalco

• County hires delayed
BRIDGETON - Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae plans to eliminate one unfilled assistant prosecutor position and hold off on filling five detective posts this year in an effort to help the county balance its 2010 FY budget.

• Cumberland County Most Wanted
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department would like your help in finding two of their most wanted.

• Eagle count is soaring
By Jean Jones

• Fiocchi will run in November
VINELAND - The chairman of the Cumberland County Republican Organization said Monday that he is "90 percent certain" that Vineland businessman Sam Fiocchi may take another shot this year at a county freeholder seat.

• FoodBank of N.J. appoints Simek, Wazeter to board
From staff reports

• Living in a mud hut ... eating grasshoppers
ALLOWAY TWP. - While Lauren Maloney was serving two years in Niger, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, some of the students at Alloway Township School did their best to keep her informed about what was happening back at home.

• Millville Blotter - Udder nonsense, plastic cow stolen; crashes changing radio
MILLVILLE

• Patient's chart at click of button
With the federal government pushing for doctors and health centers to incorporate electronic medical records into their practices, medical records may soon be available for doctors across the country at the click of a button.

• Serial shoplifter caught with another in Target
From staff reports

• Big turnout for Loyle's 50th anniversary
VINELAND - Nothing can quite show determination to rebuild like the turnout for Saturday night's Loyle Lanes 50th anniversary celebration.

• Canned food drive CT for food pantry
By Jean Jones

• Harris-Stanza combo wins Dancing with the Stars
PITTSGROVE TWP. - Some call him "The Dancing Bear," others the "Round Mound of Get Down."

• Joe Ordille, 14, wins Toad Fish Run
FAIRFIELD TWP. - Even the Saturday nor'easter's cold deluge couldn't stop roughly 20 brave runners from toughing out the 2.7-mile Toad Fish Run benefiting the American Cancer Society.

• Millville teen held for shooting man at Hangar 84
VINELAND - Police arrested a 17-year-old Millville youth early Sunday morning on charges he shot a Philadelphia man outside the Hangar 84 concert venue.

• Rain like none seen before here
Heavy rains and wind that whipped through the coastline of Cumberland County over the weekend caused flooding in several areas of Cumberland County.

• Schoolhouse Rock on weekend at BHS
From staff reports

• Slowww down for Vine St.
BRIDGETON - Cumberland County freeholders hope to decide by the end of the month which firm receives a lucrative contract to oversee renovation of the former Vine Street School.

• Your SPCA at work
By Maria DiFillipo

• Bridgeton Blotter - More cars broken into, one with a wallet inside
BRIDGETON

• CCIA trashes big landfill expansion
MILLVILLE - Nothing stands in the way of the Cumberland County Improvement Authority moving forward with a scaled-down version of what originally was a costly landfill expansion project, according to CCIA officials.

• Child porn, sexual assault charged
From staff reports

• Elderly woman hurt in crash
VINELAND - An elderly East Chestnut Avenue woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at Delsea Drive (Route 47) and Hennis Road Thursday afternoon.

• Everybody wants to adopt the Yorkies
Officials at the Cape May County Zoo have reached out to animal welfare organizations, inquiring as to the health of a pair of bison found on a Upper Pittsgrove farm, where investigators confiscated 88 dogs from a kennel last week.

• Here's a scoop: Haagen-Dazs coming to Cumberland County
BRIDGETON - Ice cream giant Haagen-Dazs is considering opening two to four shops in Cumberland County, with Bridgeton "identified as a prime spot for a new store," according to a company statement.

• Millville Blotter - Found to be in possession of nine packets of heroin.
MILLVILLE

• Millville native mistaken for Jihad Jane
MILLVILLE - How would you react if you saw your picture next to the words "suspected terrorist" on an Internet news site?

• State Police Blotter - Four people charged with driving while intoxicated and two more with drug possession during traffic stops.
STATE POLICE-PORT NORRIS BARRACKS

• Suspected al-Qaida worked at nuclear plant here
By Geoff Mulvihill

• Visioning meetings slated
From staff reports

• Bridgeton Blotter - Bringing box-cutter to school; theft of services and criminal mischief
BRIDGETON

• Bridgeton hurt by UEZ cuts
BRIDGETON - While recent state Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) cuts have area leaders reeling, city Mayor James Begley said prospective businesses have other options here.

• Buena man held in Yemen as a member of al-Qaida accused of killiing guard
By WAYNE PARRY

• Freeholders hear Vine Street School proposals
By Matt Dunn

• Gunshots heard on Hampton Street
BRIDGETON - Police are continuing an investigation into gunfire in the 100 block of Hampton Street Wednesday night.

• Millville Blotter - Someone cut an air hose and a radiator hose to her minivan in glass plant parking lot.
MILLVILLE

• Milville hurt by UEZ cuts
MILLVILLE - The state's Urban Enterprise Zone funding difficulties are having an adverse effect on the Millville Development Corporations ability to pay its monthly bills and continue popular downtown events.

• PAL holds culture day on April 17
In an effort to bring together the diversified cultures of Bridgeton the Bridgeton Police Athletic League is hosting a Community Cultural celebration Day on Saturday, April 17.

• State Police Blotter - 12 arrests for drug-related offenses, and 31 more people on active warrants
BRIDGETON BARRACKS

• Vineland mourns death of school teacher
From staff reports

• Was pit bull found in pond fought?
MILLVILLE - The owner of a pit bull found dead and wrapped in a trap near Hankins Pond last week has stated he believes his pet was forced into dog fights and later killed.

• Ye Greate Street Live sets lineup
From staff reports

• 83-acre solar farm proposed
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. - A Marlton-based landowner wants to use nearly 90 acres here, part of it farmland, to generate about 20 megawatts of electricity from solar panels.

• Bar Assoc. scholarships awarded
From staff reports

• Bridgeton Blotter -ÊSix failures ot appear; four failures to appear
BRIDGETON

• Correction
A story in Wednesday's News on Millville's next landlord training seminar did not jump to page A-3 as indicated. That story is republished in today's edition, on page A-3.

• Dead pit bull found
MILLVILLE - Millville Animal Control and the Cumberland County SPCA are investigating the discovery of a dead pitt bull in Hankins Pond.

• Dog hoarder blames stepson
The owner of a Upper Pittsgrove Township kennel who was forced to surrender 88 dogs on Saturday, under accusations that she was running a "puppy mill," was the victim of domestic abuse, and had control of the kennel taken away from her, by her step son, according to her attorney.

• Domestic abuse dance
By Leonardo Deserio

• Loyle loyal mark 50th
VINELAND - Loyle Lanes marks its 50th anniversary this weekend.

• Milllville gunshot victim ID'd
MILLVILLE - Police are continuing their investigation into gunfire at Dock and Foundry streets late Monday that left a 24-year-old city man injured.

• Millville Blotter - 40 cartons of Newport cigarettes, valued at $3,100, two boxes of Black and Mild cigars, one box of vanilla-flavored Dutch Masters cigars stolen
MILLVILLE

• Millville free lunch
MILLVILLE - Help and Hope Ministries will serve free lunches, as part of its series of monthly luncheons, on Saturday, March 20, beginning at noon.

• Quilt show March 20-21 at Wheaton
By Jean Jones

• Saughellis open two eateries in Bridgeton
BRIDGETON - An area family is bringing a piece of the American dream to the city, and they hope to do it with authentic Italian flavors.

• Southern Shore Festival announces performers
MILLVILLE - The full line-up for this year's Southern Shore Music Festival has yet to be unveiled, but some artists have already announced through their Web sites that they will perform at the summer event.

• Wandering Alzheimer's patient found
From staff reports

• 3 a.m. shots fired at house
From staff reports

• Bridgeton Blotter - Vehicles broken into
BRIDGETON

• Bridgeton police officer assaulted
BRIDGETON - Four city residents, including two juveniles, were charged late Sunday night with assaulting a city police officer who was attempting to pull them off an assault victim on American Avenue.

• Comedy night Friday
From staff reports

• County Bar Association scholarship
From staff reports

• Crossing guard: I was there
Barbara Smith is the crossing guard at Broad and Lawrence streets and denied The News report that her post went vacant for several minutes when the Broad Street School let out Monday afternoon.

• Hopewell BOE hears plea: Save child study team
HOPEWELL - A group of parents made emotional pleas to the Hopewell Township School Board on Monday to sustain the current child study team that is employed at the Hopewell and Downe schools.

• Hug-A-Bear fundraiser April 17
From staff reports

• Lauren Holding awarded
From staff reports

• Lock your doors
By Jean Jones

• Millville Blotter - He asked them for $2 and they asked him to leave, then somebody kicked in door
MILLVILLE

• Millville driver in Sal-Co fatal
CARNEYS POINT TWP. - The identities of those involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Hawks Bridge Road that left one person dead were released Tuesday afternoon, but officers from the Carneys Point Township Police Department are still trying to determine what caused this fatal crash in the area between Orchard Drive and the Carneys Point/Mannington border at 8:53 a.m. Monday.

• Millville man shot in the neck
MILLVILLE - A 24-year-old man was shot in his neck in the area of Dock and Foundry streets Monday night.

• Millville's 2nd landlord seminar March 27
MILLVILLE - The city is continuing its push to educate landlords on their rights and responsibilities regarding code enforcement, evictions and crime with a second training session for property owners.

• Peter Pappas, of Clement Pappas, dies
PILESGROVE TWP. - Peter C. Pappas, recently a co-CEO of the SalemCounty-based Clement Pappas & Company Inc., died Monday from complications related to bladder cancer, family members said.

• Wind turbine goes up in Upper Deerfield
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. - When the stock market went south on farmowners Joseph and Irene Nicosia, like it did for millions of other Americans, the couple decided it was time to make a change.

• Accident fractures cyclist's leg
VINELAND - An Upper Deerfield Township man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash here on West Landis Avenue Sunday afternoon, caused when he reportedly attempted to beat a red light on his motorcycle.

• Bridgeton Blotter - Simple assault, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, terroristic threats
BRIDGETON

• Commercial, M.R. sharing super
By Jean Jones

• Crossing guard missing
BRIDGETON - A busy intersection at Broad and Lawrence streets went unguarded for several minutes after Broad Street Elementary School dismissed Monday afternoon.

• Cumberland County Grand Jury indictments
From staff reports

• Cumberland County's Most Wanted
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department would like your help in finding two of their most wanted.

• Driver hits two, leaves, nabbed
VINELAND - Police here charged a 3rd Street Terrace man with leaving the scene of an accident that left two pedestrians - a mother and son - seriously injured Sunday evening.

• Econo Lodge party turns violent
VINELAND - A 21-year-old Bridgeton man was shot in the arm in a dispute at the end of a Sweet 16 party held at a city motel Saturday night.

• Man gets off bus with woman, robs her
From staff reports

• Millville Blotter - hindering apprehension, obstruction of justice, accused of providing a fake name to police
MILLVILLE

• No additional charges for animal hoarder
An infant puppy found in critical condition where 88 canines were taken from what officials are calling a puppy mill Saturday in Upper Pittsgrove Township died in transit to an emergency hospital.

• Planning board tables Wawa tract presentation
MILLVILLE - The city planning board on Monday tabled a presentation regarding pending planning department projects, including the rezoning of a 310-acre tract of land near Union Lake owned by Wawa.

• Preliminary OK for Millville Wawa
MILLVILLE - The city planning board on Monday granted preliminary and final site plan approval to a new car wash planned for North 2nd Street, north of Harrison Avenue.

• Sexual offender in prison
EDENSBURG, Pa. - A Fairfield Township man was sentenced last week to four to eight years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a teenage girl in Pennsylvania, according to The Tribune-Democrat.

• Taxi-fleeing holdup suspect arrested
From staff reports

• Uh oh! Windmills make noise
By Abby Gruen

• Vineland burglary solved
VINELAND - A witness tip led to police arresting a suspect in a Harlen Court Condominiums burglary shortly after the crime Friday afternoon.

• Defensive driving class
From staff reports

• Fairfield tables women's shelter proposal
FAIRFIELD TWP. - A planning board hearing on a proposed shelter for women and children here has been tabled, possibly until May 4.

• Freeholder budget meeting canceled
The Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders budget meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled.

• Happy 100th, Bill Stotz!
PITTSGROVE TWP. - Bill Stotz saw his great-great-grandson scamper about the room Saturday afternoon.

• Herb Henry was there Sunday
BRIDGETON - Kids playing on the basketball court

• Internet helpful in adopting animals
By Maria DeFillipo

• Justice on time means pleas
BRIDGETON - In 2004, there were 1,455 criminal cases "disposed of" in Cumberland County through guilty pleas, jury verdicts, dismissals or admissions into the pre-trial intervention program.

• Oyster harvest begins on April 6 and closes on Nov. 19
By Jean Jones

• Putting a face on part time and on benefits
MILLVILLE - Harry Peek was appointed to the Cumberland County Board of Elections in 1969 by the governor of New Jersey.

• Rescue squad volunteers sought
By Jean Jones

• Shiloh meeting slated
The Borough Council of the Borough of Shiloh has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday, at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building located on Main Street.

• Ye Greate Street Live! is Saturday, March 27
From staff reports