Joan Buckow, left, of Absecon, during a Bacharach auxiliary fashion show in 2007 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort.

Photo by: Staff file photo by Ben Fogletto, July 30, 2007

From Press staff reports | Posted: Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 11 comments

Absecon resident Joan Buckow, 82, died Friday when an 84-year-old driver backed out of a Station Avenue parking space and hit her, police said Saturday.

Buckow's husband of 56 years, Emil Buckow, said she had been a teacher in the Galloway Township school system for....Continue Reading

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By LEE PROCIDA Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 0 comments

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - The township's governing body is creating a new position to streamline firefighting operations and cope with budget cuts, Mayor Michael St. Amour said.

At its next meeting, the council plans to appoint a director of fire department affairs, an unpaid role that will serve as a liaison between the township's four fire companies as well as an aide for the fire chiefs.....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 1 comment

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - Two teenagers were hurt Saturday morning when a pickup truck hit them as they rode bicycles on a hilly stretch of Columbia Road, police said.

One boy was suffered moderate head and chest injuries but was airlifted to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus in Atlantic City, Mullica Detective Sgt. John Thompson said. The other was taken by ambulance to AtlantiCare's Mainland Campus in Galloway Township but apparently only had....Continue Reading

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By RICHARD DEGENER Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 | 1 comment

WEST CAPE MAY - The borough is asking the state to review operations at the local volunteer fire company after a neighboring fire chief raised safety concerns.

Borough Commissioner Ramsey Geyer said the review was spawned by an April 6 letter he received from....Continue Reading

 By DEREK HARPER Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 16 comments

ABSECON - A pedestrian died Friday afternoon when an 84-year-old driver backed into with her car on Station Avenue, city police said.

Lorraine Marschall, of Egg Harbor City, backed out of a parking space on the first block of Station and into the woman, killing her, at 2:12 p.m., police said.

Police have not......Continue Reading

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