Those were the words Joseph Murray used to describe his 17-year-old daughter, Katie, who was killed in a single-car crash Thursday afternoon on Weekstown Road in Mullica Township.....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 1 comment

A vacant house off the White Horse Pike was destroyed by fire Thursday evening, the Atlantic City Fire Department said.

Firefighters were called to the house on West End Avenue, near the sewage treatment plant, at 5:11 p.m., and arrived to find the building fully involved, a fire official said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

By STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 | 8 comments

From left: Deputy Chief Chick Kisby, firefighters Rich Richmond,

Tim Poley, and Steve Kroger and Capt. Dave Appleyard stand in front of the Linwood Volunteer Fire Department last month.

LINWOOD — When the Mainland Medical Center in Northfield went up in flames in December, about 70 firefighters from six different companies were called in to fight the blaze.

None, however, were from the neighboring Linwood Volunteer Fire Department — stationed less than a mile and a half away.

The department was not called by any other department for mutual aid in 2009. That’s unusual among the developed suburbs of Atlantic County. The neighboring Northfield Fire Department — about the same size, with about 30 members and......Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 | 2 comments

A Lacey Township man was burned Thursday evening after a can of WD-40 exploded in a bonfire he was having with some friends, police said.

Officers responded at 8:16 p.m. Thursday to the Lanoka Harbor Rescue Squad building on Manchester Avenue for the repot of a burn victim, police said.....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 0 comments

A 17-year-old girl was killed Thursday afternoon after her car went off Weekstown Road and struck a tree in Mullica Township, police said.

Katie Murray, 17, of the Green Bank section of Washington Township, Burlington County, was driving alone on Weekstown Road just east of Columbia Road at 3:05 p.m., when her car left the road and hit a tree head-on, police said.

Murray, a student at Oakcrest High School, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. She was wearing a seat belt.

Mullica Township fire companies and Hammonton Emergency Medical Service also responded, police said.

Any witnesses are urged to call Mullica Township police at 609-561-7600.

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By LEE PROCIDA Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 0 comments

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP — Someone intentionally lit Saturday’s 540-acre wildfire, according to authorities, who are now investigating whether that fire and another that destroyed a county park visitor center are related.

The fire set Saturday started south of the dirt section of Cloverdale Road, which branches through a densely wooded area north from Route 72. Officials said an open flame was applied to “a jackpot of fuel” — in this case, thick piles of dead foliage....Continue Reading