By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 | 1 comment

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - The last thing 6-year-old Johnathan Cordero remembers before his near-death experience is playing a game with his T-ball teammates in a pool at a party June 6.

To play the game, called "Dead Man Floating," one swimmer floats face-down in the water and other swimmers try to save him.

When it was Cordero's turn to play dead, no one saved him in time and he sank to the bottom of the pool...Continue reading

Posted in Atlantic on Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:10 am Updated: 4:00 am.

By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 3 comments

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - A 48-year-old township woman was charged with multiple drug-related offenses after she received a large shipment of marijuana through the mail, police said.

Detective John Thompson Jr. said police received a tip from an officer at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department in Phoenix that a large shipment of marijuana was expected to .....Continue Reading

By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009 3:10 am | 2 comments

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - County officials want the Township Committee to be more appreciative of the county services the township receives instead of publicly complaining about what does not get done.

The committee voted last month to call upon Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson to do something to rid the township of the "unsightly" debris that lines county roads in the township...Continue Reading

By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:10 am | 1 comment

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - Township officials want the county's Public Works Department to clean up the trash along county roadways instead of just running over it with a lawn mower.

A raccoon found chasing a cat May 11 has tested positive for rabies.

The raccoon was spotted chasing the cat by a property owner in the area of South Carolina and Fourth avenues. The municipal animal control officer removed the raccoon from the property and sent it for testing at the New Jersey State Department of Health Laboratory, where the rabies test results were confirmed May 18, according to Atlantic County Health Officer Patricia Diamond.

An investigation by county health officials indicated there were no human exposures, officials said.

It was the township’s first confirmed case of rabies this year and the second case found in Atlantic County in 2009.

“If you find a wild or stray animal on your property you should contact your local animal control officer,” Diamond said in a release.

The Atlantic County Division of Public Health asks anyone who has been bitten or exposed to an animal through a scratch or had any contact with the animal’s saliva, to seek medical attention immediately and report the bite by calling 609-645-5971.

Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 3:05 am | 1 comment

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