A family of four was displaced Saturday night after a fire destroyed multiple rooms on the second floor of their home, Galloway Township Fire Chief Ron Garbutt said.

Emergency crews responded at about 7:15 p.m. to the fire on.....Continue Reading 

The Washington Township Committee has asked the state to close its school district's only school, while the Mullica Township School District is developing plans to teach the small Burlington County community's children.

The state Department of Education received a letter Wednesday from the committee asking Acting Comissioner Christopher Cerf to close the Green Bank Elementary School and send its students to neighboring Mullica.

Due to state tenure laws, if the municipal Board of Education were to do that on its own authority, Mullica also would have to......Continue Reading 

WEST CAPE MAY - Nothing was ablaze, but that didn't stop Fire Chief Chuck McPherson from bringing a full set of firefighter turnout gear to Wednesday night's municipal budget adoption as he made a case for more money.

McPherson was trying to make a point as he held up fire boots, $165; pants, $729; coat, $750; gloves, $50; portable radio, $675; fire retardant hood, $65; helmet, $204; special heat-resistant flashlight; $140; and air pack, almost $8,000.

"One man alone costs $12,277.67. State law says I need.....Continue Reading 

A 9-year-old Hammonton boy died Sunday from injuries suffered in a three-car crash on Cologne Avenue, Hamilton Township police said.

Ryan Schleyer was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities after the 1 p.m. accident that occurred in front of....Continue Reading 

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