NORTHFIELD — If you look at the Mainland Medical Center at the corner of New and Zion roads, the three office buildings look brand new. All signs of the huge blaze that severely damaged the 1973-era complex last year are gone.

The west wing of the medical facility burned down Dec. 21 in an accidental electrical fire; the south wing suffered....Continue Reading

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Jennifer DeStefani’s lungs still hurt, half a week later.

She’s OK with the pain. But ask her about the alternatives, and she tears up.

“If it would have gone any longer ...” DeStefani says, leaving the thought unfinished, after the series of coincidences that left her....Continue Reading

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A child playing with a lighter in his bedroom is believed to be the cause of an accidental fire in Pleasantville that displaced four people, the fire department said.

Fire Capt. Charles Freeman said that the fire was reported at 5 p.m. at a single family ranch on the 1100 block of Iowa Avenue. Two engines and a ladder truck were soon on the scene, Freeman said, and the fire was under control by 5:10. The Northfield and Farmington fire departments assisted.

Three adults and the juvenile were displaced by the fire, Freeman said. They were being assisted by the Red Cross.

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - A birch tree could be seen growing through the middle of a worn tire, the sunlight shimmered off glass embedded in the dirt and mangled heaps of lumber and metal were scattered all about.

"It's a thing of beauty," Public Works Supervisor Peter Berenato said. "This looks 300 times better than it did when.....Continue Reading

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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP -- The Scullville Fire Department is spreading some good fortune following quite a successful fundraiser.

On Saturday evening, the Scullville Fire Department donated 5 thousand dollars to the.....Continue Reading