From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2010 | 14 comments

Egg Harbor Township High School students evacuated the school this morning after a bomb threat, a day after a different threat left them in lockdown.

The students were returning to classes at 11:13 this morning after an all-clear announcement went over loudspeakers.

A bomb threat was called in to the school at 9:45 a.m., according to Egg Harbor Township Police Sgt. Robert Gray.

He said nobody is hurt, and investigators are searching the school. Students were staying warm in parked school buses.

The school issued a "code yellow" indicating a bomb threat at that time. Emergency vehicles are blocking access to the school.

At dismissal near 2 p.m. Wednesday, a report of an armed intruder triggered a lockdown at the school. Police said that no intrusion occurred at the school, but they are continuing to investigate an incident that may have happened elsewhere.

EDISON -- An Edison building that houses a law office exploded overnight due to a gas leak, rattling neighbors from their sleep and causing dozens to be evacuated near Route 27.

PSE&G workers were about 200 feet from the building, repairing the broken gas line, when the blast erupted at about 4:30 a.m., but no one was injured.

The force of the explosion was so strong, it blew the front door of the building across Route 27 to the front lawn of another house.....

By DAN GOOD and ELAINE ROSE Staff Writers | Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 | 0 comments

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - A family was displaced when their home on South Harvard Terrace caught fire Monday morning, the fire chief said.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury. The family dog escaped the blaze but their cat died.

Five fire companies responded to the two-alarm blaze in the home off Moss Mill Road after homeowner John Rich discovered the fire, township Fire Chief Ron Garbutt said....Continue Reading

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By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer | Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 | 1 comment

MULLICA TOWNSHIP - A dangerous tire dump off Columbia Road will soon be cleaned up thanks to liens recovered from another infamous tire dump.

In December 2008, the township acquired a massive, tire-ridden property on Columbia Road - between Elwood and Nesco roads - through tax foreclosure. The 99-acre tract, which also is littered with other kinds of debris, sits in the Makepeace Lake Conservation Area, making it an environmental and health risk.....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 | 1 comment

HAMILTON TWP.--Power has been restored to nearly 1,000 Mays Landing residents after a one-car accident knocked out electricity Friday afternoon.

A pickup truck hit a utility pole on the Black Horse Pike, near the Hamilton Mall shortly after 3:00p.m. Friday.

That eastbound stretch of the Pike was also shut down while the scene was cleared.

The driver initially refused medical treatment, but was later taken to the hospital for observation.

Crews worked for several hours before electricity was full restored.