Bridgeton News

When Ramon Hernandez immigrated from Mexico to South Jersey 20 years ago to work on a cattle farm in Woodstown, he did so because of the financial opportunities.

Believe it or not, many North Jersey folk consider Camden County to be South Jersey.

Two new camera systems in Bridgeton designed to catch drivers who run red lights caught more than 400 violators in August.

To Melicia Parker, everything happens for a reason. Even the near-fatal accident that almost claimed the life of sweet little Lucie, her niece's pet dog that ran away early last month.

Prosecutors are concerned that the key witness in the 2007 case of a woman shot dead on South Avenue in Bridgeton might be murdered before the case goes to trial.

A 63-year-old man whose body was discovered by a passerby Thursday morning on the sidewalk in front of 110 N. Pearl St.

BRIDGETON -- The two suspects in Wednesday's deadly attack at a mobile home park have lengthy rap sheets that range from drug charges to assaults and robberies.

The Bridgeton City Council unanimously approved the plans Wednesday for the 20-mile Bikeable/Walkable Trail System.

There appears to be no evidence of foul play in the death of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning near 110 N. Pearl St.

Former township tax collector Heddi Sutherland has been charged with stealing more than $96,000 in tax funds, according to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram on Wednesday.

Ronald Smith, 29, of Reeves Road, Fairfield Township, was arrested Tuesday on a failure to appear warrant and lodged in the county jail in lieu of $491 bail.

A public defender representing a Millville man charged with sexually assaulting and smothering to death his girlfriend's infant daughter in 2006 wants a private meeting with the judge presiding over the case.

At a time when businesses everywhere seem to be bailing out, there are two in this city that are responding to the tough economic climate by joining together instead.

A 24-year-old Marion Street man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault with a weapon and other weapons charges after an early-morning, near-fatal stabbing Sunday.

Reckless driving led to a "trace amount" of marijuana being found in a car operated by a former school board member last week, according to authorities.

BRIDGETON -- A lawyer for a Fairfield man charged with severely choking and sexually assaulting a woman told a judge Friday that the defendant and victim had enjoyed rough sex in the past.

On Sept. 12, officials with the Cumberland County Improvement Authority and the county health department made what one investigator called an enormous discovery.

An inmate at the county jail was seriously injured Friday in an assault at Cumberland County Jail.

Police arrested this city's Democratic Party chairman last week and charged him with a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession.

A 30-year-old Bridgeton man was hospitalized Wednesday night after his roommate stabbed him in the neck and back, police said.