Bridgeton News

She posted the $1,000 bail. * Ryan T. Miner, 22, of West Avenue, was arrested Friday and charged with one count each of simple assault, criminal mischief and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

CHEERS: To talk of a county police force. OK, we know such an idea is probably a long way off, but it's time to get serious about this and bring leaders together to flesh out how such a force could improve law enforcement in our county.

The cast of Cumberland Players' production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" during a dress rehearsal in July 2011.

A Cumberland County Grand Jury this week indicted a Bridgeton man for murder in the shooting death of 32-year-old Joseph R. Elliot in July of last year in the Maplewood Gardens apartment complex.

A 20-year-old city man has been indicted on charges of murder and aggravated assault in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Fayette Street man following a motor vehicle accident in November 2010.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department would like your help in finding two of its most-wanted fugitives.

When digital fundus photography was first introduced, it was widely seen as an updated and convenient version of traditional photography - a way to document the retina through time minus the hassle of film development, and the photos could be stored on one's hard drive.

The desecration of the town's century-old Civil War memorial was discovered in December.

This county has gone mad! Absolutely stone cold mad! Judy Kessler has been passed over for the principal's job at Silver Run School? For an out-of-towner? Who made this brilliant decision? Was it all the parties she put on the for the Center City kids? Was it the educational back-to-school affair she put on every year for the kids? Was it getting ... (more)

City officials announced Thursday the arrests of suspects they say are responsible for a string of weapons-related crimes that took place here toward the tail-end of January .

BRIDGETON - Police have arrested the man who they say stabbed another man in the stomach on South East Avenue Wednesday afternoon.

Police said the charge stemmed from a domestic violence incident and would not release any further information.

Should you have wanted gluten-free pizza in the hamlet of Fountain Hills, Ariz., a little more than a year ago, you would have been out of luck.

Rather than request proposals for a city park master plan, city council backed away from a resolution that would have gone forward with such an endeavor.

John L. Garrison, 81, of Millville passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 7, 2012, at the Eagleview Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pittsgrove.

The Cumberland County Women's Hall of Fame will induct five women at its annual ceremony Wednesday, April 25, and the gala event at Merighi's Savoy Inn is open to the public.

A Bridgeton woman was arrested and charged with drug and other offenses - including allegedly giving a false name - after a motor vehicle stop here, police said.

An arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing in Bridgeton that occurred on Friday night.

Friends of Historic Friendship Church will sponsor a trip to the DuPont Theatre in Wilmington, Del., on March 24.

Executive Director Michael Kelley reported on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, "The Cumberland County Library in Bridgeton, New Jersey, is fighting - once again - for its life" . The Board of Chosen Freeholders had informed the Cumberland County Library's fourteen employees to prepare for layoffs and the library's possible closure in FY 2012, which ... (more)